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

256

27 February 1914

Edward Arthur Hoyd
Maude Thomas

Edward Arthur Floyd
Maude Thomas
💍 1914/483

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
6 months

Registrar's Office

14/173

27 February 1914

Registrar

No	256
Date of Notice	27 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Arthur Hoyd	Maude Thomas
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Arthur Floyd	Maude Thomas
	💍 1914/483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/173
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

257

27 February 1914

Frederick Smith
Minnie Bailey

Frederick Smith
Minnie Bailey
💍 1914/6647

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
12 years

St. Matthew's Church

14/447

27 February 1914

Rev. W. McFillan

No	257
Date of Notice	27 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Smith	Minnie Bailey
	💍 1914/6647
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	14/447
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McFillan

258

27 February 1914

Robert Hall Davies
Mary Jane Davies

Robert Hall
Mary Jane Davies
💍 1914/484

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
19

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

14/174

James Montfort Davies, father

27 February 1914

Registrar

No	258
Date of Notice	27 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hall Davies	Mary Jane Davies
BDM Match (81%)	Robert Hall	Mary Jane Davies
	💍 1914/484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/174
Consent	James Montfort Davies, father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

259

27 February 1914

David Joseph Frederick Langley
Mabel McDougall

David Joseph Frederick Langley
Mabel McDougall
💍 1914/614

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

27
29

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
5 years

St. James' Manse

14/530

27 February 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	259
Date of Notice	27 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Joseph Frederick Langley	Mabel McDougall
	💍 1914/614
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	14/530
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

260

28 February 1914

James Neville Jackson
Helen Leaf Jackson

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Driver

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
1 1/2 years

Epiphany Church

14/6278

28 February 1914

Rev. P. H. Morse

No	260
Date of Notice	28 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Neville Jackson	Helen Leaf Jackson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Driver
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	14/6278
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Morse

261

28 February 1914

Henry Alfred Douglas
Jane Wallace

Henry Alfred Douglas
Jane Wallace
💍 1914/485

Bachelor
Spinster

Broker

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 months

Registrar's Office

14/175

28 February 1914

Registrar

No	261
Date of Notice	28 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Alfred Douglas	Jane Wallace
	💍 1914/485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Broker
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/175
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

262

28 February 1914

Harold Alfred Gordon
Ethel Lillian Harlow

Harold Alfred Gordon
Methien Lillian Barlow
💍 1914/493

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
12 years

Registrar's Office

14/176

James Gordon, father

16 March 1914

Registrar

No	262
Date of Notice	28 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Alfred Gordon	Ethel Lillian Harlow
BDM Match (89%)	Harold Alfred Gordon	Methien Lillian Barlow
	💍 1914/493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/176
Consent	James Gordon, father
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

263

2 March 1914

William Couper Williamson
Constance Adelaide Williamson

William Couper
Constance Adelaide Williamson
💍 1914/6597

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

St. David's Church

14/422

2 March 1914

Rev. J. C. Saunders

No	263
Date of Notice	2 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Couper Williamson	Constance Adelaide Williamson
BDM Match (78%)	William Couper	Constance Adelaide Williamson
	💍 1914/6597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	14/422
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Saunders

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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).