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 957

District of Kaponga Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar A. Murray

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 July 1914

Lewis Benjamin Parsons
Gladys May Elliott

Lewis Benjamin Parsons
Gladys May Elliott
💍 1914/5240

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
20

Awahina
Awahina

1 year
1 year

Dwelling of William Edward and Roger Parsons, Awahina

14/9166

James Currie, Father

1 July 1914

Rev. Oswald Morgan, Stent. Anglican

No	11
Date of Notice	1 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Benjamin Parsons	Gladys May Elliott
	💍 1914/5240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Awahina	Awahina
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Dwelling of William Edward and Roger Parsons, Awahina
Folio	14/9166
Consent	James Currie, Father
Date of Certificate	1 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Oswald Morgan, Stent. Anglican

21 July 1914

Horace John Guy Hills
Eliza Jane Buckley

Horace John Guy Hills
Eliza Jane Buckley
💍 1914/1627

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic

33
30

Makaka
Riverlea

4 years
2 years

St. Marks Church, Kaponga

14/5321

21 July 1914

Rev. Oswald Morgan, Stent. Anglican

No	12
Date of Notice	21 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace John Guy Hills	Eliza Jane Buckley
	💍 1914/1627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Makaka	Riverlea
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Kaponga
Folio	14/5321
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Oswald Morgan, Stent. Anglican

25 July 1914

James Patrick Deegan
Catherine Mary McInerney

James Patrick Deegan
Catherine Mary McEneaney
💍 1914/3057

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
21

Riverlea
Riverlea

2 weeks
1 1/2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga

14/6901

25 July 1914

Rev. Thomas J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	13
Date of Notice	25 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Patrick Deegan	Catherine Mary McInerney
BDM Match (96%)	James Patrick Deegan	Catherine Mary McEneaney
	💍 1914/3057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Riverlea	Riverlea
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga
Folio	14/6901
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

1 August 1914

Ernest Bertram Barnes
Agnes Sophia Emily Simes

Ernest Bertram Barnes
Agnes Sophia Emily Simes
💍 1914/1628

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic

26
26

Kaponga
Kaponga

4 days
3 years

St. Marks Church, Kaponga

14/5322

1 August 1914

Rev. Oswald Morgan, Stent. Anglican

No	14
Date of Notice	1 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Bertram Barnes	Agnes Sophia Emily Simes
	💍 1914/1628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Kaponga
Folio	14/5322
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Oswald Morgan, Stent. Anglican

10 August 1914

Maurice Oscar Dennis
Annie May Lobb

Maurice Oscar Dennis
Annie May Lobb
💍 1914/3746

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic

25
20

Mangatoki
Mangatoki

3 months
2 years

Dwelling of Murray Evans, Mangatoki

14/7600

Ann Lobb, Mother

10 August 1914

Rev. Hedley White, Methodist

No	15
Date of Notice	10 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Oscar Dennis	Annie May Lobb
	💍 1914/3746
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Mangatoki	Mangatoki
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Murray Evans, Mangatoki
Folio	14/7600
Consent	Ann Lobb, Mother
Date of Certificate	10 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Hedley White, Methodist

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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).