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 372

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar H. Stuart 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

7 March 1914

Arthur Henry Murray
Alice Mary Corcoran

Arthur Henry Murray
Alice Mary Corcoran
💍 1914/7110

Bachelor
Widow

Setter
Domestic Duties

29
32

Motu, Poverty Bay
Motu, Gisborne

4 years
4 years

10 Lytton Road, Private residence of Mr. R. Liston, Gisborne

842

7 March 1914

Rev. John B. Carran, Roman Catholic Minister, Ormond

No	51
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Murray	Alice Mary Corcoran
	💍 1914/7110
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Setter	Domestic Duties
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	Motu, Poverty Bay	Motu, Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	10 Lytton Road, Private residence of Mr. R. Liston, Gisborne
Folio	842
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. John B. Carran, Roman Catholic Minister, Ormond

7 March 1914

Gerald Filimaurie Joblin
Eleanor Richardson

Gerald Fitzmaurice Joblin
Eleanor Richardson
💍 1914/7096

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
33

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 days
3 months

Private residence of W. Richardson, Grandfather of bride, Lytton Road, Gisborne

804

7 March 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	52
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Filimaurie Joblin	Eleanor Richardson
BDM Match (94%)	Gerald Fitzmaurice Joblin	Eleanor Richardson
	💍 1914/7096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Private residence of W. Richardson, Grandfather of bride, Lytton Road, Gisborne
Folio	804
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

18 March 1914

Walter Francis Shepard
Mary Anne Rae

Walter Francis Shepard
Mary Anne Rae
💍 1914/7172

Bachelor
Spinster

Teamster
Domestic Duties

23
18

Whatatutu, Poverty Bay
Whatatutu, Poverty Bay

3 years
6 months

Private residence of the Parents, Whatatutu, Poverty Bay

932

John Rae, Father

18 March 1914

Rev. James B. Hall, Presbyterian Minister, Ormond

No	53
Date of Notice	18 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Francis Shepard	Mary Anne Rae
	💍 1914/7172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teamster	Domestic Duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Whatatutu, Poverty Bay	Whatatutu, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Private residence of the Parents, Whatatutu, Poverty Bay
Folio	932
Consent	John Rae, Father
Date of Certificate	18 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. James B. Hall, Presbyterian Minister, Ormond

18 March 1914

James Clements
Henrietta Pollock

James Clements
Henrietta Pollock
💍 1914/9037

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Hand
Domestic Duties

22
22

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

6 months
8 months

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

4099

18 March 1914

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	54
Date of Notice	18 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Clements	Henrietta Pollock
	💍 1914/9037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 months	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	4099
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

19 March 1914

Harvey Alexander Twining
Maud Edith Washington

Harvey Alexander Twining
Maud Edith Washington
💍 1914/7004

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21
28

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

1 week
1 week

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

711

19 March 1914

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	55
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harvey Alexander Twining	Maud Edith Washington
	💍 1914/7004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	711
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

20 March 1914

Leonard Ashwood Friar
Ida Jane Tustin

Leonard Ashwood Friar
Ida Jane Tustin
💍 1914/7112

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Domestic Duties

29
29

Gisborne
Gisborne

10 years
3 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

826

20 March 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	56
Date of Notice	20 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Ashwood Friar	Ida Jane Tustin
	💍 1914/7112
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Domestic Duties
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	826
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

21 March 1914

James Goodall
Margaret Honore Hange

James Goodall
Margaret Lenore Lange
💍 1914/7095

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Shop Assistant

28
24

Gisborne
Matawhero, Poverty Bay

3 years
12 years

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

803

21 March 1914

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	57
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Goodall	Margaret Honore Hange
BDM Match (93%)	James Goodall	Margaret Lenore Lange
	💍 1914/7095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Shop Assistant
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Matawhero, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	803
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 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).