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 404

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

195

22 December 1914

Albert Henry Hakeford
Minnie Kibblewhite

Albert Henry Wakeford
Minnie Kibblewhite
💍 1914/3373

Bachelor
Divorced

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
36

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

2 years
18 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages

7235

22 December 1914

Henry Ewart Hill, Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	195
Date of Notice	22 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Hakeford	Minnie Kibblewhite
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Henry Wakeford	Minnie Kibblewhite
	💍 1914/3373
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	36
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	7235
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Henry Ewart Hill, Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

196

22 December 1914

Vernon Cuthbert Redesdale Mitford
Myra Agnew Brown

Vernon Cuthbert Redesdale Mitford
Myra Agnew Brown
💍 1914/3384

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic duties

32
29

Tahora, Gisborne
Gisborne

12 years
10 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

7240

22 December 1914

Henry Thomas Rawnoley, Church of England, Patutahi

No	196
Date of Notice	22 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vernon Cuthbert Redesdale Mitford	Myra Agnew Brown
	💍 1914/3384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic duties
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Tahora, Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	7240
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Henry Thomas Rawnoley, Church of England, Patutahi

197

23 December 1914

Seymour George Jones
Agnes Robertson

Seymour George Jones
Agnes Robertson
💍 1914/3784

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
21

Makauri
Makauri, Poverty Bay

2 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Ormond

7639

23 December 1914

James B. Hall, Presbyterian Church, Ormond

No	197
Date of Notice	23 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Seymour George Jones	Agnes Robertson
	💍 1914/3784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Makauri	Makauri, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ormond
Folio	7639
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1914
Officiating Minister	James B. Hall, Presbyterian Church, Ormond

198

24 December 1914

Arthur Cromwell Reardon
Jane Robertson

Arthur Cromwell Meardon
Jane Robertson
💍 1914/3783

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand
Domestic duties

29
22

Te Hapara, Poverty Bay
Makauri, Poverty Bay

2 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Ormond

7638

24 December 1914

James B. Hall, Presbyterian Church, Ormond

No	198
Date of Notice	24 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Cromwell Reardon	Jane Robertson
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Cromwell Meardon	Jane Robertson
	💍 1914/3783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Domestic duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Te Hapara, Poverty Bay	Makauri, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ormond
Folio	7638
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1914
Officiating Minister	James B. Hall, Presbyterian Church, Ormond

199

28 December 1914

Hughie Henry Hamilton
Gladys Myriam Lawson

Hughie Henry Hamilton
Gladys Myriam Lawson
💍 1914/3361

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
19

Gisborne
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

10 months
8 months

Methodist Church, Gisborne

7216

George Henry Lawson, Contractor, Gisborne, Father

28 December 1914

Robert Raine, Methodist Minister, Gisborne

No	199
Date of Notice	28 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hughie Henry Hamilton	Gladys Myriam Lawson
	💍 1914/3361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	10 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Gisborne
Folio	7216
Consent	George Henry Lawson, Contractor, Gisborne, Father
Date of Certificate	28 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Robert Raine, Methodist Minister, Gisborne

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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).