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

23 January 1913

Francis Henry Hemmins
Amy Elizabeth Lawson

Francis Henry Hewinson
Amy Elizabeth Lawson
💍 1913/4806

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Aidan's Church, Remuera

13/4384

23 January 1913

Rev. W. E. Connolly

No	99
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Hemmins	Amy Elizabeth Lawson
BDM Match (91%)	Francis Henry Hewinson	Amy Elizabeth Lawson
	💍 1913/4806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/4384
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Connolly

100

23 January 1913

James Henry Hayhow
Eliza Hayhow

James Herring
Eliza Hayhow
💍 1913/1102

Widower
Widow

Labourer

76
65

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

House of Mr. Hayhow, Ponsonby Rd

13/535

23 January 1913

Mr. Palridge

No	100
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Hayhow	Eliza Hayhow
BDM Match (75%)	James Herring	Eliza Hayhow
	💍 1913/1102
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	76	65
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Hayhow, Ponsonby Rd
Folio	13/535
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Mr. Palridge

101

23 January 1913

Herbert Edward Stone
Mary Cadman

Herbert Edward Stone
Mary Cadman
💍 1913/1096

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
6 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

13/480

23 January 1913

Rev. P. Hillan

No	101
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Edward Stone	Mary Cadman
	💍 1913/1096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/480
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Hillan

102

23 January 1913

Samuel Alexander Paul
Agnes Annie Somerville

Samuel Alexander Paul
Agnes Annie Somerville
💍 1913/1069

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

38
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
15 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

13/453

23 January 1913

Rev. J. Osbert

No	102
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Alexander Paul	Agnes Annie Somerville
	💍 1913/1069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	13/453
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Osbert

103

23 January 1913

Richard Taylor Gibbs
Maria Dulabella Gibbs

Richard Taylor
Maria Dulcibella Gibbs
💍 1913/1106

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
3 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St

13/539

23 January 1913

Rev. W. Ready

No	103
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Taylor Gibbs	Maria Dulabella Gibbs
BDM Match (80%)	Richard Taylor	Maria Dulcibella Gibbs
	💍 1913/1106
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	13/539
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

104

23 January 1913

Philip Ralph Helton
Nellie Madeline Rees-George

Philip Ralph Skelton
Nellie Madoline Rees-George
💍 1913/1167

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

St Mark's Church, Remuera

13/578

23 January 1913

Rev. W. E. Connolly

No	104
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Ralph Helton	Nellie Madeline Rees-George
BDM Match (93%)	Philip Ralph Skelton	Nellie Madoline Rees-George
	💍 1913/1167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/578
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Connolly

105

24 January 1913

Harold Parker Goldsmith
Ethel Maud Goldsmith

Harold Barker
Ethel Maud Goldsmith
💍 1913/355

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

St Peter's Church, Grey Lynn, or House of Bride's Mother, 63 Haslett St., Eden Terrace

13/51

Bride's Mother, 63 Haslett St., Eden Terrace

24 January 1913

Rev. J. A. Thompson

No	105
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Parker Goldsmith	Ethel Maud Goldsmith
BDM Match (76%)	Harold Barker	Ethel Maud Goldsmith
	💍 1913/355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Grey Lynn, or House of Bride's Mother, 63 Haslett St., Eden Terrace
Folio	13/51
Consent	Bride's Mother, 63 Haslett St., Eden Terrace
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson

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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).