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 434

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar T. L. Seator

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

21 October 1914

Herbert Richard McLachlan
Myrtle Ruby Vail

Herbert Richard McLachlan
Myrtle Ruby Vail
💍 1914/3494

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman
Domestic

27
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

13 months
7 years

House of Mr. Vail, Selkirk St, Hamilton

7399

21 October 1914

Rev. James Clover, Methodist

No	76
Date of Notice	21 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Richard McLachlan	Myrtle Ruby Vail
	💍 1914/3494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	13 months	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Vail, Selkirk St, Hamilton
Folio	7399
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Clover, Methodist

24 October 1914

Kazimir Jakich
Frances Pokleporich

Kazimir Jakich
Frances Poklepovich
💍 1914/3507

Bachelor
Divorced

Farmer
Domestic

26
28

Te Rapa
Te Rapa

5 years
5 years

Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

7388

24 October 1914

Mr. T. L. Seator, Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	24 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kazimir Jakich	Frances Pokleporich
BDM Match (97%)	Kazimir Jakich	Frances Poklepovich
	💍 1914/3507
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Te Rapa	Te Rapa
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	7388
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr. T. L. Seator, Registrar

4 November 1914

Robert Alexander Watson
Ethel Beatrice Taylor

Robert Alexander Watson
Ethel Beatrice Taylor
💍 1914/3495

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic

41
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

7 days
3 years

St. Peter's Church, Victoria St, Hamilton

7400

4 November 1914

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Church of England

No	78
Date of Notice	4 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alexander Watson	Ethel Beatrice Taylor
	💍 1914/3495
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	41	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Victoria St, Hamilton
Folio	7400
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Church of England

11 November 1914

Charles Bertrand Holloway
Margaret Hanning

Charles Bertrand Holloway
Margaret Hanning
💍 1914/3508

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

10 days
3 weeks

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

7389

11 November 1914

Mr. T. L. Seator, Registrar

No	79
Date of Notice	11 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Bertrand Holloway	Margaret Hanning
	💍 1914/3508
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	10 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	7389
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr. T. L. Seator, Registrar

11 November 1914

Robert Foster Laing
Frances May Hailwood

Robert Foster Laing
Frances May Hailwood
💍 1914/3493

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic

29
22

Frankton Junction
Frankton Junction

1 week
8 years

Methodist Church, London St, Hamilton

7398

11 November 1914

Rev. James Wrigley, Methodist

No	80
Date of Notice	11 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Foster Laing	Frances May Hailwood
	💍 1914/3493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	1 week	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, London St, Hamilton
Folio	7398
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wrigley, 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).