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

23 January 1914

Alexander Horton Callander
Daisy Marshall Forster

Alexander Morton Callander
Daisy Marshall
💍 1914/6690

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
10 1/2 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

571

23 January 1914

Rev. A. Richards

No	93
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Horton Callander	Daisy Marshall Forster
BDM Match (80%)	Alexander Morton Callander	Daisy Marshall
	💍 1914/6690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	10 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	571
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

23 January 1914

William Alfred Cadwallader
Margaret Jane Devon

William Alfred Cadwallader
Margaret Jane Perry
💍 1914/465

Bachelor
Widow

Auctioneer
Clerk

35
36

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
2 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

132

23 January 1914

Registrar

No	94
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Cadwallader	Margaret Jane Devon
BDM Match (89%)	William Alfred Cadwallader	Margaret Jane Perry
	💍 1914/465
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Auctioneer	Clerk
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	132
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

24 January 1914

Charles Robert Kay
Alice Mary Gwendoline Brockliss Amodeo

Charles Robert Kay
Alice Mary Gwendoline Brochliss
💍 1914/6722

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

36
29

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
4 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

399

24 January 1914

Rev. R. Formand

No	95
Date of Notice	24 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Robert Kay	Alice Mary Gwendoline Brockliss Amodeo
BDM Match (89%)	Charles Robert Kay	Alice Mary Gwendoline Brochliss
	💍 1914/6722
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	399
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Formand

26 January 1914

Jack Melville Lord
Ruth Ruby Pandina

Jack Melville Lord
Ruth Ruby Gardiner
💍 1914/453

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
Life

Registrar's Office

144

Frances Louise Pandina, mother

26 January 1914

Registrar

No	96
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Melville Lord	Ruth Ruby Pandina
BDM Match (89%)	Jack Melville Lord	Ruth Ruby Gardiner
	💍 1914/453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	144
Consent	Frances Louise Pandina, mother
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

26 January 1914

John Roman Hill
Enid Horel All

John Roman Hill
Enid Lovel Gill
💍 1914/6810

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
From overseas

St. Mark's Church

515

26 January 1914

Rev. E. Connolly

No	97
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Roman Hill	Enid Horel All
BDM Match (87%)	John Roman Hill	Enid Lovel Gill
	💍 1914/6810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	From overseas
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	515
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Connolly

26 January 1914

George Douglas McEwen
Alice Louise Daniells

George Douglas McEwen
Alice Louise Daniells
💍 1914/8095

Widower
Spinster

Forwarding Agent

47
39

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 1/2 years

House of E. Daniells, 32 Davenport

1660

26 January 1914

Rev. J. Blight

No	98
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Douglas McEwen	Alice Louise Daniells
	💍 1914/8095
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Forwarding Agent
Age	47	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of E. Daniells, 32 Davenport
Folio	1660
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight

26 January 1914

John Henry Burnside Harris
Miriam Florence Aggers

John Henry Burnside Harris
Miriam Florence Aggers
💍 1914/6625

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewer, Coppersmith

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Christ Church, Ellerslie

478

26 January 1914

Rev. E. Fletcher

No	99
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Burnside Harris	Miriam Florence Aggers
	💍 1914/6625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewer, Coppersmith
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Ellerslie
Folio	478
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Fletcher

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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).