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 831

District of Lokaloka Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Herbert Seabourn

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

5 January 1914

John Wells
Frances Emma Brueton

John Wells
Frances Emma Brueton
💍 1914/8138

Widower
Widow

Farmer

59
54

Aratapu
Aratapu

22 years
3 days

Residence of John Wells, Aratapu

14/1679

5 January 1914

Rev R Hitch

No	1
Date of Notice	5 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wells	Frances Emma Brueton
	💍 1914/8138
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	59	54
Dwelling Place	Aratapu	Aratapu
Length of Residence	22 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of John Wells, Aratapu
Folio	14/1679
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev R Hitch

19 January 1914

Henry Bartwright Goodison
Anne Winifred Webb

Henry Cartwright Goodison
Ann Winnifred Webb
💍 1914/8099

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Nurse

30
27

Aratapu
Arapohue

3 days
1 month

Methodist Church, Arapohue

14/1664

19 January 1914

Rev W.B. Haynes

No	2
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bartwright Goodison	Anne Winifred Webb
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Cartwright Goodison	Ann Winnifred Webb
	💍 1914/8099
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Nurse
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Aratapu	Arapohue
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Arapohue
Folio	14/1664
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev W.B. Haynes

24 January 1914

Bruce Goodall
Isabella Rosetta Julia Dean

Bruce Goodall
Isabella Rosseta Julia Dean
💍 1914/582

Bachelor
Not heard of husband for 4 years last past

Bushman
Domestic

32
24

Tikinu
Tikinu

4 years
2 months

Registrar's Office, Te Kopuru

14/273

24 January 1914

H. Seabourn

No	3
Date of Notice	24 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Goodall	Isabella Rosetta Julia Dean
BDM Match (96%)	Bruce Goodall	Isabella Rosseta Julia Dean
	💍 1914/582
Condition	Bachelor	Not heard of husband for 4 years last past
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Tikinu	Tikinu
Length of Residence	4 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Te Kopuru
Folio	14/273
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1914
Officiating Minister	H. Seabourn

13 March 1914

William Albert Lochead
Winifred Hazel Mills

William Albert Lochead
Winifred Hazel Mills
💍 1914/6971

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Shop Assistant

23
18

Te Kopuru
Te Kopuru

10 years
7 years

Methodist Church, Te Kopuru

14/957

George Mills, Father

13 March 1914

Rev W.S. Bowie

No	4
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Albert Lochead	Winifred Hazel Mills
	💍 1914/6971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Shop Assistant
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Te Kopuru	Te Kopuru
Length of Residence	10 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Te Kopuru
Folio	14/957
Consent	George Mills, Father
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev W.S. Bowie

24 March 1914

William Henry Fitness
Myra Olive O'Henry

William Henry Fitness
Myra Olive Henry
💍 1914/8098

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
16

Rehia
O'Kahu

25 years
16 years

Residence of Joseph Henry O'Kahu

14/1663

Joseph Henry (father)

24 March 1914

Rev W.B. Haynes

No	5
Date of Notice	24 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Fitness	Myra Olive O'Henry
BDM Match (94%)	William Henry Fitness	Myra Olive Henry
	💍 1914/8098
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	16
Dwelling Place	Rehia	O'Kahu
Length of Residence	25 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Joseph Henry O'Kahu
Folio	14/1663
Consent	Joseph Henry (father)
Date of Certificate	24 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev W.B. Haynes

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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).