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 903

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 December 1914 Registrar Bica

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

1 October 1914

Sydney Francis Mountain
Lucy Mary Burney

Sydney Francis Mountain
Lucy Mary Durney
💍 1914/5289

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

34
20

Kaeo
Whangarei

3 years
18 months

St Francis Xavier Church Whangarei

14/9215

see Sept 27

1 October 1914

Rev. C. Jansen, Catholic

No	39
Date of Notice	1 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Francis Mountain	Lucy Mary Burney
BDM Match (97%)	Sydney Francis Mountain	Lucy Mary Durney
	💍 1914/5289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Kaeo	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St Francis Xavier Church Whangarei
Folio	14/9215
Consent	see Sept 27
Date of Certificate	1 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Jansen, Catholic

3 October 1914

William Samuel Western
Elizabeth Mary Whattoff

William Samuel Western
Elizabeth Martin Whattoff
💍 1914/3580

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Lady help

48
37

Whangarei
Whangarei

4 days
4 days

Presbyterian Church Whangarei

14/7436

3 October 1914

Rev. Tom Day, Presbyterian

No	40
Date of Notice	3 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Samuel Western	Elizabeth Mary Whattoff
BDM Match (94%)	William Samuel Western	Elizabeth Martin Whattoff
	💍 1914/3580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Lady help
Age	48	37
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Whangarei
Folio	14/7436
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tom Day, Presbyterian

5 October 1914

Joseph Launcelot Webber Hope
Adelaide Latona Iphigenia Calkin

Joseph Launcelot Webber Hore
Adelaide Latona Iphygenia Calkin
💍 1914/3564

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Dressmaker

28
26

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 years
26 years

Church of England

14/7444

5 October 1914

Rev. H. A. Lavell, Church of England

No	41
Date of Notice	5 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Launcelot Webber Hope	Adelaide Latona Iphigenia Calkin
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Launcelot Webber Hore	Adelaide Latona Iphygenia Calkin
	💍 1914/3564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Dressmaker
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	14/7444
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Lavell, Church of England

20 October 1914

John Edgar Green
May Grant Bardson

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Labourer
Household duties

22
20

Onerahi
Onerahi

8 days
8 days

Public Hall Onerahi

14/7439

Hugh Grant

20 October 1914

Rev. Tom Day, Presbyterian

No	42
Date of Notice	20 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edgar Green	May Grant Bardson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Labourer	Household duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Onerahi	Onerahi
Length of Residence	8 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Public Hall Onerahi
Folio	14/7439
Consent	Hugh Grant
Date of Certificate	20 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tom Day, Presbyterian

20 October 1914

Sydney Nesbitt Wright
Blanche North

Sydney Nesbitt Wright
Blanche North
💍 1914/3584

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier
Shop Assistant

24
23

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
2 months

Residence of James North Whangarei

14/7440

20 October 1914

Rev. Tom Day, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	20 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Nesbitt Wright	Blanche North
	💍 1914/3584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier	Shop Assistant
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of James North Whangarei
Folio	14/7440
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tom Day, 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).