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 945

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar W. Waley

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

19 January 1914

John Joseph Drozdownski
Julia Elizabeth Dunnick

John Joseph Drozdowski
Julia Elizabeth Dunick
💍 1914/6845

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
21

Waiorongona
Waiorongona

14 years
7 days

Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood

660

19 January 1914

Rev. Father O'Burne

No	1
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Drozdownski	Julia Elizabeth Dunnick
BDM Match (96%)	John Joseph Drozdowski	Julia Elizabeth Dunick
	💍 1914/6845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Waiorongona	Waiorongona
Length of Residence	14 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	660
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Burne

26 February 1914

John Scannell
Hilda Grace Baegher

John Scannell
Hilda Grace Calgher
💍 1914/6852

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
Domestic

32
22

Whangamomona
Inglewood

4 months

Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood

659

26 February 1914

Rev. Father O'Burne

No	2
Date of Notice	26 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Scannell	Hilda Grace Baegher
BDM Match (95%)	John Scannell	Hilda Grace Calgher
	💍 1914/6852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	Domestic
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Whangamomona	Inglewood
Length of Residence		4 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	659
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Burne

4 March 1914

Louis Radford Harrison
Jessie Hughes

Louis Radford Harrison
Trixie Hughes
💍 1914/6850

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
18

Kaimata
Tareth Road

6 years
6 years

Residence of J. J. Hughes

657

J. J. Hughes, Father

4 March 1914

Rev. C. Griffin

No	3
Date of Notice	4 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Radford Harrison	Jessie Hughes
BDM Match (85%)	Louis Radford Harrison	Trixie Hughes
	💍 1914/6850
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Kaimata	Tareth Road
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. J. Hughes
Folio	657
Consent	J. J. Hughes, Father
Date of Certificate	4 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Griffin

9 March 1914

Harold William Christensen
Edith Matilda Amyes

Harold William Christensen
Edith Matilda Amyes
💍 1914/822

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

36
27

Whangarei
Kaimata

7 days
18 months

Church of England, Inglewood

1288

9 March 1914

Rev. J. A. Kempthorne

No	4
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold William Christensen	Edith Matilda Amyes
	💍 1914/822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Kaimata
Length of Residence	7 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Inglewood
Folio	1288
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Kempthorne

21 March 1914

James Haggart Dobson
Mabel Sylvia Bennett

James Haggart Dobson
Mabel Sylvia Bennett
💍 1914/7678

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
28

Everett Road
York Road

26 years
28 years

Residence of B. Bennett, York Road

1843

21 March 1914

Rev. W. Griffin

No	5
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Haggart Dobson	Mabel Sylvia Bennett
	💍 1914/7678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Everett Road	York Road
Length of Residence	26 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of B. Bennett, York Road
Folio	1843
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Griffin

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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).