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 371

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar 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

27 February 1914

Lionel Edward Wilkinson
Sarah Gordon

Lionel Edward Wilkinson
Sarah Gordon
💍 1914/7025

Widower
Widow

Foreman, Brewery
Domestic Duties

28
30

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 years
20 years

The office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

708

27 February 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	44
Date of Notice	27 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Edward Wilkinson	Sarah Gordon
	💍 1914/7025
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Foreman, Brewery	Domestic Duties
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	The office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	708
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

28 February 1914

Frederick James McKinstry
Lena Mary Mauvee Davidson

Frederick James McKinstry
Lena Mary Maurice Davidson
💍 1914/7097

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Household Duties

21
26

Gisborne
Poverty Bay

10 months
10 months

Private residence of the mother of the bridegroom, Gisborne

805

28 February 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	45
Date of Notice	28 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James McKinstry	Lena Mary Mauvee Davidson
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick James McKinstry	Lena Mary Maurice Davidson
	💍 1914/7097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Household Duties
Age	21	26
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	10 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Private residence of the mother of the bridegroom, Gisborne
Folio	805
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

6 March 1914

Thomas Patrick Hogan
Florence Allen

Thomas Patrick Hogan
Florence Alley
💍 1914/7099

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab Proprietor
Domestic Duties

30
26

Gisborne
Gisborne

9 years
5 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

808

6 March 1914

Rev. John Golden, Roman Catholic Minister

No	46
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Patrick Hogan	Florence Allen
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas Patrick Hogan	Florence Alley
	💍 1914/7099
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab Proprietor	Domestic Duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	9 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	808
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Golden, Roman Catholic Minister

9 March 1914

Robert Richard Irvine Scott
Ellen Jessie May Fraser

Robert Richard Irvine Scott
Ellen Jessie May Fraser
💍 1914/7087

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic Duties

29
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

8 years
5 years

Private residence of the bride's parents, 155 Bright Street, Gisborne

801

9 March 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	47
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Richard Irvine Scott	Ellen Jessie May Fraser
	💍 1914/7087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic Duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	8 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, 155 Bright Street, Gisborne
Folio	801
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

12 March 1914

James Calnan
Maud Susan Rice

James Calnan
Maud Susan Rice
💍 1914/7002

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Barmaid

28
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 months
8 months

The office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

709

12 March 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	48
Date of Notice	12 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Calnan	Maud Susan Rice
	💍 1914/7002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Barmaid
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 months	8 months
Marriage Place	The office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	709
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

12 March 1914

William Carron
Jessie Telfer

William Carron
Jessie Telfer
💍 1914/7094

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

44
33

Motu, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

22 years
2 years

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

802

12 March 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	49
Date of Notice	12 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Carron	Jessie Telfer
	💍 1914/7094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	44	33
Dwelling Place	Motu, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	22 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	802
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

13 March 1914

Victor Fiori
Priscilla Abigail Saffey

Victor Fiori
Priscilla Abagail Gaffey
💍 1914/7003

Bachelor
Spinster

Chief
Housekeeper

24
22

Valley Road, Mangapapa
Mangapapa

7 years
4 years

The office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

710

13 March 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	50
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Fiori	Priscilla Abigail Saffey
BDM Match (96%)	Victor Fiori	Priscilla Abagail Gaffey
	💍 1914/7003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chief	Housekeeper
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Valley Road, Mangapapa	Mangapapa
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	710
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

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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).