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

121

30 January 1914

Frank Dugald Logan
Elsie Jane Stringer

Frank Dugald Logan
Elsie Jane Stringer
💍 1914/6673

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

21
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
Life

Methodist Church, Otahuhu

14/474

30 January 1914

Rev. J. Bond

No	121
Date of Notice	30 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Dugald Logan	Elsie Jane Stringer
	💍 1914/6673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	21	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Otahuhu
Folio	14/474
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bond

122

30 January 1914

William Harold Fisher
Ellen Elizabeth Dalton

William Harold Fisher
Ellen Elizabeth Dalton
💍 1914/6698

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
9 years

Presbyterian Church, Epsom

14/578

30 January 1914

Rev. W. McDonald

No	122
Date of Notice	30 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Harold Fisher	Ellen Elizabeth Dalton
	💍 1914/6698
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Epsom
Folio	14/578
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McDonald

123

30 January 1914

Howard Woodcock
Bertha Chadwick

Howard Woodcock
Bertha Chadwick
💍 1914/6733

Widower
Spinster

Builder

48
36

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
9 months

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

14/589

30 January 1914

Rev. A. Richards

No	123
Date of Notice	30 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Howard Woodcock	Bertha Chadwick
	💍 1914/6733
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	48	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	9 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	14/589
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

124

2 February 1914

Edward Fenton
Stella Farrell

Edward Fenton
Stella Farrell
💍 1914/6679

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
Life

St. Barnabas' Church Mt Eden

14/457

2 February 1914

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	124
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Fenton	Stella Farrell
	💍 1914/6679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church Mt Eden
Folio	14/457
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

125

2 February 1914

Reginald Spencer Hutton
Emma Brain

Reginald Spencer Hutton
Emma Brain
💍 1914/6747

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
20 years

Knox Church, Parnell

14/582

2 February 1914

Rev. R. Inglis

No	125
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Spencer Hutton	Emma Brain
	💍 1914/6747
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	14/582
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Inglis

126

2 February 1914

John Cornelius Erickson
Winifred Florence Grace McAnemy

John Cornelius Erikson
Winifred Florence Grace McAneny
💍 1914/9348

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Agent

33
26

Auckland
Auckland

9 mos
20 years

St. Paul's Church Auckland

14/4342

2 February 1914

Rev. C. A. B. Watson

No	126
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cornelius Erickson	Winifred Florence Grace McAnemy
BDM Match (96%)	John Cornelius Erikson	Winifred Florence Grace McAneny
	💍 1914/9348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 mos	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	14/4342
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson

127

2 February 1914

Charles Gilbert Blake
Florence Brown

Charles Gilbert Blake
Florence Brown
💍 1914/6618

Bachelor
Spinster

Dining Car Supervisor N.Z.R.

28
32

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
Life

St. James' Manse Auckland

14/495

2 February 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	127
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gilbert Blake	Florence Brown
	💍 1914/6618
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dining Car Supervisor N.Z.R.
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	Life
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse Auckland
Folio	14/495
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

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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).