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 689

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar William Coates

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

3 February 1914

Joseph Henry Baker
Clara Gertrude Holland

Joseph Henry Baker
Clara Gertude Holland
💍 1914/7137

Bachelor
Spinster

Music Teacher
Domestic duties

28
24

Present Tuakau, usual Auckland
Present Tuakau, usual Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Johns Church Tuakau

876

3 February 1914

J. B. Dobson

No	1
Date of Notice	3 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henry Baker	Clara Gertrude Holland
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Henry Baker	Clara Gertude Holland
	💍 1914/7137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Music Teacher	Domestic duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Present Tuakau, usual Auckland	Present Tuakau, usual Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Johns Church Tuakau
Folio	876
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1914
Officiating Minister	J. B. Dobson

3 February 1914

William Townsend Roulston
Annie Elizabeth Roulston

William Townsend
Annie Elizabeth Roulston
💍 1914/6917

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

33
31

Present Pukekohe, usual Eureka
Pukekohe

3 days
31 years

Residence of Mr. & Mrs. Roulston, Pukekohe

873

3 February 1914

S. Nixon

No	2
Date of Notice	3 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Townsend Roulston	Annie Elizabeth Roulston
BDM Match (82%)	William Townsend	Annie Elizabeth Roulston
	💍 1914/6917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Present Pukekohe, usual Eureka	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	3 days	31 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. & Mrs. Roulston, Pukekohe
Folio	873
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1914
Officiating Minister	S. Nixon

4 February 1914

Andrew Arkle Holmes
Alba Edith Penrhys Evans

Andrew Arkle Holmes
Alba Edith Penrkys Evans
💍 1914/7126

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission agent
Domestic duties

31
25

Present Razorback, usual Hamilton
Razorback

3 days
25 years

St Peters Church, Bombay

875

4 February 1914

E. H. Wyatt

No	3
Date of Notice	4 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Arkle Holmes	Alba Edith Penrhys Evans
BDM Match (98%)	Andrew Arkle Holmes	Alba Edith Penrkys Evans
	💍 1914/7126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission agent	Domestic duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Present Razorback, usual Hamilton	Razorback
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Bombay
Folio	875
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1914
Officiating Minister	E. H. Wyatt

7 March 1914

Malcolm Brown Clark
Isabella Pirrett Clark

Malcolm Brown
Isabella Pirret Clark
💍 1914/6918

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic duties

28
22

Pokeno
Pokeno

28 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Pokeno

874

7 March 1914

C. E. Porter

No	4
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Brown Clark	Isabella Pirrett Clark
BDM Match (82%)	Malcolm Brown	Isabella Pirret Clark
	💍 1914/6918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Pokeno	Pokeno
Length of Residence	28 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pokeno
Folio	874
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	C. E. Porter

17 March 1914

William Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald
Mabel Knox Fitzgerald

William Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald
Mabel Knox
💍 1914/9118

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Tailoress

22
23

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

14 days
7 days

Office of Registrar, Pukekohe

4214

17 March 1914

Wm Coates

No	5
Date of Notice	17 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald	Mabel Knox Fitzgerald
BDM Match (74%)	William Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald	Mabel Knox
	💍 1914/9118
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Tailoress
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	14 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Pukekohe
Folio	4214
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm Coates

24 March 1914

Matthew Gilmour Orr
Olive Noel McElwain

Matthew Gilmour Orr
Olive Noel McElwain
💍 1914/7174

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Teacher

38
31

Pukekawa
Glenbrook

20 years
31 years

Residence of J. R. McElwain, Glenbrook, Pukekohe

934

24 March 1914

E. P. Blamires

No	6
Date of Notice	24 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Gilmour Orr	Olive Noel McElwain
	💍 1914/7174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Teacher
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Pukekawa	Glenbrook
Length of Residence	20 years	31 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. R. McElwain, Glenbrook, Pukekohe
Folio	934
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1914
Officiating Minister	E. P. Blamires

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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).