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

8 January 1913

Ralph Boon
Claudia Etta Walters

George Croon
Claudia Ella Walters
💍 1913/1056

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Housekeeper

26
19

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 years
8 months

House of Mrs. A. Hallam, 33 Summer St, Ponsonby

13/464

William John Walters, Father

8 January 1913

Rev. M. O'Doherty

No	43
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Boon	Claudia Etta Walters
BDM Match (62%)	George Croon	Claudia Ella Walters
	💍 1913/1056
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Housekeeper
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 years	8 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. A. Hallam, 33 Summer St, Ponsonby
Folio	13/464
Consent	William John Walters, Father
Date of Certificate	8 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. O'Doherty

8 January 1913

Harry Dore
Ellena Rose Beatrice Thomas

Hary Dove
Ellena Rose Beatrice Thomas
💍 1913/1082

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman
Banker

27
24

Auckland
New Lynn

1 year
6 years

Elim Hall

13/490

Beatrice Thomas, Father

8 January 1913

Rev. H. L. Katcher

No	44
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Dore	Ellena Rose Beatrice Thomas
BDM Match (90%)	Hary Dove	Ellena Rose Beatrice Thomas
	💍 1913/1082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman	Banker
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	New Lynn
Length of Residence	1 year	6 years
Marriage Place	Elim Hall
Folio	13/490
Consent	Beatrice Thomas, Father
Date of Certificate	8 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Katcher

8 January 1913

William Kribb
Emily Hulme

William Knibb
Emily Hulme
💍 1913/1044

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Bushworker

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
20 years

St. Matthews Church

13/428

8 January 1913

Rev. R. E. Fillam

No	45
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kribb	Emily Hulme
BDM Match (96%)	William Knibb	Emily Hulme
	💍 1913/1044
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Bushworker
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	13/428
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Fillam

9 January 1913

Edward Jones Hill
Maud Cecilia Lucy Franks

Edward James Hill
Maud Cecelia Lucy Franks
💍 1913/1063

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

25
23

Auckland
Hobsonville

3 years
11 years

Presbyterian Church, Smitham's Creek

13/470

9 January 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	46
Date of Notice	9 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Jones Hill	Maud Cecilia Lucy Franks
BDM Match (92%)	Edward James Hill	Maud Cecelia Lucy Franks
	💍 1913/1063
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hobsonville
Length of Residence	3 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Smitham's Creek
Folio	13/470
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

9 January 1913

William Jermain Parfent
Elizabeth Helehech

William Germain Sargent
Elizabeth Fletcher
💍 1913/1085

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

24
28

Auckland
Onehunga

4 years
2 1/2 years

Presbyterian Church

13/493

9 January 1913

Rev. W. D. Scott

No	47
Date of Notice	9 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jermain Parfent	Elizabeth Helehech
BDM Match (77%)	William Germain Sargent	Elizabeth Fletcher
	💍 1913/1085
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	4 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/493
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. D. Scott

9 January 1913

Adolf Heidenreich
Sarah Israel

Adolf Heidenieich
Sarah Israel
💍 1913/4703

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

49
44

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
30 years

Hebrew Synagogue

13/428

9 January 1913

Rev. D. A. Goldstein

No	48
Date of Notice	9 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolf Heidenreich	Sarah Israel
BDM Match (97%)	Adolf Heidenieich	Sarah Israel
	💍 1913/4703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	49	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	30 years
Marriage Place	Hebrew Synagogue
Folio	13/428
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. A. Goldstein

9 January 1913

Francis William Osborne
Ellen Rose Ramp

Francis William Osborne
Ellen Rose Sharp
💍 1913/1149

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.Z.R.

22
20

Auckland
Remuera

9 months
11 months

Baptist Church

13/576

Matthew, Father

9 January 1913

Rev. G. E. Connolly

No	49
Date of Notice	9 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Osborne	Ellen Rose Ramp
BDM Match (91%)	Francis William Osborne	Ellen Rose Sharp
	💍 1913/1149
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.Z.R.
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	9 months	11 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Church
Folio	13/576
Consent	Matthew, Father
Date of Certificate	9 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Connolly

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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).