Intentions to Marry, 1913 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840451, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1913 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1913a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1913b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1913c).

Page 009

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1913 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

3 January 1913

George Patterson
Lucy Pamble Moore

George Patterson Moore
Lucy Gamble
💍 1913/629

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

49
50

Auckland
Auckland

13 days
13 days

Registrar's office

13/1

3 January 1913

Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Patterson	Lucy Pamble Moore
BDM Match (66%)	George Patterson Moore	Lucy Gamble
	💍 1913/629
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	49	50
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 days	13 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	13/1
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

3 January 1913

Frank Ellis
Lillian Margaret Thornton

Frank Ellis
Lillian Margaret Thornton
💍 1913/1058

Bachelor
Divorced

Tailor

32
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 years

St. James Church, Auckland

13/466

3 January 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	2
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ellis	Lillian Margaret Thornton
	💍 1913/1058
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Tailor
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	13/466
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

3 January 1913

George Abram Streiff
Elsie Violet Dennis

George Abram Streiff
Elsie Violet Hemus
💍 1913/640

Divorced
Spinster

Independent Means

59
33

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

Registrar's office

13/2

3 January 1913

Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Abram Streiff	Elsie Violet Dennis
BDM Match (89%)	George Abram Streiff	Elsie Violet Hemus
	💍 1913/640
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Independent Means
Age	59	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	13/2
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

3 January 1913

Sampson Matthews Pratt
Phyllis Mary Matthews

Sampson Matthews Pratt
Phyllis Mary Matthews
💍 1913/647

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

52
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 months
20 months

Registrar's office

13/3

3 January 1913

Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sampson Matthews Pratt	Phyllis Mary Matthews
	💍 1913/647
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	52	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 months	20 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	13/3
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

3 January 1913

Lawrence William Delaney
Mary Violet Burden

Lawrence William Delaney
Mary Violet Speight
💍 1913/1052

Bachelor
Spinster

Drapers Assistant

33
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 year 9 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/460

3 January 1913

Rev. H. F. Holbrook

No	5
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence William Delaney	Mary Violet Burden
BDM Match (82%)	Lawrence William Delaney	Mary Violet Speight
	💍 1913/1052
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drapers Assistant
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year 9 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/460
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook

3 January 1913

Charles Bronton
Mary Sinclair

Charles Norton Grey
Mary Sinclair
💍 1913/955

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

20
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
5 years

Methodist Church, Grafton Road

13/387

Edward Hewing, father of bride

3 January 1913

Rev. Bond

No	6
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Bronton	Mary Sinclair
BDM Match (79%)	Charles Norton Grey	Mary Sinclair
	💍 1913/955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	20	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Road
Folio	13/387
Consent	Edward Hewing, father of bride
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Bond

3 January 1913

Charles Francis Douglas
Jane Elizabeth Wilson

Charles Francis Douglas
Jane Elizabeth Wilson
💍 1913/4521

Bachelor
Spinster

Fish Dealer

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
2 years

St. Stephen's Manse

13/1179

3 January 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	7
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Francis Douglas	Jane Elizabeth Wilson
	💍 1913/4521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fish Dealer
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Manse
Folio	13/1179
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

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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).