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 695

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 31 December 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

16 October 1914

John Joseph McKinney
Esther Bolton

John Joseph McKinney
Esther Bolton
💍 1914/3633

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

45
25

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

45 years
3 months

Residence of Mr. C. Brown, Pukekohe

7513

16 October 1914

George Frost

No	25
Date of Notice	16 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph McKinney	Esther Bolton
	💍 1914/3633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	45	25
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	45 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. C. Brown, Pukekohe
Folio	7513
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 October 1914
Officiating Minister	George Frost

27 October 1914

Samuel John Murray
Winifred Eliza Wymet

Samuel John Murray
Winifred Eliza Wymer
💍 1914/4545

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
27

Puni
Otahuhu

5 years
10 years

Residence of Rev. J. Dukes, Auckland

8442

27 October 1914

John Dukes

No	26
Date of Notice	27 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel John Murray	Winifred Eliza Wymet
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel John Murray	Winifred Eliza Wymer
	💍 1914/4545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Puni	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. J. Dukes, Auckland
Folio	8442
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1914
Officiating Minister	John Dukes

16 November 1914

William Henry Adams
Dorothy Maude Evans

William Henry Adams
Dorothy Maude Evans
💍 1914/3615

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic duties

23
22

Pukekohe
Razorback

23 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Pukekohe

7511

16 November 1914

Samuel Niscon

No	27
Date of Notice	16 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Adams	Dorothy Maude Evans
	💍 1914/3615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Razorback
Length of Residence	23 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pukekohe
Folio	7511
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Samuel Niscon

21 November 1914

Francis William Duncan
Elsie Hilda May Adams

Francis William Duncan
Elsie Hilda May Adams
💍 1914/3626

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic duties

22
21

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

9 years
21 years

Church of England, Pukekohe

7512

21 November 1914

F. B. Dobson

No	28
Date of Notice	21 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Duncan	Elsie Hilda May Adams
	💍 1914/3626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	9 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Pukekohe
Folio	7512
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1914
Officiating Minister	F. B. Dobson

2 December 1914

Joseph Wroblenski
Louisa Catherine McLean

Joseph Wrobleuski
Louisa Catherine McLean
💍 1914/3614

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
Domestic duties

27
22

New Plymouth
Patumahoe

1 day
2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Pukekohe

7510

2 December 1914

Jas. Molloy

No	29
Date of Notice	2 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Wroblenski	Louisa Catherine McLean
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Wrobleuski	Louisa Catherine McLean
	💍 1914/3614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	Domestic duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	New Plymouth	Patumahoe
Length of Residence	1 day	2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Pukekohe
Folio	7510
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Jas. Molloy

10 December 1914

Arthur W. Sturgess
Mabel Wilson Sawyer

Arthur William Sturgess
Mabel Wilson Sawyer
💍 1914/5110

Bachelor
Spinster

Aerated Water Manufacturer
Domestic duties

33
27

Singapore S.S.
Bombay

2 weeks
27 years

Church of England, Pukekohe

9010

10 December 1914

E. H. Wyatt

No	30
Date of Notice	10 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur W. Sturgess	Mabel Wilson Sawyer
BDM Match (87%)	Arthur William Sturgess	Mabel Wilson Sawyer
	💍 1914/5110
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Aerated Water Manufacturer	Domestic duties
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Singapore S.S.	Bombay
Length of Residence	2 weeks	27 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Pukekohe
Folio	9010
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1914
Officiating Minister	E. H. Wyatt

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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).