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 100

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

633

1 April 1914

Gabriel Pople
Ruth Aneroyd

Gabriel Pople
Ruth Akeroyd
💍 1914/5493

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Mister

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
15 years

Methodist Church, Onehunga

2952

1 April 1914

Rev. J. Hawkes

No	633
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gabriel Pople	Ruth Aneroyd
BDM Match (96%)	Gabriel Pople	Ruth Akeroyd
	💍 1914/5493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Mister
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Onehunga
Folio	2952
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hawkes

634

1 April 1914

Ernest Munro
Margaret Ann Atkinson

Ernest Munro
Margaret Ann Ivy McKinven
💍 1914/9088

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Driver

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
15 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

4260

1 April 1914

Rev. J. Jolly

No	634
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Munro	Margaret Ann Atkinson
BDM Match (82%)	Ernest Munro	Margaret Ann Ivy McKinven
	💍 1914/9088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Driver
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	4260
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

635

1 April 1914

Kenneth Charles Eastwood
Florence Duckworth

Kenneth Charles Eastwood
Florence Buckworth
💍 1914/5480

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

2940

1 April 1914

Rev. J. R. Young

No	635
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Charles Eastwood	Florence Duckworth
BDM Match (97%)	Kenneth Charles Eastwood	Florence Buckworth
	💍 1914/5480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	2940
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Young

636

1 April 1914

James Glendower Bowman
Agnes Fanny Bowman

James Clayden
Agnes Fanny Bowman
💍 1914/708

Widower
Widow

Builder
Farmer

45
65

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
8 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2671

1 April 1914

Registrar

No	636
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Glendower Bowman	Agnes Fanny Bowman
BDM Match (73%)	James Clayden	Agnes Fanny Bowman
	💍 1914/708
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Builder	Farmer
Age	45	65
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2671
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

637

1 April 1914

August Young
Charlotte Brown

August Young
Charlotte Mary Portland
💍 1914/5494

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

36
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 years

Home of Bride's Father, Onehunga

2953

Thomas Brown, Father

1 April 1914

Rev. J. Duthie

No	637
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	August Young	Charlotte Brown
BDM Match (78%)	August Young	Charlotte Mary Portland
	💍 1914/5494
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, Onehunga
Folio	2953
Consent	Thomas Brown, Father
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Duthie

638

1 April 1914

John Patrick O'Hagan
Rose Whittaker

John Patrick Hogan
Rose May Whittaker
💍 1914/5481

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Presbytery, Hobson Avenue, Devonport

2941

Austin Whittaker, Father

1 April 1914

Rev. J. Furlong

No	638
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Patrick O'Hagan	Rose Whittaker
BDM Match (81%)	John Patrick Hogan	Rose May Whittaker
	💍 1914/5481
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Presbytery, Hobson Avenue, Devonport
Folio	2941
Consent	Austin Whittaker, Father
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Furlong

639

1 April 1914

Walter Marsden
Alice Piper

Walter Marsden
Alice Piper
💍 1914/9366

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
33

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
1 year

Home of S. Sheppard, Eden Terrace

4376

1 April 1914

Rev. J. Saunders

No	639
Date of Notice	1 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Marsden	Alice Piper
	💍 1914/9366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Home of S. Sheppard, Eden Terrace
Folio	4376
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Saunders

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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).