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

548

21 April 1914

William Leslie Meredith
Beatrice Maud Rogers

William Leslie Meredith
Beatrice Maud Rogers
💍 1914/5460

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Car Driver

21
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 5 months
4 years

St. Paul's Church, Kingsland

2867

21 April 1914

Rev. A. Richards

No	548
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leslie Meredith	Beatrice Maud Rogers
	💍 1914/5460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Car Driver
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 5 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Kingsland
Folio	2867
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

549

21 April 1914

Robert James Emerson
Myrtle Ruby Miller

Robert James Emerson
Myrtle Ruby Miller
💍 1914/5468

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

32
32

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
6 years

Home of Bride's Mother, 10 Carlton Gore Road

2874

21 April 1914

Rev. C. Harland

No	549
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Emerson	Myrtle Ruby Miller
	💍 1914/5468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, 10 Carlton Gore Road
Folio	2874
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Harland

550

21 April 1914

Percival Joseph Brinton
Lillian Mary Hamster

Percival Joseph Brinton
Lillian May
💍 1914/682

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
18 months

Registrar's Office

2645

21 April 1914

Registrar

No	550
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Joseph Brinton	Lillian Mary Hamster
BDM Match (78%)	Percival Joseph Brinton	Lillian May
	💍 1914/682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2645
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

551

21 April 1914

Ernest Alfred Meredith
Elizabeth Mary Smith

Ernest Alfred Meredith
Elizabeth May Smith
💍 1914/5456

Bachelor
Spinster

Crown Lands Ranger

36
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 months

St. Paul's Church, Remuera

2863

21 April 1914

Rev. G. Beatty

No	551
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Meredith	Elizabeth Mary Smith
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Alfred Meredith	Elizabeth May Smith
	💍 1914/5456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Crown Lands Ranger
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Remuera
Folio	2863
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Beatty

552

22 April 1914

Philip Joseph Tichy
Violet Mary Bovey (Bovey)

Philip Joseph Hickey
Violet May Bovey
💍 1914/5459

Divorced
Spinster

Railway Shunter

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 4 months
18 months

Home of Mr. Griffiths, 2 Newton

2866

22 April 1914

Rev. G. G. Jones

No	552
Date of Notice	22 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Joseph Tichy	Violet Mary Bovey (Bovey)
BDM Match (75%)	Philip Joseph Hickey	Violet May Bovey
	💍 1914/5459
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Railway Shunter
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 4 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Griffiths, 2 Newton
Folio	2866
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Jones

553

22 April 1914

John Norman Leaver
Kathleen Margaret Dunbar-Miller

John Norman McLean
Kathleen Margaret Dunbar Millar
💍 1914/5463

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
3 months

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

2870

22 April 1914

Rev. G. P. Harvie

No	553
Date of Notice	22 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Norman Leaver	Kathleen Margaret Dunbar-Miller
BDM Match (83%)	John Norman McLean	Kathleen Margaret Dunbar Millar
	💍 1914/5463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	2870
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Harvie

554

22 April 1914

George Henry Brown
Eliza Ann Brown

George Henry Brown
Eliza Ann Brown
💍 1914/683

Widower
Spinster

Independent Means

60
46

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
12 years

Registrar's Office

2646

22 April 1914

Registrar

No	554
Date of Notice	22 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Brown	Eliza Ann Brown
	💍 1914/683
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Independent Means
Age	60	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2646
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 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).