Intentions to Marry, 1914 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840454, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

Page 157

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar C. E. R. Macky

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

941

23 July 1914

James Winkle
Florence Annie Walton

James Winkle
Florence Annie Walton
💍 1914/1195

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

4890

23 July 1914

The Registrar

No	941
Date of Notice	23 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Winkle	Florence Annie Walton
	💍 1914/1195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	4890
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1914
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

942

24 July 1914

Edward Dempsey
Ethel Mary Savory

Edward Dempsey
Ethel Mary Savory
💍 1914/1572

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Franklin Road, Auckland

5192

Edwin Williams, Legal Guardian of Bride, of Aunt

24 July 1914

Rev. R. A. Burley, Methodist

No	942
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Dempsey	Ethel Mary Savory
	💍 1914/1572
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Franklin Road, Auckland
Folio	5192
Consent	Edwin Williams, Legal Guardian of Bride, of Aunt
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. A. Burley, Methodist

943

24 July 1914

Richard Martin Please
Nellie Mary Mortimer

Richard Martin Cleave
Nellie May Mortimer
💍 1914/1791

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 years

Home of Bride's Father, Prospect Terrace, Mount Albert

5462

Thomas Mortimer, Father

24 July 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	943
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Martin Please	Nellie Mary Mortimer
BDM Match (93%)	Richard Martin Cleave	Nellie May Mortimer
	💍 1914/1791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, Prospect Terrace, Mount Albert
Folio	5462
Consent	Thomas Mortimer, Father
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

944

24 July 1914

James Hall
Minnie Mahon

James Hall
Minnie Mahon
💍 1914/1565

Bachelor
Widow

Porter

44
36

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
4 months

Residence of the Bride, 12 Alexander Street, Remuera

5185

24 July 1914

Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	944
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hall	Minnie Mahon
	💍 1914/1565
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Porter
Age	44	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of the Bride, 12 Alexander Street, Remuera
Folio	5185
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

945

24 July 1914

Alfred Ferdinand Semelt
Clarice Dallwell

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
8 years

Residence of Bride's Parents, Prospect Terrace, Mount Eden

9060

24 July 1914

Rev. J. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	945
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ferdinand Semelt	Clarice Dallwell
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents, Prospect Terrace, Mount Eden
Folio	9060
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).