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 194

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar abresom

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

1121

31 August 1914

William Sernand Wine
Dorothy May Proctor

William Bernard Wine
Dorothy May Proctor
💍 1914/1484

Bachelor
Spinster

Boat Builder

29
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

5130

Ann Cole, mother of minor

31 August 1914

Rev. G. A. Galder, Anglican

No	1121
Date of Notice	31 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sernand Wine	Dorothy May Proctor
BDM Match (95%)	William Bernard Wine	Dorothy May Proctor
	💍 1914/1484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boat Builder
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	5130
Consent	Ann Cole, mother of minor
Date of Certificate	31 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Galder, Anglican

1122

31 August 1914

Claude James Dix Jessup
Alice Mary Smith

Claude James Dix Jessup
Alice Mary Smith
💍 1914/1460

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
1 year 7 months

St. Thomas Church, Auckland

5106

31 August 1914

Rev. H. H. Bedford, Anglican

No	1122
Date of Notice	31 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude James Dix Jessup	Alice Mary Smith
	💍 1914/1460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	1 year 7 months
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Auckland
Folio	5106
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Bedford, Anglican

1123

31 August 1914

Gordon Austin Cawdron
Evelyn Mary Hullen

Gordon Austin Cawdron
Evelyn May Bullen
💍 1914/1493

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Smith

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
1 year

Church of Christ, Newton

5162

31 August 1914

Mr. J. L. Wilcock, Church of Christ

No	1123
Date of Notice	31 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Austin Cawdron	Evelyn Mary Hullen
BDM Match (94%)	Gordon Austin Cawdron	Evelyn May Bullen
	💍 1914/1493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Smith
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Newton
Folio	5162
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. L. Wilcock, Church of Christ

1124

31 August 1914

Desmonde Hall Probert
Rebecca Roper

Desmonde Ryall Probert
Rebecca Roger
💍 1914/1294

Widower
Spinster

Mariner

34
26

Gisborne
Auckland

6 1/2 years
2 years

St. Andrews Church, Gisborne

4989

31 August 1914

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	1124
Date of Notice	31 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Desmonde Hall Probert	Rebecca Roper
BDM Match (92%)	Desmonde Ryall Probert	Rebecca Roger
	💍 1914/1294
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 1/2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Gisborne
Folio	4989
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

1125

31 August 1914

Horace Renton
Clara Susanna Henderson

Horace Renton
Clara Susanna Hendriksen
💍 1914/1490

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
29

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Congregational Church, New North Road, Mt. Eden

5159

31 August 1914

Rev. H. S. Craik, Congregational

No	1125
Date of Notice	31 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Renton	Clara Susanna Henderson
BDM Match (92%)	Horace Renton	Clara Susanna Hendriksen
	💍 1914/1490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, New North Road, Mt. Eden
Folio	5159
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Craik, Congregational

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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).