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

285

6 March 1914

Reginald Lewis
Kathleen Mary Miller

Reginald Lewis
Kathleen May Miller
💍 1914/6813

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

29
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
6 months

St. Andrew's Church Auckland

14/518

Kate Miller, Mother

6 March 1914

R. A.. A. Murray

No	285
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Lewis	Kathleen Mary Miller
BDM Match (98%)	Reginald Lewis	Kathleen May Miller
	💍 1914/6813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church Auckland
Folio	14/518
Consent	Kate Miller, Mother
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	R. A.. A. Murray

286

6 March 1914

Samuel Septimus White
Lizzie Mazey

Samuel Septimus White
Lizzie Mazey
💍 1914/849

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent

34
34

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
11 months

St. Alban's Church, Mount Roskill

14/4539

6 March 1914

Rev. H. B. Wingfield

No	286
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Septimus White	Lizzie Mazey
	💍 1914/849
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	11 months
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church, Mount Roskill
Folio	14/4539
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield

287

6 March 1914

John Joseph Moylan
Margaret Maud Hardwick

John Joseph Moylan
Margaret Maud Hardwick
💍 1914/6664

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

42
34

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
Life

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

14/466

6 March 1914

Rev. J. Cahill

No	287
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Moylan	Margaret Maud Hardwick
	💍 1914/6664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	42	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	14/466
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill

288

6 March 1914

John McLeod
Florence Grace Collins

John McLeod
Florence Grace Collins
💍 1914/6596

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs
2 yrs

St. David's Church Auckland

14/421

6 March 1914

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	288
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McLeod	Florence Grace Collins
	💍 1914/6596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	St. David's Church Auckland
Folio	14/421
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

289

7 March 1914

Frederick Matthew Lawrence Steed
Maud Joan Black

Frederick Matthew Lawrence Steed
Maud Joan Black
💍 1914/496

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
3 days

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/187

7 March 1914

Registrar

No	289
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Matthew Lawrence Steed	Maud Joan Black
	💍 1914/496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/187
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

290

7 March 1914

William Edward Cox
Carrie Hardie

William Edward Cox
Carrie Hardie
💍 1914/6516

Bachelor
Spinster

Metal Turner

27
33

Auckland
Matakohe

2 years 10 months
21 years

Registrar's Office Paparoa

14/316

7 March 1914

Registrar, Paparoa

No	290
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Cox	Carrie Hardie
	💍 1914/6516
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Metal Turner
Age	27	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Matakohe
Length of Residence	2 years 10 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Paparoa
Folio	14/316
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Paparoa

291

9 March 1914

Harold Reginald Street
Caroline Elizabeth Yortt

Harold Reginald Street
Caroline Elizabeth Yortt
💍 1914/6666

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 months

St. Peter's Church Onehunga

14/468

9 March 1914

Rev. J. Haselden

No	291
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Reginald Street	Caroline Elizabeth Yortt
	💍 1914/6666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church Onehunga
Folio	14/468
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

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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).