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 376

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar Henry Erwart 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

14 April 1914

Herbert Lewitt
Julian Turnbull

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

37
29

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 1/2 years
14 months

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

14/3537

14 April 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	70
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Lewitt	Julian Turnbull
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	14 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	14/3537
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

15 April 1914

William George Hoodre
Florence Annie Glover

William George Hoare
Florence Annie Glover
💍 1914/1014

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

26
21

Mangapapa, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

4 years
8 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Palmerston Road, Gisborne

14/4657

15 April 1914

Rev. Percy J. W. Ammungli, Baptist Minister

No	71
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Hoodre	Florence Annie Glover
BDM Match (95%)	William George Hoare	Florence Annie Glover
	💍 1914/1014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Mangapapa, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Folio	14/4657
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Percy J. W. Ammungli, Baptist Minister

15 April 1914

Maurice Normanton
Clara Caroline Conway

Maurice Normanton
Clara Caroline Corney
💍 1914/5636

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic Help

21
23

Makaraka, Poverty Bay
Makaraka, Gisborne

Nearly 2 years
About 10 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

14/3045

15 April 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	72
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Normanton	Clara Caroline Conway
BDM Match (93%)	Maurice Normanton	Clara Caroline Corney
	💍 1914/5636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic Help
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Makaraka, Poverty Bay	Makaraka, Gisborne
Length of Residence	Nearly 2 years	About 10 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	14/3045
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

16 April 1914

David Munro McGuire
Jane Babbington

David Munro McGuire
Jane Babbington
💍 1914/5637

Bachelor
Spinster

Drover
Domestic Duties

42
36

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

4 days
4 days

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

14/3046

16 April 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	73
Date of Notice	16 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Munro McGuire	Jane Babbington
	💍 1914/5637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drover	Domestic Duties
Age	42	36
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	14/3046
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

16 April 1914

Henry Gregory Toughertie
Anna Sofia Pickleson

Henry Gregory Dougherty
Anna Sofia Erickson
💍 1914/5638

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

32
27

Kaiti, Gisborne
Gisborne

12 months
3 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

14/3047

16 April 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	74
Date of Notice	16 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Gregory Toughertie	Anna Sofia Pickleson
BDM Match (84%)	Henry Gregory Dougherty	Anna Sofia Erickson
	💍 1914/5638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Kaiti, Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	12 months	3 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	14/3047
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

24 April 1914

James Douglas Park
Tooa Augusta Coker

James Douglas Park
Eva Augusta Coker
💍 1914/5978

Widower
Spinster

Drover
Domestic Servant

30
19

Mangapapa, Poverty Bay
Mangapapa, Gisborne

10 years
1 year

Private residence of the bride's parents, 259 Stout Street, Gisborne

14/3539

Frederick Coker (father)

24 April 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	75
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Douglas Park	Tooa Augusta Coker
BDM Match (92%)	James Douglas Park	Eva Augusta Coker
	💍 1914/5978
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Drover	Domestic Servant
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Mangapapa, Poverty Bay	Mangapapa, Gisborne
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, 259 Stout Street, Gisborne
Folio	14/3539
Consent	Frederick Coker (father)
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

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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).