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 31 March 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

355

20 March 1914

John Edmund Thompson
Amy May Lindsay

John Edmund Thompson
Amy May Lindsay
💍 1914/510

Widower
Spinster

Clerk

54
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
6 months

Registrar's Office

200

20 March 1914

Registrar

No	355
Date of Notice	20 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edmund Thompson	Amy May Lindsay
	💍 1914/510
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	54	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	200
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

356

21 March 1914

Richard Reeves
Annie Kimberley

Widower
Widow

Retired

74
57

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years Onehunga

St. Peter's Church

not solemnised (see attached)

21 March 1914

Rev. M. Kirkbride

No	356
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Reeves	Annie Kimberley
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Retired
Age	74	57
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years Onehunga
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	not solemnised (see attached)
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Kirkbride

357

21 March 1914

James Andrew Nixon
Isabella Macgregor

James Andrew Nixon
Isabella MacGregor
💍 1914/6785

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months Parnell

Knox Church

641

21 March 1914

Rev. R. Inglis

No	357
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Andrew Nixon	Isabella Macgregor
BDM Match (97%)	James Andrew Nixon	Isabella MacGregor
	💍 1914/6785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months Parnell
Marriage Place	Knox Church
Folio	641
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Inglis

358

21 March 1914

Albert Ever Mager
Mary Ann Kearney

Albert Ever Mager
Mary Ann Kearney
💍 1914/6644

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 1/2 years Auckland

St. Matthew's Church

444

21 March 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	358
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ever Mager	Mary Ann Kearney
	💍 1914/6644
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 1/2 years Auckland
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	444
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

359

23 March 1914

Joseph Stanley Saunders
Hazel Mary Virginia Brunton

Joseph Stanley Saunders
Hazel Mary Virginia Brunton
💍 1914/6634

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
3 months Takapuna

Presbyterian Church

435

Robert Brunton, Father

23 March 1914

Rev. J. E. Bertram

No	359
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Stanley Saunders	Hazel Mary Virginia Brunton
	💍 1914/6634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	3 months Takapuna
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	435
Consent	Robert Brunton, Father
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram

360

23 March 1914

Jack Lyons Watts
Annie Louisa Hudson

Jack Lyons
Annie Louisa Hudson Watts
💍 1914/518

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
life Auckland

Registrar's Office

201

Thomas Richard Watts, Father, Emily Louisa Watts, Mother

23 March 1914

Registrar

No	360
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Lyons Watts	Annie Louisa Hudson
BDM Match (69%)	Jack Lyons	Annie Louisa Hudson Watts
	💍 1914/518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	life Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	201
Consent	Thomas Richard Watts, Father, Emily Louisa Watts, Mother
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

361

23 March 1914

Isaac McLeavien Vibert
Kate Elizabeth Painn

Max Treleaven Vibert
Kate Elizabeth Cairn
💍 1914/6826

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
2 1/2 years Ponsonby

All Saints Church

507

23 March 1914

Arch. W. Calder

No	361
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac McLeavien Vibert	Kate Elizabeth Painn
BDM Match (75%)	Max Treleaven Vibert	Kate Elizabeth Cairn
	💍 1914/6826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	2 1/2 years Ponsonby
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	507
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Arch. W. Calder

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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).