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).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar E. C. Luson

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

1269

3 October 1914

William Herbert Ross
Florence Morris

William Herbert Ross
Florence Morris
💍 1914/5342

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
10 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

14/9271

3 October 1914

R. F. MacMurray, Anglican

No	1269
Date of Notice	3 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Ross	Florence Morris
	💍 1914/5342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	14/9271
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1914
Officiating Minister	R. F. MacMurray, Anglican

1270

5 October 1914

Alexander Adam McClellan
Winifred Ethel Bartley

Alexander Adam McLellan
Winifred Esther Bartley
💍 1914/4339

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Secretary

38
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

14/8230

5 October 1914

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

No	1270
Date of Notice	5 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Adam McClellan	Winifred Ethel Bartley
BDM Match (92%)	Alexander Adam McLellan	Winifred Esther Bartley
	💍 1914/4339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Secretary
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	14/8230
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

1271

5 October 1914

Charles Barker Smith
Mabel Henrietta Smith

Charles Barker McCarthy
Mabel Henrietta Hague-Smith
💍 1914/5296

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Fitter

22
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 years

Congregational Church, Edinburgh St, Newton

14/9221

5 October 1914

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	1271
Date of Notice	5 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Barker Smith	Mabel Henrietta Smith
BDM Match (76%)	Charles Barker McCarthy	Mabel Henrietta Hague-Smith
	💍 1914/5296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Fitter
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Edinburgh St, Newton
Folio	14/9221
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

1272

5 October 1914

Francis Taylor Pennington
Lillian Maude Winder

Francis Taylor Bennington
Lillian Maude Winder
💍 1914/4457

Bachelor
Spinster

Seed Clerk

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
1 month

House of Samuel Duffy, 12 Vermont Street, Ponsonby

14/8337

Samuel Duffy, Uncle and Legal Guardian of Bride

5 October 1914

Rev. A. G. Hawry, Methodist

No	1272
Date of Notice	5 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Taylor Pennington	Lillian Maude Winder
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Taylor Bennington	Lillian Maude Winder
	💍 1914/4457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seed Clerk
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Samuel Duffy, 12 Vermont Street, Ponsonby
Folio	14/8337
Consent	Samuel Duffy, Uncle and Legal Guardian of Bride
Date of Certificate	5 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Hawry, Methodist

1273

5 October 1914

John Hunter Morton
Louisa Putt

John Hunter Morton
Louisa Tutt
💍 1914/4603

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
7 years

Trinity Church, Kingsland

14/8477

5 October 1914

Rev. G. P. Harrison, Methodist

No	1273
Date of Notice	5 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hunter Morton	Louisa Putt
BDM Match (95%)	John Hunter Morton	Louisa Tutt
	💍 1914/4603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Church, Kingsland
Folio	14/8477
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Harrison, Methodist

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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).