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

327

14 March 1914

Albert Victor Keat
Eveline Alice Williams

Albert Victor Keat
Eveline Alice Williams
💍 1914/6798

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer N. Z. R.

21
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
15 years

Residence of Mr. J. Skelton, Princess St., Avondale

630

14 March 1914

Rev. R. R. Sponell

No	327
Date of Notice	14 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Victor Keat	Eveline Alice Williams
	💍 1914/6798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer N. Z. R.
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Skelton, Princess St., Avondale
Folio	630
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. Sponell

328

16 March 1914

Edmond Joel Yock
Hilda Adele Meyers

Sigmond Joel Yock
Hilda Adele Meyers
💍 1914/7307

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Manager

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
1 week

Synagogue, Princess St

1169

16 March 1914

Rev. P. A. Goldstein

No	328
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Joel Yock	Hilda Adele Meyers
BDM Match (91%)	Sigmond Joel Yock	Hilda Adele Meyers
	💍 1914/7307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Manager
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	1 week
Marriage Place	Synagogue, Princess St
Folio	1169
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. A. Goldstein

329

16 March 1914

Alexander Wilson Flow
Beatrice Hetherton Osborne

Alexander Wilson Clow
Beatrice Netherton Osborne
💍 1914/6781

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 years

Methodist Church, Birkenhead

637

16 March 1914

Rev. J. J. Jones

No	329
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Wilson Flow	Beatrice Hetherton Osborne
BDM Match (96%)	Alexander Wilson Clow	Beatrice Netherton Osborne
	💍 1914/6781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Birkenhead
Folio	637
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Jones

330

16 March 1914

John Parkinson Brima
Brima Cowley

John Parkinson
Mima Cowley
💍 1914/593

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

36
37

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
30 years

St. James' Manse

525

16 March 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	330
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Parkinson Brima	Brima Cowley
BDM Match (77%)	John Parkinson	Mima Cowley
	💍 1914/593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	525
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

331

16 March 1914

Robert Victor Matahan
Annie Stevens

Robert Victor Matahau
Annie Stevens
💍 1914/6643

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
29

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
6 years

St. Matthew's Church

443

16 March 1914

Rev. R. E. Ellam

No	331
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Victor Matahan	Annie Stevens
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Victor Matahau	Annie Stevens
	💍 1914/6643
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	443
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Ellam

332

16 March 1914

Thomas Haygarth Arnold
Minnie Wood

Thomas Naysmith Arnold
Minnie Wood
💍 1914/604

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
20 years

St. James' Manse

526

16 March 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	332
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Haygarth Arnold	Minnie Wood
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas Naysmith Arnold	Minnie Wood
	💍 1914/604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	526
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

333

16 March 1914

Albert William Newton
Ethel Schofield

Albert William Newton
Ethel Schofield
💍 1914/848

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
10 years

St. Alban's Church, Dominion Rd

4538

16 March 1914

Rev. A. J. Wingfield

No	333
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Newton	Ethel Schofield
	💍 1914/848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church, Dominion Rd
Folio	4538
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Wingfield

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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).