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).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar Thomas 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

719

1 June 1914

Richard Elliott Allen
Elsie Catherine Eccles

Richard Elliott Allen
Elsie Catherine Eccles
💍 1914/1350

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
Life

Holy Trinity Church Otahuhu

14/4746

1 June 1914

Rev. H. Mason

No	719
Date of Notice	1 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Elliott Allen	Elsie Catherine Eccles
	💍 1914/1350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Otahuhu
Folio	14/4746
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

720

1 June 1914

Frank Vujicich
Frances Mary Phillipa Martinovich

Mark Vujicich
Francis Mary Phillipa Martinovich
💍 1914/7848

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 year

St. Benedict's Church Auckland

14/2918

1 June 1914

Rt. Rev. G. H. Gillam

No	720
Date of Notice	1 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Vujicich	Frances Mary Phillipa Martinovich
BDM Match (88%)	Mark Vujicich	Francis Mary Phillipa Martinovich
	💍 1914/7848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church Auckland
Folio	14/2918
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. G. H. Gillam

721

2 June 1914

Richard Feaver
Vida Te Aho Hammond

Richard Feaver
Vida Te Aho Hammond
💍 1914/5554

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

Methodist Church, Pitt St. Auckland

14/2981

2 June 1914

Rev. C. H. Laws

No	721
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Feaver	Vida Te Aho Hammond
	💍 1914/5554
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St. Auckland
Folio	14/2981
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Laws

722

2 June 1914

James McKee
Emma Elsie Cooke

James McKee
Emma Elsie Cooke
💍 1914/841

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

59
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months

Home of Mr G/ Cozens, Albion St. Parnell

14/4283

2 June 1914

Rev. I. Jolly

No	722
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McKee	Emma Elsie Cooke
	💍 1914/841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	59	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mr G/ Cozens, Albion St. Parnell
Folio	14/4283
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly

723

2 June 1914

Richard Wallis Burt
Annie Patricia Winifred Cowan

Richard Wallis Burt
Annie Patricia Winifred Cowan
💍 1914/5573

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 years

St. Augustine's Church, Stanley Bay, Devonport

14/2989

2 June 1914

Rev. F. W. Young

No	723
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Wallis Burt	Annie Patricia Winifred Cowan
	💍 1914/5573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Stanley Bay, Devonport
Folio	14/2989
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

724

2 June 1914

Richard Beaumont Christian
Annie Sarah Jacobson

Richard Beaumont Christian
Annie Sarah Jacobson
💍 1914/732

Bachelor
Widow

Seaman

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2696

2 June 1914

Registrar

No	724
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Beaumont Christian	Annie Sarah Jacobson
	💍 1914/732
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2696
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

725

2 June 1914

Herbert Green
Catherine Neville

Herbert Green
Catherine Neville
💍 1914/7849

Bachelor
Spinster

Stable Keeper

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
14 days

St. Benedict's Church Auckland

14/2919

2 June 1914

Rt. Rev. G. H. Gillam

No	725
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Green	Catherine Neville
	💍 1914/7849
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stable Keeper
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church Auckland
Folio	14/2919
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. G. H. Gillam

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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).