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

13 January 1913

Henry Jennett
Jane Ansley

Henry George Bennett
Jane Ansley
💍 1913/636

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

48
60

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

Office

13/16

13 January 1913

Registrar

No	57
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Jennett	Jane Ansley
BDM Match (80%)	Henry George Bennett	Jane Ansley
	💍 1913/636
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	48	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Office
Folio	13/16
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

13 January 1913

Cecil James Mahon
Hazel Alice Hill

Cyril James Mahon
Hazel Alice Hill
💍 1913/1054

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/462

13 January 1913

Rev. H. F. Holbrook

No	58
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil James Mahon	Hazel Alice Hill
BDM Match (94%)	Cyril James Mahon	Hazel Alice Hill
	💍 1913/1054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/462
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook

13 January 1913

Neville Oliver Goldsmith
Catherine Mary Herron

Neville Oliver Goldsmith
Catherine Mary Berry
💍 1913/1055

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/462

28 January 1913

Rev. P. O'Malley

No	59
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neville Oliver Goldsmith	Catherine Mary Herron
BDM Match (93%)	Neville Oliver Goldsmith	Catherine Mary Berry
	💍 1913/1055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/462
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Malley

14 January 1913

Harold Bernard Wagener
Daisy Olive Smith

Harold Bernard Wagmer
Daisy Colina Smith
💍 1913/1046

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

St. Matthew's Church

13/430

14 January 1913

Rev. H. E. Glenn

No	60
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Bernard Wagener	Daisy Olive Smith
BDM Match (84%)	Harold Bernard Wagmer	Daisy Colina Smith
	💍 1913/1046
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/430
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Glenn

14 January 1913

George Delaney Heffron
Ellen Marie Heffron

George Delaney
Ellen Marie Heffron
💍 1913/2379

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
9 months

St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

13/945

14 January 1913

Rev. J. P. Patterson

No	61
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Delaney Heffron	Ellen Marie Heffron
BDM Match (82%)	George Delaney	Ellen Marie Heffron
	💍 1913/2379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	9 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	13/945
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Patterson

14 January 1913

Arthur Eccleston Mendoza
Annie Mercia Mendoza

Arthur Eccleston
Annie Mercia Mendoza
💍 1913/4830

Bachelor
Spinster

Carriage Builder

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

St. Andrew's Church

13/4308

14 January 1913

Rosa A. Murray

No	62
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Eccleston Mendoza	Annie Mercia Mendoza
BDM Match (83%)	Arthur Eccleston	Annie Mercia Mendoza
	💍 1913/4830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carriage Builder
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	13/4308
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rosa A. Murray

14 January 1913

Frederic Norman Abercrombie
Elsie Annie May Fox

Frederic Norman Abercrombie
Elsie Annie May Fox
💍 1913/1118

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
3 days

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

13/550

14 January 1913

Ven. Arch. W. Calder

No	63
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic Norman Abercrombie	Elsie Annie May Fox
	💍 1913/1118
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/550
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder

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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).