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

136

4 February 1914

Thomas Monab
Florence Kathleen Heighway

Thomas McNab
Florence Kathleen Heighway
💍 1914/6659

Bachelor
Spinster

Monumental Mason

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
Life

St. Barnabas' Church

461

4 February 1914

Rev. G. J. McFarlan

No	136
Date of Notice	4 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Monab	Florence Kathleen Heighway
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas McNab	Florence Kathleen Heighway
	💍 1914/6659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Monumental Mason
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church
Folio	461
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. J. McFarlan

137

4 February 1914

William James Ward
Ellen Stephens

William James Ward
Ellen Stephens
💍 1914/6619

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

496

William Francis Stephens, Father

4 February 1914

Archibald W. Calder

No	137
Date of Notice	4 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Ward	Ellen Stephens
	💍 1914/6619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	496
Consent	William Francis Stephens, Father
Date of Certificate	4 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Archibald W. Calder

138

3 February 1914

Denis Markham
Delia Mary Cahill

Denis Markham
Delia Mary Cahill
💍 1914/6723

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

40
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
4 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

400

3 February 1914

Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

No	138
Date of Notice	3 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis Markham	Delia Mary Cahill
	💍 1914/6723
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	40	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	400
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

138

4 February 1914

Albert Edward Snoswell
Ann Batchelor

Albert Edward Snoswell
Ann Batchelor
💍 1914/6750

Bachelor
Spinster

Buchman

37
34

Auckland
Auckland

4 weeks
4 months

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

585

4 February 1914

Rev. F. W. Young

No	138
Date of Notice	4 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Snoswell	Ann Batchelor
	💍 1914/6750
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Buchman
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 weeks	4 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	585
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

139

5 February 1914

Lars William Arnesen
Olga Magdalena Niemi

Lars William Arnesen
Olga Magdalena Niemi
💍 1914/6620

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

St. James' Manse, Upper Union Street, Auckland

497

5 February 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	139
Date of Notice	5 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lars William Arnesen	Olga Magdalena Niemi
	💍 1914/6620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Upper Union Street, Auckland
Folio	497
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

140

5 February 1914

Archibald Barton McArthur
Lizzie Ormiston Hogg

Archibald Barton McArthur
Lizzie Hogg Ormiston
💍 1914/6758

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
2 years

Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

614

5 February 1914

Rev. J. Olphert

No	140
Date of Notice	5 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Barton McArthur	Lizzie Ormiston Hogg
BDM Match (75%)	Archibald Barton McArthur	Lizzie Hogg Ormiston
	💍 1914/6758
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	614
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

141

5 February 1914

Zachariah Fincham
Olive Adams

Zachariah Fincham
Olive Adams
💍 1914/450

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

49
43

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

141

5 February 1914

Registrar

No	141
Date of Notice	5 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Zachariah Fincham	Olive Adams
	💍 1914/450
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	49	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	141
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).