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

407

2 April 1914

Robert Hepburn Watt
Williamina Rankine

Robert Hepburn Watt
Williamina Rankine
💍 1914/9285

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
1 yr 10 months

St. Andrews Church Auckland

14/4359

2 April 1914

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	407
Date of Notice	2 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hepburn Watt	Williamina Rankine
	💍 1914/9285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	1 yr 10 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	14/4359
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

408

2 April 1914

Robert Andrew Adams
Winifred Rosina Lewis

Robert Andrew Adams
Winnifred Rosina Lewis
💍 1914/8817

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
life

St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden

14/2791

2 April 1914

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	408
Date of Notice	2 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Andrew Adams	Winifred Rosina Lewis
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Andrew Adams	Winnifred Rosina Lewis
	💍 1914/8817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	life
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	14/2791
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

409

2 April 1914

Abraham Lincoln Thow
Rosie May Wickins

Abraham Lincoln Thow
Rosie May Wickins
💍 1914/8830

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 8 mos
1 year

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland

14/2779

2 April 1914

Rev. A. Richards

No	409
Date of Notice	2 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Abraham Lincoln Thow	Rosie May Wickins
	💍 1914/8830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 8 mos	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland
Folio	14/2779
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

410

2 April 1914

Samuel Courtney
Annie Dyson

Samuel Courtney
Annie Dyson
💍 1914/653

Widower
Widow

Liftman

67
56

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
6 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2617

2 April 1914

Registrar

No	410
Date of Notice	2 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Courtney	Annie Dyson
	💍 1914/653
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Liftman
Age	67	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2617
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

411

2 April 1914

John William Lingard
Charlotte Esther Winter

John William Lingard
Charlotte Esther Winter
💍 1914/8885

Bachelor
Spinster

Brickmaker

31
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
5 months

Congregational Church, Beresford St. Auckland

14/2810

2 April 1914

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	411
Date of Notice	2 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Lingard	Charlotte Esther Winter
	💍 1914/8885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brickmaker
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St. Auckland
Folio	14/2810
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

412

3 April 1914

Ewart Edward Hill
Julia Ann Roussel

Ewart Edward Hill
Julia Ann Roussel
💍 1914/8836

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

life
3 days

Baptist Church Richmond

14/2786

3 April 1914

Rev. J. Ings

No	412
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ewart Edward Hill	Julia Ann Roussel
	💍 1914/8836
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	3 days
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Richmond
Folio	14/2786
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ings

413

3 April 1914

Edmond Joseph Prendergast
Agnes Ethel Erina Devine

Edward Joseph Prendergast
Agnes Ethel Erina Devine
💍 1914/5816

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister & Solicitor

37
30

Auckland
Wellington

7 years
life

Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St. Wellington

14/3325

3 April 1914

Very Rev. P. Regnault

No	413
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Joseph Prendergast	Agnes Ethel Erina Devine
BDM Match (94%)	Edward Joseph Prendergast	Agnes Ethel Erina Devine
	💍 1914/5816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister & Solicitor
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	life
Marriage Place	Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St. Wellington
Folio	14/3325
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. P. Regnault

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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).