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

174

12 February 1914

Leslie Skelton
Clarice Viola Fletcher

Leslie Skelton
Clarice Viola Fletcher
💍 1914/456

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

20
16

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
15 years

Registrar's Office

14/146

Joseph Skelton, Father; John Fletcher, Father

12 February 1914

Registrar

No	174
Date of Notice	12 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Skelton	Clarice Viola Fletcher
	💍 1914/456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	20	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/146
Consent	Joseph Skelton, Father; John Fletcher, Father
Date of Certificate	12 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

175

12 February 1914

Frank Pile
Winifred Taylor

Frank Pile
Winifred Taylor
💍 1914/6583

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer

37
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
1 year

St. Patrick's Cathedral

14/401

12 February 1914

Rev. W. J. Ormond

No	175
Date of Notice	12 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Pile	Winifred Taylor
	💍 1914/6583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	14/401
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Ormond

176

13 February 1914

Valentine Busby Forbes
Alice Louisa Legg

Valentine Busby Forbes
Alice Louisa Legg
💍 1914/6667

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church

14/450

13 February 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	176
Date of Notice	13 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Busby Forbes	Alice Louisa Legg
	💍 1914/6667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	14/450
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

177

13 February 1914

Thomas Hanson Hargreaves
Sydney Ironson Clark

Thomas Hargreaves Hanson
Sydney Trouson Clark
💍 1914/6753

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

31
27

Auckland
Devonport

8 years
Life

Holy Trinity Church

14/601

13 February 1914

Rev. F. W. Young

No	177
Date of Notice	13 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hanson Hargreaves	Sydney Ironson Clark
BDM Match (66%)	Thomas Hargreaves Hanson	Sydney Trouson Clark
	💍 1914/6753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	14/601
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

178

13 February 1914

Reuben Sidaway
Mary Maria Hughes

Reuben Sidaway
Mary Maria Hughes
💍 1914/9134

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
25

Auckland
Newton, Auckland

2 years
6 months

Church of the Epiphany

14/4206

13 February 1914

Rev. W. E. Lush

No	178
Date of Notice	13 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Sidaway	Mary Maria Hughes
	💍 1914/9134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton, Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany
Folio	14/4206
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush

179

14 February 1914

Walter Roland Cole
Daisy James

Walter Roland Cole
Daisy James
💍 1914/6674

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
from overseas

St. Matthew's Church

14/450

14 February 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	179
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Roland Cole	Daisy James
	💍 1914/6674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	from overseas
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	14/450
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

180

14 February 1914

Leslie Emslie Wood
Florence Ida Wood

Leslie Emslie
Florence Isa Wood
💍 1914/594

Bachelor
Spinster

Brigade Fireman

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
18 months

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

14/534

Thomas Wood, Father

14 February 1914

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	180
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Emslie Wood	Florence Ida Wood
BDM Match (83%)	Leslie Emslie	Florence Isa Wood
	💍 1914/594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brigade Fireman
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Folio	14/534
Consent	Thomas Wood, Father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

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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).