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 933

District of Hawera Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar J. B. Salmon

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

7 January 1914

David Dickie
Mary McDonald

David Dickie
Mary McDonald
💍 1914/6794

Bachelor
Widow

Merchant
Housekeeper

39
30

Hawera
Hawera, Auroa

3 days
1 year

Methodist Parsonage, Hawera

14/649

7 January 1914

E. O. Blamires

No	1
Date of Notice	7 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Dickie	Mary McDonald
	💍 1914/6794
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Merchant	Housekeeper
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera, Auroa
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Hawera
Folio	14/649
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1914
Officiating Minister	E. O. Blamires

21 January 1914

James Crosbie Muir
Lydia Abbott

James Crosbie Muir
Lydia Abbott
💍 1914/6793

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic

21
27

Hawera
Hawera

2 years
5 months

Methodist Parsonage, Hawera

14/648

21 January 1914

E. O. Blamires

No	2
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Crosbie Muir	Lydia Abbott
	💍 1914/6793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic
Age	21	27
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	2 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Hawera
Folio	14/648
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	E. O. Blamires

31 January 1914

Donald Wilkinson
Katherine Desmond

Donald Wilkinson
Katherine Desmond
💍 1914/570

Bachelor
Widow

Horse Trainer
Domestic

44
51

Hawera
Hawera

5 days
1 week

Registrar's Office, Hawera

14/262

31 January 1914

J. B. Salmon

No	3
Date of Notice	31 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Wilkinson	Katherine Desmond
	💍 1914/570
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Horse Trainer	Domestic
Age	44	51
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	5 days	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hawera
Folio	14/262
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1914
Officiating Minister	J. B. Salmon

2 February 1914

Job Alfred Wills
Mary Roberson

Job Alfred Willis
Mary Robinson
💍 1914/6795

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewer
Domestic

23
26

Hawera
Hawera

3 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hawera

14/650

2 February 1914

P. J. Power

No	4
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Job Alfred Wills	Mary Roberson
BDM Match (89%)	Job Alfred Willis	Mary Robinson
	💍 1914/6795
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewer	Domestic
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hawera
Folio	14/650
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	P. J. Power

8 February 1914

Henry Bragg
Byrl Adeline Morgan

Henry Bragg
Byrl Adeline Morgan
💍 1914/6

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Tailoress

28
24

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
20 years

Mrs. Morgan's Residence, Hawera

14/2068

8 February 1914

T. G. Hammond

No	5
Date of Notice	8 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bragg	Byrl Adeline Morgan
	💍 1914/6
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Tailoress
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Morgan's Residence, Hawera
Folio	14/2068
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1914
Officiating Minister	T. G. Hammond

19 February 1914

Joseph Francis Quinn
Eileen Gallagher

Joseph Francis Quinn
Eileen Gallagher
💍 1914/6828

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Lineman
Domestic

26
23

Hawera
Hawera

9 weeks
6 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Hawera

14/651

19 February 1914

P. J. Power

No	6
Date of Notice	19 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Francis Quinn	Eileen Gallagher
	💍 1914/6828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Lineman	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	9 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hawera
Folio	14/651
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1914
Officiating Minister	P. J. Power

20 February 1914

Patrick Joseph Sheahan
Florence Blanche Howard

Patrick Joseph Meahan
Florence Blanche Howard
💍 1914/6839

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

33
28

Ohangai
Ohangai

7 years
2 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Hawera

14/652

20 February 1914

P. J. Power

No	7
Date of Notice	20 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Joseph Sheahan	Florence Blanche Howard
BDM Match (95%)	Patrick Joseph Meahan	Florence Blanche Howard
	💍 1914/6839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Ohangai	Ohangai
Length of Residence	7 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hawera
Folio	14/652
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1914
Officiating Minister	P. J. Power

4 March 1914

Lyonel John Stafford Bush
Margaret Richmond Blain

Lyonel John Stafford Bush
Margaret Richmond Climie
💍 1914/8350

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

26
22

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
12 months

Presbyterian Church, Hawera

14/2069

4 March 1914

J. R. Shore

No	8
Date of Notice	4 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lyonel John Stafford Bush	Margaret Richmond Blain
BDM Match (92%)	Lyonel John Stafford Bush	Margaret Richmond Climie
	💍 1914/8350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hawera
Folio	14/2069
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1914
Officiating Minister	J. R. Shore

3 March 1914

Henry Davison
Ida Florence Humphries

Henry Davison
Ida Florence Humphries
💍 1914/8352

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
23

Riverlea, Kaponga
Hawera

24 years
4 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Kaponga

14/2071

3 March 1914

J. R. Shore

No	9
Date of Notice	3 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Davison	Ida Florence Humphries
	💍 1914/8352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Riverlea, Kaponga	Hawera
Length of Residence	24 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Kaponga
Folio	14/2071
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1914
Officiating Minister	J. R. Shore

7 March 1914

George Kilvington
Lottie Champion

George Kilvington
Lottie Champion
💍 1914/6846

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic Duties

35
27

Hawera
Hawera

31 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Hawera

14/653

7 March 1914

R. B. Spiers

No	10
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Kilvington	Lottie Champion
	💍 1914/6846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic Duties
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	31 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hawera
Folio	14/653
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	R. B. Spiers

19 March 1914

Reggie Jones
Isabel Maud Foster

Reggie Jones
Isabel Maud Foster
💍 1914/8351

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

23
23

Hawera
Hawera

5 months
3 months

Presbyterian Manse, Hawera

14/2070

19 March 1914

J. R. Shore

No	11
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reggie Jones	Isabel Maud Foster
	💍 1914/8351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Hawera
Folio	14/2070
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	J. R. Shore

26 March 1914

James Joy
Ivy Curtis

James Foy
Ivy Curtis
💍 1914/6973

Widower
Spinster

Commission Solicitor
Domestic

40
23

Hawera
Hawera

15 years
23 years

Methodist Church, Hawera

14/959

26 March 1914

E. O. Blamires

No	12
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Joy	Ivy Curtis
BDM Match (94%)	James Foy	Ivy Curtis
	💍 1914/6973
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Commission Solicitor	Domestic
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	15 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hawera
Folio	14/959
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	E. O. Blamires

28 March 1914

Samuel Gale Farquhar
Margaret Browne

Samuel Gale Larcom
Margaret Rose Browne
💍 1914/6847

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

39
34

Hawera
Hawera

37 years
7 years

Anglican Church, Hawera

14/654

28 March 1914

J. R. Cassell

No	13
Date of Notice	28 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Gale Farquhar	Margaret Browne
BDM Match (73%)	Samuel Gale Larcom	Margaret Rose Browne
	💍 1914/6847
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	37 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Hawera
Folio	14/654
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1914
Officiating Minister	J. R. Cassell

31 March 1914

Fred Cavendish Stuart
Rose Elizabeth Christian

Fred Cavendish Starck
Rose Elizabeth Christina Laurent
💍 1914/9052

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
24

Normanby
Normanby

5 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Normanby

14/4121

31 March 1914

J. R. Shore

No	14
Date of Notice	31 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Cavendish Stuart	Rose Elizabeth Christian
BDM Match (80%)	Fred Cavendish Starck	Rose Elizabeth Christina Laurent
	💍 1914/9052
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Normanby	Normanby
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Normanby
Folio	14/4121
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1914
Officiating Minister	J. R. Shore

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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).