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).

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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

7 January 1913

Samuel Maynard Jephson
Florence de Clewan Pincher

Samuel Maynard Jephson
Florence McElwain
💍 1913/632

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
12 years

Registrar's Office

13/12

7 January 1913

Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Maynard Jephson	Florence de Clewan Pincher
BDM Match (77%)	Samuel Maynard Jephson	Florence McElwain
	💍 1913/632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/12
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

7 January 1913

Edward Ernest Hollis
Janet Elizabeth Russell

Edward Ernest Hollis
Janet Elizabeth Russell
💍 1913/2545

Bachelor
Spinster

Dive Brigade Man

31
30

Auckland
Pukeroro near Cambridge

15 months
Life

Residence of Pukeroro near Cambridge

13/2065

7 January 1913

Rev. W. Pow

No	30
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Ernest Hollis	Janet Elizabeth Russell
	💍 1913/2545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dive Brigade Man
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pukeroro near Cambridge
Length of Residence	15 months	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Pukeroro near Cambridge
Folio	13/2065
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Pow

7 January 1913

William Arthur Havel
Laurel Gordon

William McArthur
Laurel Gordon
💍 1913/633

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

Registrar's Office

13/13

7 January 1913

Registrar

No	31
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Havel	Laurel Gordon
BDM Match (80%)	William McArthur	Laurel Gordon
	💍 1913/633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

7 January 1913

Albert James Hurley
Amelia Louisa Fairweather

Albert James Hurley
Amelia Louisa Fairweather
💍 1913/1109

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
9 years

Roman Catholic Church

13/54

7 January 1913

Rev. W. J. Furlong

No	32
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert James Hurley	Amelia Louisa Fairweather
	💍 1913/1109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	13/54
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Furlong

7 January 1913

James William Thomas Hope-Ede
Catherine Mary Alcock

James William Thomas Hope-Ede
Catherine Mary Alcock
💍 1913/634

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
7 years

Registrar's Office

13/14

7 January 1913

Registrar

No	33
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Thomas Hope-Ede	Catherine Mary Alcock
	💍 1913/634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

7 January 1913

John Asher Parry
Laetitia Clara Pardner

John Asher Parry
Laetitia Clark Gardner
💍 1913/4522

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor
Printer

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
9 years

St. Stephen's Church

13/4173

7 January 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	34
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Asher Parry	Laetitia Clara Pardner
BDM Match (95%)	John Asher Parry	Laetitia Clark Gardner
	💍 1913/4522
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor	Printer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church
Folio	13/4173
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

8 January 1913

Frederick Dalen Mills
Ida Mary Williams

Frederick Daken Mills
Ida May McMillian
💍 1913/4523

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
16

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
7 days

Home of Mrs. Wilson, 55 Boston Rd. Mt. Eden

13/4174

James Alexander Williams, Father

8 January 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	35
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Dalen Mills	Ida Mary Williams
BDM Match (80%)	Frederick Daken Mills	Ida May McMillian
	💍 1913/4523
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Wilson, 55 Boston Rd. Mt. Eden
Folio	13/4174
Consent	James Alexander Williams, Father
Date of Certificate	8 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).