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 364

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Henry Stewart 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 January 1914

Henry Vincent Foster
Blanche Dawson Robinson

Henry Vincent Foster
Blanche Deason Robinson
💍 1914/7089

Bachelor
Spinster

Customs Officer
Exchange Cadet

23
25

Gisborne
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

4 days
6 months

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

821

14 January 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	14 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Vincent Foster	Blanche Dawson Robinson
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Vincent Foster	Blanche Deason Robinson
	💍 1914/7089
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Customs Officer	Exchange Cadet
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	821
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

16 January 1914

Robert Turnbull
Jane Hawson

Robert Turnbull
Jane Lawson
💍 1914/7119

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Teacher

33
30

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 months
5 days

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

827

16 January 1914

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	16 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Turnbull	Jane Hawson
BDM Match (95%)	Robert Turnbull	Jane Lawson
	💍 1914/7119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Teacher
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	827
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

13 January 1914

Ernest Churchill Calcott
Mary Agnes Huston

Ernest Churchill Calcott
Mary Agnes Huston
💍 1914/7085

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic Servant

30
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

1 year
15 years

Salvation Army Citadel, Gladstone Road, Gisborne

818

13 January 1914

Adjutant Alex. Marshall (Salvation Army)

No	10
Date of Notice	13 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Churchill Calcott	Mary Agnes Huston
	💍 1914/7085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic Servant
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 year	15 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Citadel, Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Folio	818
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Adjutant Alex. Marshall (Salvation Army)

14 January 1914

Charlie Faulkrodger
Ethel Williams

Charlie Gaukrodger
Ethel Williams
💍 1914/7100

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Domestic Duties

40
23

Manutuke, Whatatutu
Tawhiti, Whatatutu

11 years
10 years

Private residence of W. W. Tillick, Clifford Street, Whatatutu

809

14 January 1914

Rev. John A. Cochrane, Methodist Minister

No	11
Date of Notice	14 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charlie Faulkrodger	Ethel Williams
BDM Match (95%)	Charlie Gaukrodger	Ethel Williams
	💍 1914/7100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Manutuke, Whatatutu	Tawhiti, Whatatutu
Length of Residence	11 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of W. W. Tillick, Clifford Street, Whatatutu
Folio	809
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. John A. Cochrane, Methodist Minister

14 January 1914

Patrick Maher
Margaret Morris

Patrick Maher
Margaret Norris
💍 1914/7059

Widower
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic Duties

50
30

Gisborne
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

40 years
2 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

792

14 January 1914

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	12
Date of Notice	14 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Maher	Margaret Morris
BDM Match (97%)	Patrick Maher	Margaret Norris
	💍 1914/7059
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic Duties
Age	50	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	40 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	792
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

16 January 1914

James Nickerson
Ellen Mary Smith

James Nickerson
Ellen Mary Smith
💍 1914/7173

James Alfred Edmonds
Elsie May Smith
💍 1914/2042

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Domestic Duties

24
26

Te Karaka
Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

2 years
1 year

St. John's Church, Te Karaka

933

16 January 1914

Rev. Geo. Norman Welford Watson, Church of England, Te Karaka

No	13
Date of Notice	16 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Nickerson	Ellen Mary Smith
	💍 1914/7173
BDM Match (60%)	James Alfred Edmonds	Elsie May Smith
	💍 1914/2042
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Te Karaka	Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Te Karaka
Folio	933
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Norman Welford Watson, Church of England, Te Karaka

19 January 1914

Harry Harman
Katsie Vivien Harman Mackenzie

Harry Harman John MacKenzie
Katsie Vivien Harman MacKenzie
💍 1914/7171

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

31
30

Gisborne
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

6 years
5 days

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

931

19 January 1914

Rev. James O. B. Hall, Presbyterian Minister, Ormond

No	14
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Harman	Katsie Vivien Harman Mackenzie
BDM Match (71%)	Harry Harman John MacKenzie	Katsie Vivien Harman MacKenzie
	💍 1914/7171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	6 years	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	931
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. James O. B. Hall, Presbyterian Minister, Ormond

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).