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 237

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar T. Culpan

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

1329

23 October 1914

Thomas John Rowe
Dorothy Mary Clulee

Thomas John Rowe
Dorothy May Clulee
💍 1914/4456

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 dys
3 months

Holy Trinity Church Otahuhu

14/8419

23 October 1914

Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

No	1329
Date of Notice	23 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Rowe	Dorothy Mary Clulee
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas John Rowe	Dorothy May Clulee
	💍 1914/4456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 dys	3 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Otahuhu
Folio	14/8419
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

1330

23 October 1914

Peter Jensen
Jane Allen

Peter Jensen
Jane Allen
💍 1914/3146

Widower
Widow

Carpenter

48
56

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
6 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/6950

23 October 1914

Registrar

No	1330
Date of Notice	23 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Jensen	Jane Allen
	💍 1914/3146
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	48	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/6950
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1331

23 October 1914

Frederick Shaw
Agnes Lenore Laing

Frederic Sham
Agnes Lenora Laing
💍 1914/5395

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

66
49

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
27 years

House of Bridegroom, 29A Vermont Street Ponsonby

14/9308

23 October 1914

R. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	1331
Date of Notice	23 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Shaw	Agnes Lenore Laing
BDM Match (90%)	Frederic Sham	Agnes Lenora Laing
	💍 1914/5395
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	66	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, 29A Vermont Street Ponsonby
Folio	14/9308
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1914
Officiating Minister	R. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

1332

23 October 1914

George Francis Stanislaus Watt
Ruby Eleanor Alford

George Francis Stanislaus Watt
Ruby Eleanor Alford
💍 1914/4575

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Factory Manager

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

14 months
4 wks

St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

14/8449

23 October 1914

Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	1332
Date of Notice	23 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Francis Stanislaus Watt	Ruby Eleanor Alford
	💍 1914/4575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Factory Manager
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 months	4 wks
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	14/8449
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic

1333

23 October 1914

Daniel Carline Mitchell
Beatrice Maude Bell

Daniel Carlius Mitchell
Beatrice Maude Bell
💍 1914/4538

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
4 years

St. John the Baptist Church Northcote

14/8436

23 October 1914

Rev. A. J. Beck, Anglican

No	1333
Date of Notice	23 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Carline Mitchell	Beatrice Maude Bell
BDM Match (96%)	Daniel Carlius Mitchell	Beatrice Maude Bell
	💍 1914/4538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. John the Baptist Church Northcote
Folio	14/8436
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck, 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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

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

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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).