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

435

6 April 1914

Kenneth Wallace
Matilda Marion Coplestone

Kenneth Wallace
Matilda Marian Coplestone
💍 1914/7870

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
29

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

14/2837

6 April 1914

Rev. A. Greenwood

No	435
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Wallace	Matilda Marion Coplestone
BDM Match (98%)	Kenneth Wallace	Matilda Marian Coplestone
	💍 1914/7870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	14/2837
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Greenwood

436

6 April 1914

James Cochran
Alice Maria Owens

James Cochran
Alice Maria Owens
💍 1914/8867

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St

14/2816

6 April 1914

Rev. Geo. Harrison

No	436
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Cochran	Alice Maria Owens
	💍 1914/8867
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	14/2816
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Harrison

437

6 April 1914

Arthur Peggs
Juanita Arabella Faeth

Arthur Peggs
Yunita Arabella Gaeth
💍 1914/8866

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. Matthew's Church

14/2815

6 April 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	437
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Peggs	Juanita Arabella Faeth
BDM Match (93%)	Arthur Peggs	Yunita Arabella Gaeth
	💍 1914/8866
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	14/2815
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

438

6 April 1914

William John Blackwell
Margaret Galloway Meek

William John Blackwell
Margaret Galloway Meek
💍 1914/8815

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
37

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

St. David's Church

14/2789

6 April 1914

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	438
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Blackwell	Margaret Galloway Meek
	💍 1914/8815
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	14/2789
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

439

6 April 1914

Edward Thomas Monds
Kate Matilda Townsend

Edward Thomas Mond
Violet Martha Henrietta Townsend
💍 1914/5433

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

14/2763

6 April 1914

Rev. J. H. Murray

No	439
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Thomas Monds	Kate Matilda Townsend
BDM Match (72%)	Edward Thomas Mond	Violet Martha Henrietta Townsend
	💍 1914/5433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	14/2763
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Murray

440

6 April 1914

Augustus Borge Saddiley
Charlotte Rice Worthington

Augustus George Baddiley
Charlotte Grace Worthington
💍 1914/657

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

14/2620

6 April 1914

Registrar

No	440
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus Borge Saddiley	Charlotte Rice Worthington
BDM Match (88%)	Augustus George Baddiley	Charlotte Grace Worthington
	💍 1914/657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2620
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

441

6 April 1914

Norman McKenzie Austin
Amelia Kathleen Williams

Norman McKenzie Austin
Amelia Kathleen Williams
💍 1914/658

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

14/2621

6 April 1914

Registrar

No	441
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman McKenzie Austin	Amelia Kathleen Williams
	💍 1914/658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2621
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 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).