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

604

5 April 1914

David Richard Charles Dalifent Sambrook
Dorothy Mary Worsley

David Richard Pilifent Bambury
Dorothy Mary Worsley
💍 1914/5498

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 months

George B. Farrar A. Presbyterian Church

14/2934

Edward Farrar, father

5 April 1914

Rev. A. J. Turner

No	604
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Richard Charles Dalifent Sambrook	Dorothy Mary Worsley
BDM Match (81%)	David Richard Pilifent Bambury	Dorothy Mary Worsley
	💍 1914/5498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 months
Marriage Place	George B. Farrar A. Presbyterian Church
Folio	14/2934
Consent	Edward Farrar, father
Date of Certificate	5 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Turner

605

5 April 1914

Charles Augustus Pankhurst
Isabella Robina Shields

Charles Augustus Cawkwell
Isabella Robina Shields
💍 1914/696

Widower
Spinster

Clerk

38
31

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
6 months

Registrar's Office

14/2660

5 April 1914

Registrar

No	605
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Augustus Pankhurst	Isabella Robina Shields
BDM Match (87%)	Charles Augustus Cawkwell	Isabella Robina Shields
	💍 1914/696
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2660
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

606

5 April 1914

Alfred Gould Howard
Marjory Seale

Alfred Gould Howard
Marjory Beale
💍 1914/697

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

37
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

Registrar's Office

14/2661

5 April 1914

Registrar

No	606
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Gould Howard	Marjory Seale
BDM Match (96%)	Alfred Gould Howard	Marjory Beale
	💍 1914/697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2661
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

607

5 April 1914

Arthur James Woodhouse
Wilhelmina Josephine Catherine Ellen

Arthur James Woodhouse
Wilhelmina Josephine Catherine Allen
💍 1914/935

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

38
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
28 years

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

14/4601

5 April 1914

Rev. E. Whitehouse

No	607
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Woodhouse	Wilhelmina Josephine Catherine Ellen
BDM Match (99%)	Arthur James Woodhouse	Wilhelmina Josephine Catherine Allen
	💍 1914/935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	14/4601
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Whitehouse

608

5 April 1914

Bernard Sydney Maker
Lillian Burke

Bernard Sydney Baker
Lillian Burke
💍 1914/725

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 months

Registrar's Office

14/2689

John Burke, father

5 April 1914

Registrar

No	608
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Sydney Maker	Lillian Burke
BDM Match (98%)	Bernard Sydney Baker	Lillian Burke
	💍 1914/725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2689
Consent	John Burke, father
Date of Certificate	5 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

609

5 April 1914

Walter Russell Jerome
Linda Ellen Leathart

Walter Kenneth Jerome
Linda Ellen Leathart
💍 1914/5593

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
19

Auckland
Onehunga

10 years
Life

St. Peter's Church

14/2959

Cuthbert Leathart, father

5 April 1914

Rev. J. Haselden

No	609
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Russell Jerome	Linda Ellen Leathart
BDM Match (86%)	Walter Kenneth Jerome	Linda Ellen Leathart
	💍 1914/5593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	14/2959
Consent	Cuthbert Leathart, father
Date of Certificate	5 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

610

5 April 1914

Adam Clapperton
Annie Louisa

Adam Clapperton Fort
Annie Louis
💍 1914/698

Widower
Widow

Fruiterer

90
61

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
30 years

Registrar's Office

14/2662

5 April 1914

Registrar

No	610
Date of Notice	5 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Clapperton	Annie Louisa
BDM Match (83%)	Adam Clapperton Fort	Annie Louis
	💍 1914/698
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Fruiterer
Age	90	61
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2662
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 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).

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).