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 1007

District of Patea Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar W. J. Henz

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

6 July 1914

Adolph Hyndock
Lilian Lucy Sellers

Adolph Lyndock Bremer
Lilian Lucy Sellers
💍 1914/3750

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
23

Whenuakura
Whenuakura

3 days
8 days

Residence

7604

6 July 1914

George Ireland, Presbyterian

No	14
Date of Notice	6 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolph Hyndock	Lilian Lucy Sellers
BDM Match (81%)	Adolph Lyndock Bremer	Lilian Lucy Sellers
	💍 1914/3750
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Whenuakura	Whenuakura
Length of Residence	3 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Residence
Folio	7604
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1914
Officiating Minister	George Ireland, Presbyterian

11 July 1914

Alfred Davies
Clara Bertha Larsen

Alfred Davies
Clara Bertha Larsen
💍 1914/1971

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic duties

31
29

Patea
Wanganui

2 months
7 years

St. John's Church of England, Wanganui

5670

11 July 1914

R. A. D. Crauford, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	11 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Davies	Clara Bertha Larsen
	💍 1914/1971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic duties
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Patea	Wanganui
Length of Residence	2 months	7 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church of England, Wanganui
Folio	5670
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1914
Officiating Minister	R. A. D. Crauford, Church of England

17 July 1914

Frank Metcalfe
Agnes Amelia Green

Frank Metcalfe
Ann Amelia Green
💍 1914/1681

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
20

Alton
Alton

11 years
1 year

St. George's Church of England

5350

William Henry Green, father

17 July 1914

A. W. Payne, Church of England

No	16
Date of Notice	17 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Metcalfe	Agnes Amelia Green
BDM Match (92%)	Frank Metcalfe	Ann Amelia Green
	💍 1914/1681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Alton	Alton
Length of Residence	11 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. George's Church of England
Folio	5350
Consent	William Henry Green, father
Date of Certificate	17 July 1914
Officiating Minister	A. W. Payne, Church of England

18 July 1914

Edwin Henry Eades
Edith May Kitney

Edwin Henry William Goile
Edith May Kitney
💍 1914/1680

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

22
30

Manutahi
Manutahi

3 years
6 months

St. George's Church of England

5349

18 July 1914

A. W. Payne, Church of England

No	17
Date of Notice	18 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Henry Eades	Edith May Kitney
BDM Match (76%)	Edwin Henry William Goile	Edith May Kitney
	💍 1914/1680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	22	30
Dwelling Place	Manutahi	Manutahi
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. George's Church of England
Folio	5349
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1914
Officiating Minister	A. W. Payne, Church of England

3 August 1914

Michael Henry Bevan
Margaret Geary

Michael Henry Bevan
Margaret Geary
💍 1914/1739

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

33
40

Manutahi
Manutahi

5 days
11/12 years

Residence

5351

3 August 1914

A. W. Payne, Church of England

No	18
Date of Notice	3 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Henry Bevan	Margaret Geary
	💍 1914/1739
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	33	40
Dwelling Place	Manutahi	Manutahi
Length of Residence	5 days	11/12 years
Marriage Place	Residence
Folio	5351
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1914
Officiating Minister	A. W. Payne, Church of England

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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).