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).

Page 042

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

228

21 February 1914

John Stewart Jones
Florence Dora Lanck

John Stewart Jones
Florence Dora Lanck
💍 1914/472

Widower
Divorced

Grocer
[illegible]

66
44

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
9 days

Registrar's Office

163

21 February 1914

Registrar

No	228
Date of Notice	21 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Stewart Jones	Florence Dora Lanck
	💍 1914/472
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Grocer	[illegible]
Age	66	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	163
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

229

23 February 1914

Thomas Moore Aitken
Ruby Mary Aitken

Thomas Moore
Ruby Mary Aitken
💍 1914/6605

Bachelor
Spinster

Picture Proprietor
[illegible]

42
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

409

23 February 1914

Rev. J. Brodie

No	229
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Moore Aitken	Ruby Mary Aitken
BDM Match (82%)	Thomas Moore	Ruby Mary Aitken
	💍 1914/6605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Picture Proprietor	[illegible]
Age	42	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	409
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brodie

230

23 February 1914

Harry Hepburn Sutcher
Rebecca Maud Sutcher

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
[illegible]

29
32

Auckland
Auckland

Life
8 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

408

23 February 1914

Rev. J. Brodie

No	230
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Hepburn Sutcher	Rebecca Maud Sutcher
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	[illegible]
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	408
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brodie

231

23 February 1914

Percy Alfred Treebone
Annie Olive Treebone

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Merchant
[illegible]

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life

House of Mrs. Emefure, 20 Brown St.

465

23 February 1914

Rev. J. Peden

No	231
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Alfred Treebone	Annie Olive Treebone
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Merchant	[illegible]
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Emefure, 20 Brown St.
Folio	465
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Peden

232

23 February 1914

Richard Charles Brown
Elizabeth Ella Thompson

Richard Charles Brown
Elizabeth Ella Thompson
💍 1914/6783

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
[illegible]

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 years

Residence of Bride's parents, 52 Ponsonby Rd.

639

23 February 1914

Rev. H. R. Rempton

No	232
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Charles Brown	Elizabeth Ella Thompson
	💍 1914/6783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	[illegible]
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's parents, 52 Ponsonby Rd.
Folio	639
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Rempton

233

23 February 1914

Herbert Robert George Tobin
Margaret Ann Morris

Herbert George Tobin
Margaret Ann Morris
💍 1914/8282

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Maker
[illegible]

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 years

St. Benedict's Church

1897

23 February 1914

Rev. H. J. Filan

No	233
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Robert George Tobin	Margaret Ann Morris
BDM Match (87%)	Herbert George Tobin	Margaret Ann Morris
	💍 1914/8282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Maker	[illegible]
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	1897
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Filan

234

23 February 1914

Edward Joseph Harman
Caroline Maud Williams

Edward George Warman
Caroline Maud Williams
💍 1914/6649

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker
[illegible]

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. Andrew's Church

426

23 February 1914

Rev. O. Scattley

No	234
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Joseph Harman	Caroline Maud Williams
BDM Match (83%)	Edward George Warman	Caroline Maud Williams
	💍 1914/6649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker	[illegible]
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	426
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Scattley

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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).