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 759

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar William Alfred Smith Willcox

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

13 October 1914

Richard James M'Carthy
Helen Dorothy Dauncey

Richard James McCarthy
Helen Dorothy Dauncey
💍 1914/3632

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman
Domestic Duties

23
25

Tauranga
Tauranga

13 months
4 days

Church of England, Tauranga

14/7535

13 October 1914

Rev Eric Dudley Rice

No	23
Date of Notice	13 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James M'Carthy	Helen Dorothy Dauncey
BDM Match (98%)	Richard James McCarthy	Helen Dorothy Dauncey
	💍 1914/3632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman	Domestic Duties
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	13 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	14/7535
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Eric Dudley Rice

19 October 1914

Vincent Lockhart Greenhill
Bertha Jane Fitch

Vincent Lockhart Greenhill
Bertha Jane Fitch
💍 1914/3631

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman
Tailoress

24
21

Tauranga
Tauranga

3 days
6 weeks

Residence of Mr. Edward Revell, Ohauiti, Tauranga

14/7534

19 October 1914

Rev Alexander Carrick Wedderspoon

No	24
Date of Notice	19 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Lockhart Greenhill	Bertha Jane Fitch
	💍 1914/3631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman	Tailoress
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Edward Revell, Ohauiti, Tauranga
Folio	14/7534
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Alexander Carrick Wedderspoon

25 November 1914

Arthur Henry Kirk
Eleanor Theodora Armstrong

Arthur Henry Kirk
Eleanor Theodora Armstrong
💍 1914/3630

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
22

Omokoroa
Te Puna

6 months
10 years

Residence of Mr. Benjamin Goodwin Armstrong, Te Puna

14/7533

25 October 1914

Rev Eric Dudley Rice

No	25
Date of Notice	25 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Kirk	Eleanor Theodora Armstrong
	💍 1914/3630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Omokoroa	Te Puna
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Benjamin Goodwin Armstrong, Te Puna
Folio	14/7533
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Eric Dudley Rice

12 December 1914

Oliver Cromwell Ormsby
Jane Borell

Oliver Cromwell Ormsby
Jane Borell
💍 1914/3629

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Domestic Duties

26
22

Te Puna
Te Puna

2 years
All her life

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Tauranga

14/7532

12 December 1914

W. A. S. Willcox, Registrar

No	26
Date of Notice	12 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Cromwell Ormsby	Jane Borell
	💍 1914/3629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Te Puna	Te Puna
Length of Residence	2 years	All her life
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Tauranga
Folio	14/7532
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1914
Officiating Minister	W. A. S. Willcox, Registrar

19 December 1914

Thomas Leslie Arnott
Elsie Agnes Mabel Simmonds

Thomas Leslie Arnott
Elsie Agnes Mabel Simmonds
💍 1914/3627

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

24
24

Rongotea, Tauranga
Tauranga

2 years, 1 week
1 1/2 years

Residence of Mrs. Annie Mitchell Simmonds, Cameron Road, Tauranga

14/7530

19 December 1914

Rev Alexander Carrick Wedderspoon

No	27
Date of Notice	19 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Leslie Arnott	Elsie Agnes Mabel Simmonds
	💍 1914/3627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Rongotea, Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	2 years, 1 week	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Annie Mitchell Simmonds, Cameron Road, Tauranga
Folio	14/7530
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Alexander Carrick Wedderspoon

26 December 1914

Francis Thomas Hicks
Agnes Tapsell

Francis Thomas Hicks
Agnes Tapsell
💍 1914/3628

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic Duties

22
18

Tauranga
Tauranga

9 months
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tauranga

14/7531

26 December 1914

Rev Charles Kreymborg

No	28
Date of Notice	26 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Thomas Hicks	Agnes Tapsell
	💍 1914/3628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic Duties
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tauranga
Folio	14/7531
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Charles Kreymborg

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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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).