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 895

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Frank Bird

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

12 January 1914

Leslie Oswald Kelly
Olive Ethel Chadwin

Leslie Oswald Kelly
Olive Ethel Chadwin
💍 1914/7102

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic

23
24

Whangarei
Whangarei

7 days
8 years

St. John's Church, Whangarei

834

12 January 1914

Rev. H. A. Savell

No	1
Date of Notice	12 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Oswald Kelly	Olive Ethel Chadwin
	💍 1914/7102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	7 days	8 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Whangarei
Folio	834
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Savell

20 January 1914

Charles Henry Law
Florrie Humphries

Charles Henry Rau
Florrie Humphries
💍 1914/7125

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

32
28

Whangarei
Whangarei

7 days
4 days

Residence of Rev. R. P. Keall, Whangarei

833

20 January 1914

Rev. R. P. Keall

No	2
Date of Notice	20 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Law	Florrie Humphries
BDM Match (94%)	Charles Henry Rau	Florrie Humphries
	💍 1914/7125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	7 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. P. Keall, Whangarei
Folio	833
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Keall

9 February 1914

Nau Brown
Elizabeth Te Pake

Nan Brown
Elizabeth Te Peke
💍 1914/7124

Bachelor
Spinster

Boarding house keeper
Domestic

37
26

Whangarei
Whangarei

2 years
6 years

Mapuna Private Hotel, Whangarei

832

9 February 1914

Eden Bryan Welbecham

No	3
Date of Notice	9 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nau Brown	Elizabeth Te Pake
BDM Match (92%)	Nan Brown	Elizabeth Te Peke
	💍 1914/7124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boarding house keeper	Domestic
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Mapuna Private Hotel, Whangarei
Folio	832
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Eden Bryan Welbecham

3 March 1914

Alfred Edward Jackson
Jessie Maude Ball

Alfred Edward Jackson
Jessie Maude Ball
💍 1914/7123

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Shop Assistant

21
21

Kamo
Whangarei

5 months
4 days

Church of England, Whangarei

831

3 March 1914

Rev. L. Sampson

No	4
Date of Notice	3 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Jackson	Jessie Maude Ball
	💍 1914/7123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Shop Assistant
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Whangarei
Length of Residence	5 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	831
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Sampson

23 March 1914

Peter Madell
Jessie Gwendoline Holdcroft

Peter Madell
Jessie Gwendoline Holdcroft
💍 1914/578

Widower
Widow

Tally Clerk
Domestic duties

41
41

Limestone Island
Whangarei

6 years
5 weeks

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

270

23 March 1914

F. Bird, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Madell	Jessie Gwendoline Holdcroft
	💍 1914/578
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Tally Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	41	41
Dwelling Place	Limestone Island	Whangarei
Length of Residence	6 years	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	270
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

24 March 1914

William James Leew
Jane Pans

William James Dew
Jane Parr
💍 1914/580

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic

63
63

Whangarei
Whangarei

12 days
2 months

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

271

24 March 1914

F. Bird, Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	24 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Leew	Jane Pans
BDM Match (83%)	William James Dew	Jane Parr
	💍 1914/580
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	63	63
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	12 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	271
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1914
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

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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).