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

5 January 1914

Colin Craigie
Winifred May Cowley

Colin Craigie
Winifred May Cowley
💍 1914/6593

Bachelor
Spinster

Government Orchard Instructor

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

14 months
7 years

St. Davids Manse, Mt Eden

14/419

5 January 1914

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	8
Date of Notice	5 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Colin Craigie	Winifred May Cowley
	💍 1914/6593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Government Orchard Instructor
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 months	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Davids Manse, Mt Eden
Folio	14/419
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

5 January 1914

Arthur Ritchie
Olive May Delbridge

Arthur Ritchie
Olive May Welbridge
💍 1914/972

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
20 yrs

Epiphany Church newton

14/4564

5 January 1914

Rev. H. H. Robjohns

No	9
Date of Notice	5 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ritchie	Olive May Delbridge
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Ritchie	Olive May Welbridge
	💍 1914/972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	20 yrs
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church newton
Folio	14/4564
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Robjohns

5 January 1914

George Elmy Plaxton
Helena Teresa Obuglien

George Elmy Claxton
Helena Theresa Obuglien
💍 1914/441

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

31
33

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
8 days Auckland

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/108

5 January 1914

Registrar

No	10
Date of Notice	5 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Elmy Plaxton	Helena Teresa Obuglien
BDM Match (95%)	George Elmy Claxton	Helena Theresa Obuglien
	💍 1914/441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	8 days Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

5 January 1914

Archibald Louis Fisher
Mary Majurey

Archibald Louis Fisher
Mary Majurey
💍 1914/442

Bachelor
Spinster

Bush Contractor

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

6 months Office
2 months Auckland

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/109

Amos Fisher, father; Lucy Dell formerly Majurey Mother

5 January 1914

Registrar

No	11
Date of Notice	5 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Louis Fisher	Mary Majurey
	💍 1914/442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bush Contractor
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months Office	2 months Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/109
Consent	Amos Fisher, father; Lucy Dell formerly Majurey Mother
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

5 January 1914

John Ernest William Cavell
Alice Frances Mary Vickers

John Ernest William Cavell
Alice Frances May Vickers
💍 1914/6455

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper's Assistant

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
6 months Devonport

Home of bridegroom's father, 12 Beach Rd, Devonport

14/550

5 January 1914

Rev. G. H. Mann

No	12
Date of Notice	5 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ernest William Cavell	Alice Frances Mary Vickers
BDM Match (98%)	John Ernest William Cavell	Alice Frances May Vickers
	💍 1914/6455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper's Assistant
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	6 months Devonport
Marriage Place	Home of bridegroom's father, 12 Beach Rd, Devonport
Folio	14/550
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Mann

6 January 1914

John Arthur Pickrell
Mary Martha Dillon

John Arthur Pickrell
Mary Martha Dillon
💍 1914/6626

Divorced
Spinster

Ambulance Driver

35
34

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
18 months Auckland

Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland

14/479

6 January 1914

Rev. W. Ready

No	13
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Pickrell	Mary Martha Dillon
	💍 1914/6626
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Ambulance Driver
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	18 months Auckland
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	14/479
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

6 January 1914

John Robert Crerar
Martha Kennedy

John Robert Crerar
Martha Kennedy
💍 1914/6632

Bachelor
Spinster

Book Seller

52
44

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
life

Residence of Mrs Moxley Takapuna

14/433

6 January 1914

Rev. J. E. Bertram

No	14
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Crerar	Martha Kennedy
	💍 1914/6632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Book Seller
Age	52	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Moxley Takapuna
Folio	14/433
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram

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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).