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 804

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar William Henry Potts

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 June 1914

Herman Henry Ingerson
Olive May Baker

Herman Henry Ingerson
Olive May Baker
💍 1914/8635

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic duties

24
21

Thames
Thames

10 years
21 years

In the Salvation Army Hall, Pollen Street, Thames

2305

1 June 1914

Brigadier D. Vince, Salvation Army

No	35
Date of Notice	1 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herman Henry Ingerson	Olive May Baker
	💍 1914/8635
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	10 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the Salvation Army Hall, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	2305
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Brigadier D. Vince, Salvation Army

1 June 1914

Harold Leslie West
Ruby Pearl Johnson

Harold Leslie West
Ruby Pearl Johnson
💍 1914/8616

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
16

Turua
Turua

2 years
16 years

Church of England, MacKay Street, Thames

2310

Thomas Johnson (Father)

1 June 1914

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	36
Date of Notice	1 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Leslie West	Ruby Pearl Johnson
	💍 1914/8616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, MacKay Street, Thames
Folio	2310
Consent	Thomas Johnson (Father)
Date of Certificate	1 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

2 June 1914

Joseph John Quintal
Florence Mary Deverell

Joseph John Quintal
Florence Mary Deverell
💍 1914/8639

Bachelor
Spinster

Mining
Shop Keeper

34
37

Thames
Thames

3 days
3 days

Church of England, MacKay Street, Thames

2309

3 June 1914

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	37
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph John Quintal	Florence Mary Deverell
	💍 1914/8639
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mining	Shop Keeper
Age	34	37
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, MacKay Street, Thames
Folio	2309
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

2 June 1914

Humphrey Nicholls
Awhimate Kipa

Humphrey Nicholls
Awhimate Kipa
💍 1914/8557

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

40
29

Thames
Thames

16 years
29 years

Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

2300

2 June 1914

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Humphrey Nicholls	Awhimate Kipa
	💍 1914/8557
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	16 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	2300
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

3 June 1914

Stanley Collard Willis
Rhoda Agnes Redwood

Stanley Collard Willis
Rhoda Agnes Redwood
💍 1914/7864

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Fitter
Drapers Assistant

28
22

Thames
Thames

18 months
22 years

In the house of Mrs. Redwood, Sanders Street, Thames

2910

3 June 1914

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	3 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Collard Willis	Rhoda Agnes Redwood
	💍 1914/7864
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Fitter	Drapers Assistant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	18 months	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Redwood, Sanders Street, Thames
Folio	2910
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, 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).