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 802

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

14 April 1914

Patrick Paddy
Edith Lavinia Bollo

Patrick Reddy
Edith Lavinia Bollo
💍 1914/8555

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic duties

29
30

Thames
Thames

1 week
2 years

Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

14/2298

14 April 1914

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	23
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Paddy	Edith Lavinia Bollo
BDM Match (92%)	Patrick Reddy	Edith Lavinia Bollo
	💍 1914/8555
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 week	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	14/2298
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

18 April 1914

Patrick Joseph Kenny
Evelyn Pansy Ferris

Patrick Joseph Kenny
Evelyn Pansy Ferris
💍 1914/8633

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

29
24

Thames
Thames

29 years
2 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames

14/2303

18 April 1914

Rev. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	24
Date of Notice	18 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Joseph Kenny	Evelyn Pansy Ferris
	💍 1914/8633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	29 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames
Folio	14/2303
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

24 April 1914

Joseph William Hedley
Yata Tumakere

Joseph William Hedley
Edith Lavinia Tumakere
💍 1914/8556

Widower
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

39
34

Thames
Thames

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

14/2299

24 April 1914

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	25
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Hedley	Yata Tumakere
BDM Match (75%)	Joseph William Hedley	Edith Lavinia Tumakere
	💍 1914/8556
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	14/2299
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

27 April 1914

Harold Isaac Walter Scott
Caroline Ivy

Harold Isaac Walter Scott
Caroline Cox
💍 1914/8853

Bachelor
Spinster

Waterside Worker
Domestic duties

28
27

Thames
Thames

2 days
27 years

In the house of Mrs. Both, Parawai, Thames

14/2903

29 April 1914

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	26
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Isaac Walter Scott	Caroline Ivy
BDM Match (88%)	Harold Isaac Walter Scott	Caroline Cox
	💍 1914/8853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waterside Worker	Domestic duties
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	27 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Both, Parawai, Thames
Folio	14/2903
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

2 May 1914

Frank Ernest Biddle
Mary McAllister

Frank Ernest Biddle
Mary McAllister
💍 1914/8637

Bachelor
Widow

Bushman
Housemaid

24
33

Turua
Turua

4 years
4 years

In the house of Mrs. Bopall, Turua

14/2307

2 May 1914

D. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	27
Date of Notice	2 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ernest Biddle	Mary McAllister
	💍 1914/8637
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Bushman	Housemaid
Age	24	33
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Bopall, Turua
Folio	14/2307
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1914
Officiating Minister	D. O'Callaghan, Church of England

4 May 1914

Thomas Henry Billing
Lottie Williams

Thomas Henry Billing
Lottie Williams
💍 1914/8636

Bachelor
Spinster

Exchange Clerk
Domestic duties

25
25

Thames
Thames

3 days
18 years

In the house of Mr. J. Williams, Mary Street, Thames

14/2306

5 May 1914

Rev. G.W.J. Spence, Methodist

No	28
Date of Notice	4 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Billing	Lottie Williams
	💍 1914/8636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Exchange Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. J. Williams, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	14/2306
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.W.J. Spence, 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).