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 370

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Henry Truant 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

16 February 1914

William Barrett
Hannah Agnes Evans

William Barrett
Hannah Agnes Evans
💍 1914/7120

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

23
25

Waerenga-a-hika, Poverty Bay
Waiohika, Poverty Bay

1 year
12 months

Private residence of Mr. Barufather, Te Hapara

14/828

16 February 1914

Rev. Edgar Ward, Church of England (Waerenga-a-hika)

No	37
Date of Notice	16 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Barrett	Hannah Agnes Evans
	💍 1914/7120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Waerenga-a-hika, Poverty Bay	Waiohika, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	1 year	12 months
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr. Barufather, Te Hapara
Folio	14/828
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edgar Ward, Church of England (Waerenga-a-hika)

19 February 1914

William Wallace Stewart
Mary Elizabeth Fox

William Wallace Stewart
Mary Elizabeth Fox
💍 1914/7093

Bachelor
Spinster

Drainage Inspector
Domestic Duties

41
28

Gisborne
Poverty Bay

3 1/2 years
Life

Private residence of the bride's parents, Roberts Road No. 4

14/807

19 February 1914

Rev. Thomas Blair, Presbyterian Minister

No	38
Date of Notice	19 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wallace Stewart	Mary Elizabeth Fox
	💍 1914/7093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drainage Inspector	Domestic Duties
Age	41	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, Roberts Road No. 4
Folio	14/807
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Blair, Presbyterian Minister

23 February 1914

Hector James Dayle
Cecilia Eliza Naul

Hector James Doyle
Cecilia Eliza Paul
💍 1914/7060

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward
Dressmaker

25
24

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

3 months
3 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

14/793

23 February 1914

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	39
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector James Dayle	Cecilia Eliza Naul
BDM Match (94%)	Hector James Doyle	Cecilia Eliza Paul
	💍 1914/7060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward	Dressmaker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	14/793
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

21 February 1914

William Francis Hayes
Mary Veronica Griffin

William Francis Hayes
Mary Veronica Griffin
💍 1914/7061

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic Duties

25
22

Gisborne
Gisborne

About 8 years
Life

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

14/794

21 February 1914

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	40
Date of Notice	21 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Hayes	Mary Veronica Griffin
	💍 1914/7061
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	About 8 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	14/794
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

23 February 1914

Alfred Thompson
Selina Mary Honquise Winney

Alfred Thompson
Selina Mary Longmire Whinray
💍 1914/7092

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer
Domestic Duties

35
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 days
Life

Holy Trinity Church

14/824

23 February 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	41
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Thompson	Selina Mary Honquise Winney
BDM Match (88%)	Alfred Thompson	Selina Mary Longmire Whinray
	💍 1914/7092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	14/824
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

25 February 1914

Sidney Martin
Edith Mary Pritchard

Sydney Martin
Edith Mary Pritchard
💍 1914/8096

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Help

25
23

Matawhero, Poverty Bay
Waerenga-a-hika, Poverty Bay

14 months
Life

At the private residence of the bride's mother, Te Arai, Poverty Bay

14/1061

25 February 1914

Rev. Henry Thomas, Rawson (Church of England), Patutahi

No	42
Date of Notice	25 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Martin	Edith Mary Pritchard
BDM Match (96%)	Sydney Martin	Edith Mary Pritchard
	💍 1914/8096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Help
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Matawhero, Poverty Bay	Waerenga-a-hika, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	14 months	Life
Marriage Place	At the private residence of the bride's mother, Te Arai, Poverty Bay
Folio	14/1061
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Thomas, Rawson (Church of England), Patutahi

25 February 1914

Vivian Athelton Traill Howe
Ruth Alice Roche

Vivian Athelton Trail Lowe
Ruth Alice Roche
💍 1914/7101

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Duties

25
19

Kaiti
Gisborne

3 years
Life

Holy Trinity Church

14/825

25 February 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas (Church of England)

No	43
Date of Notice	25 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Athelton Traill Howe	Ruth Alice Roche
BDM Match (96%)	Vivian Athelton Trail Lowe	Ruth Alice Roche
	💍 1914/7101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Kaiti	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	14/825
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas (Church of England)

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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).