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

113

27 January 1913

Robert Henry
Hazel Palmade

Robert Henry
Hazel Gertrude McCormick
💍 1913/353

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
5 months

R. Peters Church

13/510

27 January 1913

Rev. F. A. Thompson

No	113
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry	Hazel Palmade
BDM Match (67%)	Robert Henry	Hazel Gertrude McCormick
	💍 1913/353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	R. Peters Church
Folio	13/510
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson

114

27 January 1913

George Macindoe
Florence Mary Markwick

George Macindoe Brash
Florence Mary Markwick
💍 1913/1049

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

St. Matthews Church

13/433

29 January 1913

Rev. W. E. Fillans

No	114
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Macindoe	Florence Mary Markwick
BDM Match (86%)	George Macindoe Brash	Florence Mary Markwick
	💍 1913/1049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	13/433
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillans

115

29 January 1913

Frederick Selwyn Miller
Adeline Athol Payne

Frederick Selwyn Miller
Adeline Atkin Payne
💍 1913/4831

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Home of Bridegroom, 10 Carlton Road

13/4309

Payne, mother

29 January 1913

Rev. A. A. Burrows

No	115
Date of Notice	29 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Selwyn Miller	Adeline Athol Payne
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick Selwyn Miller	Adeline Atkin Payne
	💍 1913/4831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Bridegroom, 10 Carlton Road
Folio	13/4309
Consent	Payne, mother
Date of Certificate	29 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Burrows

116

27 January 1913

George Rouse Lucas
Lily Rebecca Lucas

George Rowe
Lilley Rebecca Lucas
💍 1913/1166

Bachelor
Widow

School Teacher

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
6 days

St. Epiphany Church, Newton

13/1600

29 January 1913

Rev. W. E. Lush

No	116
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Rouse Lucas	Lily Rebecca Lucas
BDM Match (73%)	George Rowe	Lilley Rebecca Lucas
	💍 1913/1166
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	School Teacher
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St. Epiphany Church, Newton
Folio	13/1600
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush

117

27 January 1913

James Cuthbert Higgins
Mary Ellen Watson

James Cuthbert Higgins
Mary Ellen Beatson
💍 1913/3043

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
2 years

St. Benedict's Church

13/1963

27 January 1913

Rev. G. Forde

No	117
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Cuthbert Higgins	Mary Ellen Watson
BDM Match (94%)	James Cuthbert Higgins	Mary Ellen Beatson
	💍 1913/3043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	13/1963
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Forde

118

29 January 1913

Selwyn Arthur Lyndhurst
Ethel Couch

Selwyn Arthur Lyndhurst McKean
Ethel Corch
💍 1913/4704

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Printer

20
29

Auckland
Auckland

Both
2 years

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

13/4282

29 January 1913

Rev. J. Wilkinson

No	118
Date of Notice	29 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Selwyn Arthur Lyndhurst	Ethel Couch
BDM Match (84%)	Selwyn Arthur Lyndhurst McKean	Ethel Corch
	💍 1913/4704
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Printer
Age	20	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Both	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	13/4282
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkinson

119

27 January 1913

Albert John Squire
Elsie Euphemia Rattray

Albert John Squire
Elsie Euphemia Rattray
💍 1913/3044

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

St. Benedict's Church

13/1964

Anne Rattray, mother

27 January 1913

Rev. F. H. Fillans

No	119
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Squire	Elsie Euphemia Rattray
	💍 1913/3044
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	13/1964
Consent	Anne Rattray, mother
Date of Certificate	27 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Fillans

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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).