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

676

23 May 1914

Dundonald Alexander Crawford Bruce
Amy Constance Milton

Dundonald Alexander Crawford Bruce
Amy Constance Milton
💍 1914/5595

Bachelor
Spinster

Independent Means

53
50

Auckland
Auckland

5 mos
6 mos

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

14/2961

23 May 1914

Rev. A. H. Sedgwick

No	676
Date of Notice	23 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dundonald Alexander Crawford Bruce	Amy Constance Milton
	💍 1914/5595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Independent Means
Age	53	50
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 mos	6 mos
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	14/2961
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Sedgwick

677

25 May 1914

Richard Henry Oliver
Annette Vivian Anderson

Richard Henry Olver
Annetta Vivian Anderson
💍 1914/741

Bachelor
Spinster

House Decorator

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/2681

25 May 1914

Registrar

No	677
Date of Notice	25 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Oliver	Annette Vivian Anderson
BDM Match (95%)	Richard Henry Olver	Annetta Vivian Anderson
	💍 1914/741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	House Decorator
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/2681
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

678

25 May 1914

Harold Eric Hibbs
Louisa Matilda McDonald

Harold Eric Hibbs
Louisa Matilda McDonald
💍 1914/9576

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

14/4422

25 May 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	678
Date of Notice	25 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Eric Hibbs	Louisa Matilda McDonald
	💍 1914/9576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/4422
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

679

25 May 1914

Harry Charles Sheffield
Marian Wylie McPeake

Harry Charles Sheffield
Marian Wylie McPeake
💍 1914/5586

Widower
Spinster

French Polisher

31
32

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
5 years

House of Bride's Mother, 31 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport

14/2975

25 May 1914

Rev. J. E. Bertram

No	679
Date of Notice	25 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Charles Sheffield	Marian Wylie McPeake
	💍 1914/5586
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	French Polisher
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, 31 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport
Folio	14/2975
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram

680

25 May 1914

Frank Bell
Emily Adeline Christian

Frank Bell
Emily Adeline Christian
💍 1914/5577

Widower
Spinster

Engineer

58
35

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
3 years

St. James' Manse, Auckland

14/2967

25 May 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	680
Date of Notice	25 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Bell	Emily Adeline Christian
	💍 1914/5577
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	58	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	14/2967
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

681

25 May 1914

Thomas James Underwood
Annie Marguerite Taylor

Thomas James Underwood
Annie Margaret Taylor
💍 1914/5620

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Linesman

29
34

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

14/3006

25 May 1914

Rev. A. J. Greenwood

No	681
Date of Notice	25 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Underwood	Annie Marguerite Taylor
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas James Underwood	Annie Margaret Taylor
	💍 1914/5620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Linesman
Age	29	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	14/3006
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood

682

25 May 1914

Anshelm Karlsson
Annie Lockie

Anshelm Karlsson
Annie Lockie
💍 1914/742

Widower
Divorced

Labourer

46
36

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
36 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/2682

25 May 1914

Registrar

No	682
Date of Notice	25 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anshelm Karlsson	Annie Lockie
	💍 1914/742
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Labourer
Age	46	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	36 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/2682
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).