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. B. Wepm

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

1579

19 December 1914

Thomas Richard Rebarth
Eva Victoria Johnson

Thomas Michael McCarthy
Eva Victoria Johnson
💍 1914/4322

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Fitter

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
Life

St. Matthews' Church

8213

19 December 1914

Rev. W. J. Lane, Anglican

No	1579
Date of Notice	19 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Richard Rebarth	Eva Victoria Johnson
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Michael McCarthy	Eva Victoria Johnson
	💍 1914/4322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Fitter
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthews' Church
Folio	8213
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Lane, Anglican

1580

19 December 1914

Archibald Ivor Paterson
Vera Gladys McLean

Archibald Ivor Paterson
Vera Gladys McElwain
💍 1914/3568

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
25

Auckland
Avondale

10 years
Life

Residence of Rev. R. S. McLean, Penbrook

7448

19 December 1914

Rev. S. S. McLean, Methodist

No	1580
Date of Notice	19 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Ivor Paterson	Vera Gladys McLean
BDM Match (90%)	Archibald Ivor Paterson	Vera Gladys McElwain
	💍 1914/3568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. S. McLean, Penbrook
Folio	7448
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. S. McLean, Methodist

1581

21 December 1914

Mijo Kalavich
Mary Clare Heath

Mijo Katavich
Mary Clare Sheath
💍 1914/4414

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

40 days
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

8280

21 December 1914

Rev. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	1581
Date of Notice	21 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mijo Kalavich	Mary Clare Heath
BDM Match (90%)	Mijo Katavich	Mary Clare Sheath
	💍 1914/4414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	8280
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic

1582

21 December 1914

Richard Indon
Winifred Neville

Richard Gordon
Winifred Neville
💍 1914/4354

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
12 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

8245

21 December 1914

Very Rev. R. J. H. Hore, Roman Catholic

No	1582
Date of Notice	21 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Indon	Winifred Neville
BDM Match (89%)	Richard Gordon	Winifred Neville
	💍 1914/4354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	8245
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. R. J. H. Hore, Roman Catholic

1583

21 December 1914

Lawrence Gilbertson
Belia Sames

Lawrence Gilbertson
Celia Barnes
💍 1914/4373

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

40
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Epsom

8241

21 December 1914

Rev. S. J. Hinton, Methodist

No	1583
Date of Notice	21 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Gilbertson	Belia Sames
BDM Match (83%)	Lawrence Gilbertson	Celia Barnes
	💍 1914/4373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	40	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Epsom
Folio	8241
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Hinton, 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).