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 011

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

6 January 1913

Ernest Tudor Robinson
Gladys Lilian Newsham

Ernest Tudor Robinson
Gladys Lilian Newsham
💍 1913/1077

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 month

Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland

13/485

6 January 1913

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	15
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Tudor Robinson	Gladys Lilian Newsham
	💍 1913/1077
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland
Folio	13/485
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

6 January 1913

Helmot Francis Holworthy
Madeline Esther Watkins

Wilmot Francis Holworthy
Madeline Esther Watkins
💍 1913/1098

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 months

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

13/482

6 January 1913

Rev. E. J. Garland

No	16
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Helmot Francis Holworthy	Madeline Esther Watkins
BDM Match (96%)	Wilmot Francis Holworthy	Madeline Esther Watkins
	💍 1913/1098
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/482
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Garland

6 January 1913

Peter McEwan Rodall
Greta Percy Pettitt

Peter McEwan Goodall
Greta Percy Pettitt
💍 1913/652

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/8

6 January 1913

Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter McEwan Rodall	Greta Percy Pettitt
BDM Match (95%)	Peter McEwan Goodall	Greta Percy Pettitt
	💍 1913/652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/8
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

6 January 1913

Frederick Bellingham
Sarah Pratwicke

Frederick Bellingham
Sarah Gratwicke
💍 1913/1037

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
1 month

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

13/427

6 January 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	18
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Bellingham	Sarah Pratwicke
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Bellingham	Sarah Gratwicke
	💍 1913/1037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/427
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

6 January 1913

David John Halliday
Lavina Alma Lapwood

David John Halliday
Lavinia Alma Lapwood
💍 1913/352

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

34
34

Auckland
Auckland

Life
3 years

St. Barnabas Church, Remuera

13/501

6 January 1913

Rev. E. B. Budd

No	19
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David John Halliday	Lavina Alma Lapwood
BDM Match (98%)	David John Halliday	Lavinia Alma Lapwood
	💍 1913/352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Remuera
Folio	13/501
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. B. Budd

6 January 1913

Robert Benson Clouston
Emilie Garrett

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
9 months

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

13/540

6 January 1913

Rev. A. Sutton

No	20
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Benson Clouston	Emilie Garrett
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	13/540
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Sutton

6 January 1913

Albert Percy Wickins
Catherine Whitford

Albert Percy Wickens
Catharine Whitford
💍 1913/1079

Bachelor
Spinster

Custom Cook

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

13/487

6 January 1913

Rev. R. D. Soper

No	21
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Percy Wickins	Catherine Whitford
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Percy Wickens	Catharine Whitford
	💍 1913/1079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Custom Cook
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	13/487
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. D. Soper

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).