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

449

7 April 1914

Alexander Kerr Allan
Etheldreda Haydon Goddard

Alexander Kerr Allan
Etheldreda Haydon Goddard
💍 1914/8868

Bachelor
Spinster

Naval Architect

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

All Souls Church

14/2817

7 April 1914

Rev. J. Furlong

No	449
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Kerr Allan	Etheldreda Haydon Goddard
	💍 1914/8868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Naval Architect
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	All Souls Church
Folio	14/2817
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Furlong

450

7 April 1914

Walter Sinclair Walter
Dora Elizabeth Keyte

Walter Sinclair
Dora Elizabeth Keyte
💍 1914/8873

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32
22

Dunedin
Auckland

11 months
2 years

Methodist Church, Kingsland

14/2804

7 April 1914

Rev. C.C. Harrison

No	450
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Sinclair Walter	Dora Elizabeth Keyte
BDM Match (84%)	Walter Sinclair	Dora Elizabeth Keyte
	💍 1914/8873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	14/2804
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.C. Harrison

451

7 April 1914

Sydney James Wallace Davidson
Pearl Harriet Berriman Elvines

Sydney James Wallace Davidson
Pearl Harriet Berriman Elvines
💍 1914/8884

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
9 months

Congregational Church, Newton

14/2809

7 April 1914

Rev. W.A. Heary

No	451
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney James Wallace Davidson	Pearl Harriet Berriman Elvines
	💍 1914/8884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Newton
Folio	14/2809
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.A. Heary

452

8 April 1914

William Richard Atkinson
Minna Dora Johansen

William McLeod Atkinson
Minnie Dora Johansen
💍 1914/8813

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
12 years

A. Matthews R.C. Church

14/2787

8 April 1914

Rev. E. Gillam

No	452
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Richard Atkinson	Minna Dora Johansen
BDM Match (85%)	William McLeod Atkinson	Minnie Dora Johansen
	💍 1914/8813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	12 years
Marriage Place	A. Matthews R.C. Church
Folio	14/2787
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Gillam

453

8 April 1914

Joseph William Dawson
Dorothy May Foster

Joseph William Dawson
Dorothy May
💍 1914/8824

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

24
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 month

Methodist Mission Hall, East St.

14/2797

Father

8 April 1914

Rev. W. Ready

No	453
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Dawson	Dorothy May Foster
BDM Match (81%)	Joseph William Dawson	Dorothy May
	💍 1914/8824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St.
Folio	14/2797
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

454

8 April 1914

John Henry Jensen
Lydia Florence Comer

John Henry Jensen
Lydia Florence Corner
💍 1914/8840

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

55
41

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
5 months

Methodist Church, Grafton Rd

14/2890

8 April 1914

Rev. J. Pond

No	454
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Jensen	Lydia Florence Comer
BDM Match (95%)	John Henry Jensen	Lydia Florence Corner
	💍 1914/8840
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	55	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Rd
Folio	14/2890
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pond

455

8 April 1914

John Marybanks Steele
Harriet North

John Marjoribanks Steele
Harriet Korth
💍 1914/8881

Bachelor
Divorced

Agent

47
38

Auckland
Gisborne

2.5 years
10 months

St. David's Church, Auckland

14/2806

8 April 1914

Rev. J. Saunders

No	455
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Marybanks Steele	Harriet North
BDM Match (88%)	John Marjoribanks Steele	Harriet Korth
	💍 1914/8881
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Agent
Age	47	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2.5 years	10 months
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/2806
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 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).