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 181

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar G. C. Ewelton

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

1061

17 August 1914

Bertie Charles Paine
Ethel Mary Lock

Bertie Charles Crane
Ethel May Stock
💍 1914/1564

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
19

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
12 years

Home of Bride's Father, Ponsonby Road

14/5176

Joseph Harne Lock, Bride's Father

19 August 1914

Rev. A. Hawry, Methodist

No	1061
Date of Notice	17 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Charles Paine	Ethel Mary Lock
BDM Match (83%)	Bertie Charles Crane	Ethel May Stock
	💍 1914/1564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, Ponsonby Road
Folio	14/5176
Consent	Joseph Harne Lock, Bride's Father
Date of Certificate	19 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hawry, Methodist

1062

18 August 1914

Frederick Lauplands Gray
Irene Olive Fraser

Frederick Langland Craig
Irene Olive Fraser
💍 1914/1233

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouse Assistant

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
10 years

Registrar's Office

14/4927

18 August 1914

Registrar

No	1062
Date of Notice	18 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Lauplands Gray	Irene Olive Fraser
BDM Match (88%)	Frederick Langland Craig	Irene Olive Fraser
	💍 1914/1233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouse Assistant
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/4927
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1063

18 August 1914

Henry Neil Whisker
Mary Eileen McInnes

Henry Neil Whisker
Mary Eileen McLaren
💍 1914/1326

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 10 months
2 years 10 months

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

14/5046

Neil Whisker, Father; Andrew McInnes, Father

18 August 1914

Rev. R. Seattell, Anglican

No	1063
Date of Notice	18 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Neil Whisker	Mary Eileen McInnes
BDM Match (89%)	Henry Neil Whisker	Mary Eileen McLaren
	💍 1914/1326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 10 months	2 years 10 months
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	14/5046
Consent	Neil Whisker, Father; Andrew McInnes, Father
Date of Certificate	18 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Seattell, Anglican

1064

18 August 1914

Arthur Johnson
Ella Marion Goodhue

Arthur Johnson
Ella Marian Goodhue
💍 1914/1482

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church

14/5128

George Joseph Goodhue, Father

18 August 1914

Rev. H. T. Robjohns, Anglican

No	1064
Date of Notice	18 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Johnson	Ella Marion Goodhue
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Johnson	Ella Marian Goodhue
	💍 1914/1482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	14/5128
Consent	George Joseph Goodhue, Father
Date of Certificate	18 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. T. Robjohns, Anglican

1065

18 August 1914

Samuel Jarvis McCormick
Agnes Eliza Gibbons

Samuel Jarvis McCormick
Agnes Eliza Gibbons
💍 1914/1385

Bachelor
Widow

Manager

46
42

Auckland
Mulls

30 years
12 years

St. Paul's Church

14/5006

18 August 1914

Rev. P. B. Crinickshaw, Anglican

No	1065
Date of Notice	18 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Jarvis McCormick	Agnes Eliza Gibbons
	💍 1914/1385
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Manager
Age	46	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mulls
Length of Residence	30 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	14/5006
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. B. Crinickshaw, Anglican

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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).