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

534

20 April 1914

Rhys Mason Walters
Effie Kingston Gorton

Rhys Mason Walters
Effie Kingston Gorton
💍 1914/6010

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
11 dys

St. John's Church Northcote

14/3227

20 April 1914

Rev. A. J. Beck

No	534
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rhys Mason Walters	Effie Kingston Gorton
	💍 1914/6010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	11 dys
Marriage Place	St. John's Church Northcote
Folio	14/3227
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck

535

20 April 1914

Richard Reginald Jury
Elizabeth Catherine Davern

Richard Reginald Jury
Elizabeth Catherine Davern
💍 1914/5458

Bachelor
Spinster

Boiler Maker

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
6 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

14/2865

20 April 1914

Rev. J. Cahill

No	535
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Reginald Jury	Elizabeth Catherine Davern
	💍 1914/5458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boiler Maker
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	14/2865
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill

536

20 April 1914

Charles Wheeler
Martha Mattson

Charles Wheeler
Martha Mattson
💍 1914/677

Widower
Widow

Painter

61
72

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
40 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2641

20 April 1914

Registrar

No	536
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Wheeler	Martha Mattson
	💍 1914/677
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	61	72
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2641
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

537

20 April 1914

Alfred Edwards
Frances Ethel Fountain

Alfred Edwards
Frances Ethel Fountain
💍 1914/678

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
3 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2642

20 April 1914

Registrar

No	537
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edwards	Frances Ethel Fountain
	💍 1914/678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2642
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

538

20 April 1914

Leo Day
Ruby Grace Haig

Leo Day
Ruby Grace Haig
💍 1914/5473

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

House of Bride's Father, 20 Royal Terrace, Mt. Albert

14/2856

Sidney Haig Father

20 April 1914

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	538
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leo Day	Ruby Grace Haig
	💍 1914/5473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, 20 Royal Terrace, Mt. Albert
Folio	14/2856
Consent	Sidney Haig Father
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

539

20 April 1914

William Henry Moon
Alice May Mills

William Henry Moon
Alice May Mills
💍 1914/5461

Bachelor
Spinster

Wicker Worker

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
Life

House of Mrs. J. L. Tucker, Mokora Rd Birkenhead

14/2868

20 April 1914

Rev. T. F. Jones

No	539
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Moon	Alice May Mills
	💍 1914/5461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wicker Worker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. J. L. Tucker, Mokora Rd Birkenhead
Folio	14/2868
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. F. Jones

540

20 April 1914

Andrew Campbell Cameron Keith
Rosamond Christina Grantham Forgie

Andrew Campbell Cameron Keith
Rosamond Christina Grantham Forgie
💍 1914/5435

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

35
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
25 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

14/2765

20 April 1914

Rev. C. M. Nelson

No	540
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Campbell Cameron Keith	Rosamond Christina Grantham Forgie
	💍 1914/5435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	14/2765
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson

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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).