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).

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District of Napier Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar William Buchanan

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

24 February 1914

Sidney James Harris
Andrea Nicolaysen

Sidney James Harris
Andrea Nicolaysen
💍 1914/6883

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic Duties

26
24

Napier
Napier

3 days
3 weeks

St. Augustine's Church Napier

14/740

24 February 1914

Rev. Canon Tuke

No	32
Date of Notice	24 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney James Harris	Andrea Nicolaysen
	💍 1914/6883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic Duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	14/740
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Tuke

24 February 1914

Philip Kennedy Scott Pasley
Edith Muriel Clark

Philip Kennedy Scott Pasley
Edith Muriel Clark
💍 1914/9565

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

29
25

Napier
Napier

29 years
7 years

St. John's Cathedral Napier

14/4412

24 February 1914

Rev. Canon Mayne

No	33
Date of Notice	24 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Kennedy Scott Pasley	Edith Muriel Clark
	💍 1914/9565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	29 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Cathedral Napier
Folio	14/4412
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Mayne

26 February 1914

John Martin Gorstad
Maimie Lillian Schmidt

John Martin Gorstad
Maimie Lillian Schmidt
💍 1914/6546

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer
Housemaid

31
31

Napier
Napier

2 months
5 months

Office of Registrar of Marriages Napier

14/328

M. N. Owen

26 February 1914

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	34
Date of Notice	26 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Martin Gorstad	Maimie Lillian Schmidt
	💍 1914/6546
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer	Housemaid
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages Napier
Folio	14/328
Consent	M. N. Owen
Date of Certificate	26 February 1914
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

4 March 1914

William George Lerew
Mildred Hedwig Granby

William George Lerew
Mildred Hedwig Cranby
💍 1914/6551

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer
Domestic Duties

28
20

Napier
Napier

5 years
20 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages Napier

14/329

Charles Hugo Granby, Father

4 March 1914

W. Buchanan Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	4 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Lerew	Mildred Hedwig Granby
BDM Match (98%)	William George Lerew	Mildred Hedwig Cranby
	💍 1914/6551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages Napier
Folio	14/329
Consent	Charles Hugo Granby, Father
Date of Certificate	4 March 1914
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan Registrar

6 March 1914

Thomas James Emmett
Helena Violet Butcher

Thomas James Emmett
Helena Violet Butcher
💍 1914/8804

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Car Driver
Domestic Duties

25
21

Napier
Napier

23 years
6 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

14/2730

6 March 1914

Rev. Canon Tuke

No	36
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Emmett	Helena Violet Butcher
	💍 1914/8804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Car Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	23 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	14/2730
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Tuke

7 March 1914

Rudolf Arsenius Frey
Mary Patterson Brown

Rudolf Arsenius Frey
Mary Patterson Brown
💍 1914/7047

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic Duties

27
27

Napier
Awatoto

2 years
18 months

St. Patrick's Church Napier

14/755

7 March 1914

Rev. Father O'Connor

No	37
Date of Notice	7 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolf Arsenius Frey	Mary Patterson Brown
	💍 1914/7047
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Napier	Awatoto
Length of Residence	2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Napier
Folio	14/755
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Connor

11 March 1914

Henry Storey Hutchinson
Cecily Smith

Henry Storey Hutchinson
Cecily Smith
💍 1914/7049

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

37
35

Napier
Napier

3 days
21 years

St. Patrick's Church Napier

14/757

11 March 1914

Rev. Father O'Sullivan

No	38
Date of Notice	11 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Storey Hutchinson	Cecily Smith
	💍 1914/7049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	37	35
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Napier
Folio	14/757
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Sullivan

14 March 1914

Joseph Samuel Land
Dulcie Eliza Williams

Joseph Samuel Land
Dulcie Eliza Williams
💍 1914/7031

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer's Agent
Medical Practitioner

32
30

Napier
Napier

6 days
15 months

House of Mr. N. Williams Napier

14/763

14 March 1914

Rev. H. L. Blamires

No	39
Date of Notice	14 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Samuel Land	Dulcie Eliza Williams
	💍 1914/7031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer's Agent	Medical Practitioner
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	6 days	15 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. N. Williams Napier
Folio	14/763
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires

16 March 1914

Charles Thomas Bowbrick
Frances Charlotte Newbould

Charles Thomas Cowlrick
Frances Charlotte Newbould
💍 1914/9566

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

26
28

Napier
Napier

26 years
28 years

St. John's Cathedral Napier

14/4413

16 March 1914

Rev. Canon Mayne

No	40
Date of Notice	16 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Bowbrick	Frances Charlotte Newbould
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Thomas Cowlrick	Frances Charlotte Newbould
	💍 1914/9566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	26 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Cathedral Napier
Folio	14/4413
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Mayne

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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).