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 078

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

477

14 April 1914

Willie Ambler
Fanny Coles

Willie Ambler
Fanny Coles
💍 1914/8871

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

St. Matthew's Church

2820

14 April 1914

Rev. G. E. Gillam

No	477
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Willie Ambler	Fanny Coles
	💍 1914/8871
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	2820
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Gillam

478

14 April 1914

George Anderson
Elizabeth Evelyn Barraclough

George Anders Anderson
Elizabeth Evelyn Barraclough
💍 1914/690

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
19 years

Registrar's Office

2630

Elizabeth Margaret Smith, formerly Barraclough, mother

14 April 1914

Registrar

No	478
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Anderson	Elizabeth Evelyn Barraclough
BDM Match (84%)	George Anders Anderson	Elizabeth Evelyn Barraclough
	💍 1914/690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2630
Consent	Elizabeth Margaret Smith, formerly Barraclough, mother
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

479

14 April 1914

Andrew Trimble Sanford
Agnes Mary Sanford

Andrew Trimble
Agnes Mary Sanford
💍 1914/691

Bachelor
Spinster

Prison Officer

33
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
9 months

Registrar's Office

2631

Elizabeth Margaret Smith, formerly Sanford, mother

14 April 1914

Registrar

No	479
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Trimble Sanford	Agnes Mary Sanford
BDM Match (82%)	Andrew Trimble	Agnes Mary Sanford
	💍 1914/691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Prison Officer
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2631
Consent	Elizabeth Margaret Smith, formerly Sanford, mother
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

480

14 April 1914

James Robert Ford
Ellen Mary O'Brien

James Robert Ford
Ellen Mary O'Brien
💍 1914/7869

Widower
Spinster

Railway Signalman

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Roman Catholic Church

2828

14 April 1914

Rev. M. Downey

No	480
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Robert Ford	Ellen Mary O'Brien
	💍 1914/7869
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Railway Signalman
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	2828
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Downey

481

14 April 1914

Thomas Samuel Roper
Leonora Dean

Thomas Samuel Roper
Leonora Dean
💍 1914/8879

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

Residence of Bride's father, 9 Wellpark Avenue

2827

14 April 1914

Rev. G. Hawley

No	481
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Samuel Roper	Leonora Dean
	💍 1914/8879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's father, 9 Wellpark Avenue
Folio	2827
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Hawley

482

14 April 1914

Herbert George Shannon
Irene Mona Martelli

Herbert George Shannon
Irene Mona Martelli
💍 1914/8876

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
6 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

2824

14 April 1914

Very Rev. M. J. Brodie

No	482
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert George Shannon	Irene Mona Martelli
	💍 1914/8876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	2824
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. M. J. Brodie

483

14 April 1914

Phillip Joseph Moore
Mary Elizabeth Wilkin

Phillip Joseph Moore
Mary Elizabeth Wilkin
💍 1914/1349

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church

4745

14 April 1914

Rev. H. Mason

No	483
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Phillip Joseph Moore	Mary Elizabeth Wilkin
	💍 1914/1349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	4745
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

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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).