Intentions to Marry, 1914 Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840455, 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 1971

District of Grey Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar Ernest White Cave

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

2 April 1914

Hubert Loveland Hanson
Mary Cecelia O'Neill

Hubert Loveland Munson
Mary Cecilia O'Neill
💍 1914/5750

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Domestic

27
21

Dunollie
Dunollie

4 years
4 years

Sacred Heart Church, Dunollie

3210

2 April 1914

Very Rev. Dean D. P. Carew

No	23
Date of Notice	2 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Loveland Hanson	Mary Cecelia O'Neill
BDM Match (93%)	Hubert Loveland Munson	Mary Cecilia O'Neill
	💍 1914/5750
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Dunollie	Dunollie
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Dunollie
Folio	3210
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean D. P. Carew

8 April 1914

Eugene Stanley Mansfield
Agnes McAllister

James Stanley Mansfield
Agnes McAllister
💍 1914/5771

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

23
19

Greymouth (Baxter's Siding)
Te Kinga

3 months
3 years

Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth

3207

Archibald McAllister, Father

8 April 1914

Ven. Archdeacon G. W. York

No	24
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eugene Stanley Mansfield	Agnes McAllister
BDM Match (90%)	James Stanley Mansfield	Agnes McAllister
	💍 1914/5771
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Greymouth (Baxter's Siding)	Te Kinga
Length of Residence	3 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth
Folio	3207
Consent	Archibald McAllister, Father
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon G. W. York

24 March 1914

Patrick Moxley
Helen Theresa Davies

Patrick Wafer
Helena Theresa Davies
💍 1914/5773

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

23
18

Barrytown
Barrytown

23 years
18 years

Roman Catholic Church, Greymouth

3209

14 days notice given

8 April 1914

Rev. D. P. Carew

No	25
Date of Notice	24 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Moxley	Helen Theresa Davies
BDM Match (80%)	Patrick Wafer	Helena Theresa Davies
	💍 1914/5773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Barrytown	Barrytown
Length of Residence	23 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Greymouth
Folio	3209
Consent	14 days notice given
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. P. Carew

8 April 1914

Francis Rowe
Ellen Jacobs

Francis Rowe
Ellen Jacobs
💍 1914/5751

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic

24
23

Greymouth
Taylorville

20 years
23 years

Salvation Army Hall, Taylorville

3211

8 April 1914

Rev. A. Ashcroft

No	26
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Rowe	Ellen Jacobs
	💍 1914/5751
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Taylorville
Length of Residence	20 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Taylorville
Folio	3211
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Ashcroft

9 April 1914

John MacNeill
Abigail Louisa Wisdom

John McNeill
Abigail Louise Wisdom
💍 1914/5772

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

33
33

Cobden
Cobden

4 years
33 years

Private residence of Mr. Alonzo Wisdom, Cobden

3208

9 April 1914

Rev. Wm. Trotter

No	27
Date of Notice	9 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John MacNeill	Abigail Louisa Wisdom
BDM Match (94%)	John McNeill	Abigail Louise Wisdom
	💍 1914/5772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Cobden	Cobden
Length of Residence	4 years	33 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr. Alonzo Wisdom, Cobden
Folio	3208
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Trotter

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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).