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 365

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar J. Henry Ewart Hill

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

19 January 1914

Thomas Henry Shields
Mary McBurney

Thomas Henry Shields
Mary McBurney
💍 1914/7080

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman, Ironmonger
Domestic Duties

23
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 years
7 days

Baptist Church, Palmerston Road, Gisborne

813

19 January 1914

Rev. Thomas Keith Ewen, Baptist Minister

No	15
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Shields	Mary McBurney
	💍 1914/7080
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman, Ironmonger	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Folio	813
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Keith Ewen, Baptist Minister

19 January 1914

John Cousins
Charlotte Arnett

John Cousins
Charlotte Annett
💍 1914/7081

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Personal Worker

27
24

Gisborne
Poverty Bay

4 years
7 days

Baptist Church, Palmerston Road, Gisborne

814

20 January 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	16
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cousins	Charlotte Arnett
BDM Match (97%)	John Cousins	Charlotte Annett
	💍 1914/7081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Personal Worker
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	4 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Folio	814
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

20 January 1914

John Somerton
Ellen Day

John Somerton
Ellen Day
💍 1914/7086

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic Duties

27
27

Whataupoko
Whataupoko, Poverty Bay

3 1/2 years
2 months

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

819

21 January 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	17
Date of Notice	20 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Somerton	Ellen Day
	💍 1914/7086
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Whataupoko	Whataupoko, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	819
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

21 January 1914

John William Boniface
Emily Newton

John William Boniface
Emily Newton
💍 1914/7020

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Cook

34
40

Kaiteratahi, Poverty Bay
Te Arai

3 years
2 1/2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

703

26 January 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	18
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Boniface	Emily Newton
	💍 1914/7020
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Cook
Age	34	40
Dwelling Place	Kaiteratahi, Poverty Bay	Te Arai
Length of Residence	3 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	703
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

26 January 1914

Hewitt Beason Robinson
Jane Annie Martin

Hewitt Deason Robinson
Jane Annie Martin
💍 1914/7076

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockbuyer
Postmistress

30
40

Gisborne
383 Gladstone Road, Gisborne

6 months
383 Gladstone Road, Gisborne

Private residence of the bride's mother, 383 Gladstone Road, Gisborne

800

26 January 1914

Rev. Thomas Keith Ewen, Baptist Minister

No	19
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hewitt Beason Robinson	Jane Annie Martin
BDM Match (98%)	Hewitt Deason Robinson	Jane Annie Martin
	💍 1914/7076
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockbuyer	Postmistress
Age	30	40
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	383 Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 months	383 Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's mother, 383 Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Folio	800
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Keith Ewen, Baptist Minister

26 January 1914

William Kilpatrick
Evelyn Mary Gillian Ethel Stafford

William Kilpatrick
Evelyn Mary Lillian Ethel Stafford
💍 1914/7084

Widower
Spinster

Coachsmith
Domestic Duties

51
25

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 months
23 years

Private residence of the bride's parents, Stout Street, Whataupoko

817

26 January 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	20
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kilpatrick	Evelyn Mary Gillian Ethel Stafford
BDM Match (99%)	William Kilpatrick	Evelyn Mary Lillian Ethel Stafford
	💍 1914/7084
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Coachsmith	Domestic Duties
Age	51	25
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, Stout Street, Whataupoko
Folio	817
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

26 January 1914

Allen Montague Newton
Kate Laurie Sneath

Allen Montague Newton
Kate Laurie Sneath
💍 1914/7088

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Hand
Domestic Duties

22
23

Puha
Puha, Poverty Bay

6 months
6 months

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

820

26 January 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	21
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allen Montague Newton	Kate Laurie Sneath
	💍 1914/7088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Puha	Puha, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	820
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

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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).