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 160

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar T. Culpan

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

956

28 July 1914

Charles Edwin Flower
Rose Adelaide Schofield

Charles Edwin Flower
Rose Adelaide Schofield
💍 1914/5239

Widower
Spinster

Painter

41
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
32 years

Residence of Bride's mother, 29 Grumner Rd Grey Lynn

14/9165

28 July 1914

Rev. H. Turner, Methodist

No	956
Date of Notice	28 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Flower	Rose Adelaide Schofield
	💍 1914/5239
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	41	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's mother, 29 Grumner Rd Grey Lynn
Folio	14/9165
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Turner, Methodist

957

28 July 1914

Joseph Richard Kneebone
Winifred May Knill

Joseph Richard Kneebone
Winnifred May Knill
💍 1914/1577

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland

14/5196

Mary Cowell, formerly Kneebone, mother; Alice Eliza Knill, mother

28 July 1914

Rev. A. Richards, Anglican

No	957
Date of Notice	28 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Richard Kneebone	Winifred May Knill
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Richard Kneebone	Winnifred May Knill
	💍 1914/1577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland
Folio	14/5196
Consent	Mary Cowell, formerly Kneebone, mother; Alice Eliza Knill, mother
Date of Certificate	28 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards, Anglican

958

28 July 1914

Charles Turner
Annie McFarlane Young

Charles Turner
Annie McFarlane Young
💍 1914/1442

Widower
Widow

Farmer

62
60

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 1/2 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

14/5112

28 July 1914

Rev. G. MacMurray, Anglican

No	958
Date of Notice	28 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Turner	Annie McFarlane Young
	💍 1914/1442
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	62	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	14/5112
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Anglican

959

28 July 1914

John Higgins Martin
Charlotte Eliza Pearce

John Higgins Martin
Charlotte Eliza Pearce
💍 1914/1581

Widower
Spinster

Station Holder

41
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
10 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

14/5200

28 July 1914

Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	959
Date of Notice	28 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Higgins Martin	Charlotte Eliza Pearce
	💍 1914/1581
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Station Holder
Age	41	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	10 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	14/5200
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic

960

28 July 1914

Walter Ferdinand Davis
Eleanor Agnes Nolan

Walter Ferdinand Davis
Eleanor Agnes Nolan
💍 1914/1450

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 yrs
9 yrs

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

14/5102

28 July 1914

Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	960
Date of Notice	28 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ferdinand Davis	Eleanor Agnes Nolan
	💍 1914/1450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	9 yrs
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	14/5102
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

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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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).