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

16 January 1914

William James Jordan
Emily Otter Ardow

William James Jordan
Emily Otter
💍 1914/463

Widower
Widow

Street Inspector

40
45

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
7 months

Registrar's Office

130

16 January 1914

Registrar

No	64
Date of Notice	16 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Jordan	Emily Otter Ardow
BDM Match (82%)	William James Jordan	Emily Otter
	💍 1914/463
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Street Inspector
Age	40	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	7 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	130
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

16 January 1914

George James Chapman
Ada Grace Hart

George James Chapman
Ada Grace Hair
💍 1914/462

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
Life

Registrar's Office

129

16 January 1914

Registrar

No	65
Date of Notice	16 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George James Chapman	Ada Grace Hart
BDM Match (93%)	George James Chapman	Ada Grace Hair
	💍 1914/462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	129
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

16 January 1914

Ernest Charles Jarrett
Bertha Keymer

Ernest Charles Jarrell
Bertha Keymer
💍 1914/6691

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Congregational Church, Beresford St

572

16 January 1914

Rev. R. Pritchell

No	66
Date of Notice	16 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Charles Jarrett	Bertha Keymer
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest Charles Jarrell	Bertha Keymer
	💍 1914/6691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St
Folio	572
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Pritchell

17 January 1914

Robert Frank Findlay
Louisa Hyde

Robert Frank Findlay
Louisa Hyde
💍 1914/6652

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

28
25

Auckland
Remuera

3 days
4 years

St. Aidan's Church

429

17 January 1914

Rev. A. Fowler

No	67
Date of Notice	17 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Frank Findlay	Louisa Hyde
	💍 1914/6652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church
Folio	429
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

17 January 1914

Augustus Tilby
Violet Adele Drinnan

Augustus Tilby
Violet Adele Drinnan
💍 1914/6608

Bachelor
Spinster

Oil Engineer

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

15 days
3 months

St. James' Church

485

17 January 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	68
Date of Notice	17 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus Tilby	Violet Adele Drinnan
	💍 1914/6608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Oil Engineer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. James' Church
Folio	485
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

19 January 1914

Vincent Owen O'Hara
Julie Katrina Hjorth

Vincent Owen O'Hara
Julie Katrina Hjorth
💍 1914/6654

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Operator

27
25

Auckland
Parnell

8 months
5 days

St. Mary's Cathedral

431

19 January 1914

Rev. R. Butterfield

No	69
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Owen O'Hara	Julie Katrina Hjorth
	💍 1914/6654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Operator
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	8 months	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	431
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Butterfield

19 January 1914

George Leslie Cook
Margaret Louisa Wrigley

George Leslie Cook
Margaret Louise Wrigley
💍 1914/9346

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer

62
38

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 months

St. Paul's Church

4341

19 January 1914

Rev. G. A. Watson

No	70
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Leslie Cook	Margaret Louisa Wrigley
BDM Match (98%)	George Leslie Cook	Margaret Louise Wrigley
	💍 1914/9346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	62	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	4341
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Watson

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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).