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 024

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

107

27 January 1914

Charles James Graham
Lily Sarah Pym Groves

Charles James Graham
Lily Sarah Pym Grooves
💍 1914/617

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Fitter

33
25

Auckland
Auckland

19 months
2 years

St. Andrews Church Auckland

14/533

27 January 1914

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	107
Date of Notice	27 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles James Graham	Lily Sarah Pym Groves
BDM Match (98%)	Charles James Graham	Lily Sarah Pym Grooves
	💍 1914/617
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Fitter
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	14/533
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

108

27 January 1914

Thomas William Savage
Gladys Annie Matilda Hills

Thomas William Savage
Gladys Annie Matilda Hills
💍 1914/6697

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
3 years

Salvation Army Home, Owen St. Grey Lynn

14/577

27 January 1914

Brigadier T. E. Vince

No	108
Date of Notice	27 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Savage	Gladys Annie Matilda Hills
	💍 1914/6697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Home, Owen St. Grey Lynn
Folio	14/577
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Brigadier T. E. Vince

109

27 January 1914

Henry Seymour King
Mary Josephine Fitzgerald

Henry Seymour King
Mary Josephine Fitzgerald
💍 1914/6662

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
24

Auckland
auckland

Life
4 years

Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby

14/464

27 January 1914

Rev. M. Edge

No	109
Date of Notice	27 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Seymour King	Mary Josephine Fitzgerald
	💍 1914/6662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby
Folio	14/464
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge

110

27 January 1914

Archibald Edward McDonald
Nora Herminie Gunderson

Archibald Edward McDonald
Nora Hermine Gundersen
💍 1914/8118

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 days

Home of Mr. W. Monro, 1 Grafton Terrace, Auckland

14/1659

27 January 1914

Rev. W. McDonald

No	110
Date of Notice	27 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Edward McDonald	Nora Herminie Gunderson
BDM Match (96%)	Archibald Edward McDonald	Nora Hermine Gundersen
	💍 1914/8118
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. W. Monro, 1 Grafton Terrace, Auckland
Folio	14/1659
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McDonald

111

27 January 1914

Horace Oakes
Elsie Janet Whittle

Horace Oakes
Elsie Janet Whittle
💍 1914/444

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/135

William Edward Whittle Father

27 January 1914

Registrar

No	111
Date of Notice	27 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Oakes	Elsie Janet Whittle
	💍 1914/444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/135
Consent	William Edward Whittle Father
Date of Certificate	27 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

112

28 January 1914

James Livingston
Annie Armour

James Livingston
Annie Armour
💍 1914/445

Bachelor
Spinster

Optician

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/136

28 January 1914

Registrar

No	112
Date of Notice	28 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Livingston	Annie Armour
	💍 1914/445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Optician
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/136
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

113

28 January 1914

David Davidson
Isabella Purcell

David Davidson
Isabella Purcell
💍 1914/6748

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
23

Auckland
Edendale

2 years
2 years

Residence of Brides uncle Edendale

14/583

28 January 1914

Rev. T. H. Lyons

No	113
Date of Notice	28 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Davidson	Isabella Purcell
	💍 1914/6748
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Edendale
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Brides uncle Edendale
Folio	14/583
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Lyons

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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.

You can also support this project by ☕ Buying us a coffee 🌳

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).