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 813

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar Williams Henry Potts

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

9 December 1914

Alexander Miller
Flora Ross

Alexander Miller
Flora Ross
💍 1914/3378

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer
Nurse

28
27

Hamilton
Thames

3 years 5 months

St James Presbyterian Church, Thames

14/7257

9 December 1914

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	71
Date of Notice	9 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Miller	Flora Ross
	💍 1914/3378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer	Nurse
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Thames
Length of Residence		3 years 5 months
Marriage Place	St James Presbyterian Church, Thames
Folio	14/7257
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

21 December 1914

Wallace Booth
Alice Ethel Innis

Wallace Booth
Alice Ethel Innis
💍 1914/3456

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
26

Wharepoa
Wharepoa

2 days
26 years

In the house of Mr Admis

14/7262

23 December 1914

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	72
Date of Notice	21 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace Booth	Alice Ethel Innis
	💍 1914/3456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Wharepoa	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	2 days	26 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Admis
Folio	14/7262
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

22 December 1914

John Tilly Edgar
Elsie Jane Wood

John Tilly Edgar
Elsie Jane Wood
💍 1914/3374

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher
Domestic duties

27
29

Thames
Thames

3 days
29 years

Baptist Church, Mary Street, Thames

14/7253

23 December 1914

Rev H Wallace, Baptist

No	73
Date of Notice	22 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Tilly Edgar	Elsie Jane Wood
	💍 1914/3374
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	Domestic duties
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	14/7253
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev H Wallace, Baptist

23 December 1914

George Reginald Maltman
Edith Mary Myers

George Reginald Maltman
Edith Mary Myers
💍 1914/3455

Bachelor
Spinster

Fencer
Domestic duties

32
29

Thames
Thames

3 months
2 days

Methodist Church, Rolleston Street, Thames

14/7261

26 December 1914

Rev G W J Spence, Methodist

No	74
Date of Notice	23 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Reginald Maltman	Edith Mary Myers
	💍 1914/3455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fencer	Domestic duties
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 months	2 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Rolleston Street, Thames
Folio	14/7261
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev G W J Spence, Methodist

23 December 1914

Wi Hi Rairo Renata
Ira TuRumana

Wi Hikairo Renata
Ira Tu Kumana
💍 1914/3377

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
20

Thames
Thames

1 week
1 week

Latter Day Saints Church Chapel, Kiri Kiri

14/7256

Reihana TuRumana (Father)

23 December 1914

Elder William Gardner, Latter Day Saints

No	75
Date of Notice	23 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wi Hi Rairo Renata	Ira TuRumana
BDM Match (87%)	Wi Hikairo Renata	Ira Tu Kumana
	💍 1914/3377
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Latter Day Saints Church Chapel, Kiri Kiri
Folio	14/7256
Consent	Reihana TuRumana (Father)
Date of Certificate	23 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Elder William Gardner, Latter Day Saints

24 December 1914

Arthur William Latham
Victoria Bennett

Arthur William Latram
Victoria Bennett
💍 1914/3375

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic duties

29
22

Thames
Thames

3 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Parawai, Thames

14/7254

24 December 1914

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	76
Date of Notice	24 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Latham	Victoria Bennett
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur William Latram	Victoria Bennett
	💍 1914/3375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Parawai, Thames
Folio	14/7254
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, 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).