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

20 January 1913

George Law Pamhwell
Isabella Owen Kemp

George Law Cawkwell
Isabella Given Kemp
💍 1913/1084

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

42
33

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
3 years Ellerslie

Christ Church

13/499

20 January 1913

Rev. G. W. Walker

No	85
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Law Pamhwell	Isabella Owen Kemp
BDM Match (84%)	George Law Cawkwell	Isabella Given Kemp
	💍 1913/1084
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	42	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	3 years Ellerslie
Marriage Place	Christ Church
Folio	13/499
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Walker

20 January 1913

Frank Ernest de Ferrier
Constance Marguerite Scherff

Frank Ernest de Guevier
Constance Marguerite Scherff
💍 1913/2538

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Teacher

39
36

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
22 years Auckland

St. Paul's Church

13/2084

20 January 1913

Rev. G. A. S. Watson

No	86
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ernest de Ferrier	Constance Marguerite Scherff
BDM Match (91%)	Frank Ernest de Guevier	Constance Marguerite Scherff
	💍 1913/2538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Teacher
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	22 years Auckland
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	13/2084
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. S. Watson

20 January 1913

Morris Peretz
Augusta Brack

Morris Peretz
Augusta Crack
💍 1913/643

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years Auckland
3 months Auckland

Registrar's Office

13/22

20 January 1913

Registrar

No	87
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Morris Peretz	Augusta Brack
BDM Match (96%)	Morris Peretz	Augusta Crack
	💍 1913/643
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years Auckland	3 months Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/22
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

20 January 1913

Arthur Edwin Turner
Gertrude Irene Short

Arthur Edwin Turner
Gertrude Irene Short
💍 1913/2539

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Car Proprietor

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years Auckland
18 months Auckland

St. Paul's Church

13/2085

Emily Short, mother

20 January 1913

Rev. C. M. Nelson

No	88
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edwin Turner	Gertrude Irene Short
	💍 1913/2539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Car Proprietor
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years Auckland	18 months Auckland
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	13/2085
Consent	Emily Short, mother
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson

21 January 1913

William Mason
Eveline Maud Cousins

William Mason
Eveline Maud Cousins
💍 1913/644

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years Auckland
4 years Auckland

Registrar's Office

13/23

21 January 1913

Registrar

No	89
Date of Notice	21 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mason	Eveline Maud Cousins
	💍 1913/644
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years Auckland	4 years Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/23
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

21 January 1913

Joseph Horace Grant
Jane Wilson

Joseph Horace Grant
Janie Wilson
💍 1913/1119

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years Auckland
7 months Onehunga

Christ Church, Onehunga

13/528

21 January 1913

Rev. D. W. Greenwood

No	90
Date of Notice	21 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Horace Grant	Jane Wilson
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph Horace Grant	Janie Wilson
	💍 1913/1119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years Auckland	7 months Onehunga
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Onehunga
Folio	13/528
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. W. Greenwood

21 January 1913

William John Westbury
Elsie Victoria McCullough

William John Westray
Elsie Victoria McCullough
💍 1913/1047

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

8 1/2 years Auckland
2 1/2 years Auckland

St. Matthew's Church

13/431

21 January 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	91
Date of Notice	21 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Westbury	Elsie Victoria McCullough
BDM Match (93%)	William John Westray	Elsie Victoria McCullough
	💍 1913/1047
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 1/2 years Auckland	2 1/2 years Auckland
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/431
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

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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).