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 269

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar Buepan

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

1489

2 December 1914

George William Wilding
Lavina Reynolds Albert

George William Wilding
Lavinia Reynolds Gilbert
💍 1914/4458

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheet Metal Worker
Domestic Duties

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
10 years

Methodist Church

8346

Robert Albert, father

2 December 1914

Rev. J. Dukes, Methodist

No	1489
Date of Notice	2 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Wilding	Lavina Reynolds Albert
BDM Match (94%)	George William Wilding	Lavinia Reynolds Gilbert
	💍 1914/4458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheet Metal Worker	Domestic Duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	8346
Consent	Robert Albert, father
Date of Certificate	2 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dukes, Methodist

1490

2 December 1914

William John Jones
May Williams

William John Jones
May Williams
💍 1914/4468

William James Reese
Martha Williams
💍 1915/7600

William Joseph Byrne
Mary Bell Williams
💍 1914/7206

Bachelor
Spinster

Dispenser
Domestic Duties

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 years

Pitt Street Methodist Church

8338

2 December 1914

Rev. A. Hawred, Methodist

No	1490
Date of Notice	2 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Jones	May Williams
	💍 1914/4468
BDM Match (66%)	William James Reese	Martha Williams
	💍 1915/7600
BDM Match (63%)	William Joseph Byrne	Mary Bell Williams
	💍 1914/7206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dispenser	Domestic Duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Pitt Street Methodist Church
Folio	8338
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hawred, Methodist

1491

2 December 1914

Alonzo Lorenzo Pritchett
Sarah Martha Ridgway

Alonzo Lorenzo Crutchett
Sarah Martha Ridgway
💍 1914/4389

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Official
Domestic Duties

52
49

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Matthew's Church

8332

2 December 1914

Rev. W. E. Pillan, Anglican

No	1491
Date of Notice	2 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alonzo Lorenzo Pritchett	Sarah Martha Ridgway
BDM Match (96%)	Alonzo Lorenzo Crutchett	Sarah Martha Ridgway
	💍 1914/4389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Official	Domestic Duties
Age	52	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	8332
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillan, Anglican

1492

2 December 1914

Ernest Frederick Jones
Alice Maud Joy

Ernest Frederick Jones
Alice Maud Joy
💍 1914/3714

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic Duties

34
33

Auckland
Waihi

20 years
6 years

St. John's Church, Waihi

7569

2 December 1914

Rev. E. Fletcher, Anglican

No	1492
Date of Notice	2 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Frederick Jones	Alice Maud Joy
	💍 1914/3714
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Waihi
Length of Residence	20 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Waihi
Folio	7569
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Fletcher, Anglican

1493

3 December 1914

George John Marshall
Emma Jane Lower

George John Marshall
Emma Jane Lower
💍 1914/4459

Widower
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

48
35

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
10 months

Home of Bride's Mother, 20 Surrey Street, Ponsonby

8348

3 December 1914

Rev. R. Turner, Methodist

No	1493
Date of Notice	3 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George John Marshall	Emma Jane Lower
	💍 1914/4459
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	48	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, 20 Surrey Street, Ponsonby
Folio	8348
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Turner, 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).