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

690

26 March 1914

William Arthur Many
Edith Jane Armstrong

William Arthur Elwin
Edith Jane Armstrong
💍 1914/720

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office

2684

26 March 1914

Registrar

No	690
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Many	Edith Jane Armstrong
BDM Match (88%)	William Arthur Elwin	Edith Jane Armstrong
	💍 1914/720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2684
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

691

26 March 1914

George Frederick Dee
Margaret Mary Florence Scelly

George Frederick Tee
Margaret Mary Florence Scelby
💍 1914/7853

Bachelor
Spinster

Plate-layer

29
19

Auckland
Auckland

Life
20 years

Residence of Mrs. Shack, Belmont Terrace

2923

Martha Scelly, Mother

26 March 1914

Rev. P. S. Munro

No	691
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Dee	Margaret Mary Florence Scelly
BDM Match (96%)	George Frederick Tee	Margaret Mary Florence Scelby
	💍 1914/7853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plate-layer
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Shack, Belmont Terrace
Folio	2923
Consent	Martha Scelly, Mother
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. S. Munro

692

26 March 1914

Frank Henderson
Norah Harpes

Frank Henderson
Norah Hayes
💍 1914/5598

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

2964

26 March 1914

Rev. J. Cahill

No	692
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Henderson	Norah Harpes
BDM Match (92%)	Frank Henderson	Norah Hayes
	💍 1914/5598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	2964
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill

693

26 March 1914

James Henry Arnott
Lanna Bow

James Henry Arnold
Sanna Bow
💍 1914/842

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
30 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

4284

26 March 1914

Rev. J. Jolly

No	693
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Arnott	Lanna Bow
BDM Match (89%)	James Henry Arnold	Sanna Bow
	💍 1914/842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	4284
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

694

27 March 1914

Allan Joseph McIsaac
Adelaide Smith

Allan Joseph McIsaac
Adelaide Smith
💍 1914/721

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

Registrar's Office

2685

27 March 1914

Registrar

No	694
Date of Notice	27 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Joseph McIsaac	Adelaide Smith
	💍 1914/721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2685
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

695

27 March 1914

Wilfred French Duckey
Irene Violet Rhodes

Wilfred French Tuckey
Irene Violet Rhodes
💍 1914/5597

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

Society of the New Church, Newton Road

2963

27 March 1914

Rev. J. Plummer

No	695
Date of Notice	27 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred French Duckey	Irene Violet Rhodes
BDM Match (98%)	Wilfred French Tuckey	Irene Violet Rhodes
	💍 1914/5597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Society of the New Church, Newton Road
Folio	2963
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Plummer

696

27 March 1914

Frederick Howard Stevenson
Elizabeth Cameron Stewart

Frederick Howard Stevenson
Elizabeth Cameron Stewart
💍 1914/5556

Bachelor
Spinster

Mental Hospital Attendant

34
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

2991

27 March 1914

Rev. W. Young

No	696
Date of Notice	27 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Howard Stevenson	Elizabeth Cameron Stewart
	💍 1914/5556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mental Hospital Attendant
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	2991
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Young

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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).