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 441

District of Helensville Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar B. Ancell

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

18 July 1914

James Runciman Carter
Edith Flora Screaton

James Runciman Carter
Edith Flora Screaton
💍 1914/1127

Bachelor
Spinster

Cement works Foreman
Domestic

32
28

Warkworth
Helensville

4 years
4 weeks

St Matthews Church, England

14/4802

18 July 1914

Rev Jasper Calder, Church of England

No	25
Date of Notice	18 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Runciman Carter	Edith Flora Screaton
	💍 1914/1127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cement works Foreman	Domestic
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Helensville
Length of Residence	4 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, England
Folio	14/4802
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Jasper Calder, Church of England

24 July 1914

Thomas Henry Scott
Harriet Jane Norton

Thomas Henry Scott
Harriet Jane Norton
💍 1914/1116

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman
Domestic

26
14

Helensville
Helensville

25 years
3½ years

St Matthews Church, England

14/4801

Thomas Henry Norton, Father

24 July 1914

Rev Jasper Calder, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Scott	Harriet Jane Norton
	💍 1914/1116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic
Age	26	14
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Helensville
Length of Residence	25 years	3½ years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, England
Folio	14/4801
Consent	Thomas Henry Norton, Father
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Jasper Calder, Church of England

31 July 1914

Herbert Henry Newport
Fannie Augusta Stanley

Herbert Henry Newport
Fannie Augusta Stanley
💍 1914/5176

Divorced
Widow

Farmer
Housekeeper

39
34

Pukanui
Pukanui

3 weeks
3 weeks

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Helensville

14/9075

31 July 1914

Richard Martin, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

No	27
Date of Notice	31 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Newport	Fannie Augusta Stanley
	💍 1914/5176
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Pukanui	Pukanui
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Helensville
Folio	14/9075
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Richard Martin, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

15 August 1914

Edward Tucker Osborne
Alice Rebekah Geldard

Edward Tucker Osborne
Alice Rebekah Gledard
💍 1914/1108

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic

28
18

Helensville
Helensville

8 years
16 years

The Church of Christ, Helensville

14/4800

John Henry Geldard, Father

15 August 1914

Rev I K Wilcox, Church of Christ

No	28
Date of Notice	15 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Tucker Osborne	Alice Rebekah Geldard
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Tucker Osborne	Alice Rebekah Gledard
	💍 1914/1108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Helensville
Length of Residence	8 years	16 years
Marriage Place	The Church of Christ, Helensville
Folio	14/4800
Consent	John Henry Geldard, Father
Date of Certificate	15 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev I K Wilcox, Church of Christ

22 September 1914

Joseph McLean
Mary Burkett

Joseph McLean
Mary Birkett
💍 1914/1107

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

41
31

Helensville
Helensville

1 week
3 months

The Private residence of Mr S Watson, Helensville

14/4799

22 September 1914

Rev R R Kirgan, Presbyterian

No	29
Date of Notice	22 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph McLean	Mary Burkett
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph McLean	Mary Birkett
	💍 1914/1107
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	41	31
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Helensville
Length of Residence	1 week	3 months
Marriage Place	The Private residence of Mr S Watson, Helensville
Folio	14/4799
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 September 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev R R Kirgan, Presbyterian

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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).