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 173

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar Abercrom

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

1021

8 August 1914

Albert Archable Marshall
Janet Beatrice Morden

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

St. Matthews Church

14/5126

8 August 1914

Rev. E. J. Garland, Anglican

No	1021
Date of Notice	8 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Archable Marshall	Janet Beatrice Morden
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	14/5126
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Garland, Anglican

1022

8 August 1914

Herbert Harton Cowan
Eileen Veronica Reeve

Herbert Barton Cowan
Eileen Veronica Neeve
💍 1914/5148

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
16 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ellerslie

14/9047

8 August 1914

Rev. M. Tormey, Roman Catholic

No	1022
Date of Notice	8 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Harton Cowan	Eileen Veronica Reeve
BDM Match (95%)	Herbert Barton Cowan	Eileen Veronica Neeve
	💍 1914/5148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ellerslie
Folio	14/9047
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Tormey, Roman Catholic

1023

10 August 1914

Richard Henry Newing
Ida Grace Horneman

Richard Henry Newing
Ida Grace Horueman
💍 1914/1313

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

41
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

St. Paul's Church

14/4984

10 August 1914

Rev. C. A. Watson, Anglican

No	1023
Date of Notice	10 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Newing	Ida Grace Horneman
BDM Match (97%)	Richard Henry Newing	Ida Grace Horueman
	💍 1914/1313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	41	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	14/4984
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Watson, Anglican

1024

10 August 1914

Claude Clarence Green
Eunice Phoebe Atkinson

Claud Clarence Breen
Eunice Phoebe Atkinson
💍 1914/5168

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter
N.Z.R.

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. Benedict's Church

14/9068

Frederick Atkinson, father

10 August 1914

Rev. Dr. J. Forde, Roman Catholic

No	1024
Date of Notice	10 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Clarence Green	Eunice Phoebe Atkinson
BDM Match (95%)	Claud Clarence Breen	Eunice Phoebe Atkinson
	💍 1914/5168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter	N.Z.R.
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	14/9068
Consent	Frederick Atkinson, father
Date of Certificate	10 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. J. Forde, Roman Catholic

1025

10 August 1914

William Hewett Ralston
Katherine Maud Jenkins

William Henry Ralston
Katherine Maude Jenkins
💍 1914/1219

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
32

Auckland
Auckland

Life
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

14/4914

10 August 1914

Registrar

No	1025
Date of Notice	10 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hewett Ralston	Katherine Maud Jenkins
BDM Match (89%)	William Henry Ralston	Katherine Maude Jenkins
	💍 1914/1219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/4914
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).