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 439

District of Helensville Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar G. Ansell

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

1 April 1914

Walter Hardie Hutchinson
Hazel Violet Cullens

Walter Hardie Hutchinson
Hazel Violet Cullens
💍 1914/9263

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist
Typist

34
23

Helensville
Auckland

1 year
4 days

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Auckland

14/4360

1 April 1914

Rev A A Murray, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hardie Hutchinson	Hazel Violet Cullens
	💍 1914/9263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist	Typist
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	4 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Auckland
Folio	14/4360
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev A A Murray, Presbyterian

6 April 1914

Harry England
Margaret Thomson Kennedy

Harry England
Margaret Thomson Kennedy
💍 1914/7733

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
26

Woodhill
Woodhill

3 years
3 days

Private residence of Mrs Mackie, Woodhill

14/2197

6 April 1914

Rev R G Kingan, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry England	Margaret Thomson Kennedy
	💍 1914/7733
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Woodhill	Woodhill
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mrs Mackie, Woodhill
Folio	14/2197
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev R G Kingan, Presbyterian

14 April 1914

Reginald Screaton
Flora Doris Clements

Reginald Screaton
Flora Doris Clements
💍 1914/5477

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Milliner

26
26

Helensville
Olahuhu

1 1/2 years
2 months

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

14/2860

14 April 1914

Rev Jasper Calder, Church of England

No	19
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Screaton	Flora Doris Clements
	💍 1914/5477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Milliner
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Olahuhu
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	14/2860
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Jasper Calder, Church of England

9 June 1914

George Henry Hill
Mihiwire Rapana Takarai

George Henry Hill
Mikiwira Rapana Takera
💍 1914/7731

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

29
30

Parkhurst
Parkhurst

8 years
30 years

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Helensville

14/2195

9 June 1914

Charles Ansell, Registrar of Marriages

No	20
Date of Notice	9 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Hill	Mihiwire Rapana Takarai
BDM Match (91%)	George Henry Hill	Mikiwira Rapana Takera
	💍 1914/7731
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Parkhurst	Parkhurst
Length of Residence	8 years	30 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Helensville
Folio	14/2195
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Charles Ansell, Registrar of Marriages

13 June 1914

Thomas Francis Moore
Mary Lyons

Thomas Francis Moore
Mary Lyons
💍 1914/7867

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
28

Reweti
Reweti

19 years
26 years

Private residence of John Henry Lyons, Reweti

14/2913

13 June 1914

Monsignor Gillon, Roman Catholic

No	21
Date of Notice	13 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Moore	Mary Lyons
	💍 1914/7867
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Reweti	Reweti
Length of Residence	19 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of John Henry Lyons, Reweti
Folio	14/2913
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Monsignor Gillon, Roman Catholic

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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).