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

21 January 1914

Alfred Heber Candwell
Hazel Dorothy Bracker

Alfred Heber Caudwell
Hazel Dorothy Walker
💍 1914/6639

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
12 months

St. Matthew's Church

440

Regina Halder, formerly Aicken, mother

21 January 1914

Rev. A. E. Hobday

No	79
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Heber Candwell	Hazel Dorothy Bracker
BDM Match (90%)	Alfred Heber Caudwell	Hazel Dorothy Walker
	💍 1914/6639
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	12 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	440
Consent	Regina Halder, formerly Aicken, mother
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Hobday

21 January 1914

Robert John Murdoch
Lilian Mary Ashbolt

Robert John Murdoch
Lilian Mary Ashbolt
💍 1914/6653

Bachelor
Spinster

Banker

43
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

St. Mary's Cathedral

430

21 January 1914

Rev. F. H. Murray

No	80
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Murdoch	Lilian Mary Ashbolt
	💍 1914/6653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Banker
Age	43	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	430
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Murray

21 January 1914

Albert Stanley Emery
Doris Elphinstone Warren

Gilbert Hawkins Emery
Doris Elphinstone Warren
💍 1914/6685

Bachelor
Spinster

Actor

33
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

St. Mary's Cathedral

561

Rosie Elphinstone Warren, formerly Warren, mother

21 January 1914

Rev. B. W. Butterfield

No	81
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Stanley Emery	Doris Elphinstone Warren
BDM Match (79%)	Gilbert Hawkins Emery	Doris Elphinstone Warren
	💍 1914/6685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Actor
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	561
Consent	Rosie Elphinstone Warren, formerly Warren, mother
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Butterfield

21 January 1914

Robert Hield Woollams
Alice Woollams

Robert Nield
Alice Woollams
💍 1914/6609

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipwright

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
20 years

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

487

21 January 1914

Ven. Arch. W. Calder

No	82
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hield Woollams	Alice Woollams
BDM Match (76%)	Robert Nield	Alice Woollams
	💍 1914/6609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipwright
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	487
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder

21 January 1914

Peter Gunnison Cormack
Isabella Watson Currie Donaldson

Peter Cunnison Cormack
Isabella Watson Currie Donaldson
💍 1914/6623

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
6 months

Residence of R. W. Donaldson, Remuera

486

21 January 1914

Rev. R. H. Walker

No	83
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Gunnison Cormack	Isabella Watson Currie Donaldson
BDM Match (98%)	Peter Cunnison Cormack	Isabella Watson Currie Donaldson
	💍 1914/6623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of R. W. Donaldson, Remuera
Folio	486
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Walker

22 January 1914

Frederick Jackson
Mary Anne Swann

Frederick Jackson
Mary Ann Swann
💍 1914/6610

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

25
29

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 year

Residence of John Watts, 58 Richmond Road, Ponsonby

488

22 January 1914

Rev. W. Ready

No	84
Date of Notice	22 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Jackson	Mary Anne Swann
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Jackson	Mary Ann Swann
	💍 1914/6610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of John Watts, 58 Richmond Road, Ponsonby
Folio	488
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

22 January 1914

Randolph Harry Fox
Esther Marie Poppleton

Randolph Harry Fox
Esther Marie Poppleton
💍 1914/6696

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
8 years

Church of Christ, West Street, Newton

576

Alice Louisa Poppleton, mother

22 January 1914

Mr. Paltridge

No	85
Date of Notice	22 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Randolph Harry Fox	Esther Marie Poppleton
	💍 1914/6696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West Street, Newton
Folio	576
Consent	Alice Louisa Poppleton, mother
Date of Certificate	22 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr. Paltridge

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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).