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).

Page 033

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

141

31 January 1913

James Pascoe Gribbin
Althea Clarke Gribbin

James Pascoe
Althea Clarke Griffin
💍 1913/5033

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
14 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland

13/4185

31 January 1913

Rev. Mark Sutton

No	141
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Pascoe Gribbin	Althea Clarke Gribbin
BDM Match (75%)	James Pascoe	Althea Clarke Griffin
	💍 1913/5033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland
Folio	13/4185
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mark Sutton

142

31 January 1913

Henry Levell Campbell
Ivy Rhynda Campbell

Henry Lovell
Ivy Rhymda Campbell
💍 1913/977

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
8 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

13/401

31 January 1913

Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

No	142
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Levell Campbell	Ivy Rhynda Campbell
BDM Match (74%)	Henry Lovell	Ivy Rhymda Campbell
	💍 1913/977
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	8 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	13/401
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

143

31 January 1913

James Roscoe
Beatrice Cole

James Roscoe
Beatrice Cole
💍 1913/1092

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

40
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
5 weeks

Trinity Church, Inglewood, Auckland

13/499

31 January 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	143
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Roscoe	Beatrice Cole
	💍 1913/1092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	40	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Trinity Church, Inglewood, Auckland
Folio	13/499
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

144

3 February 1913

Arthur Edward Irvine
Alice Mary Diver

Arthur Edward Irvine
Alice May Diver
💍 1913/676

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 8 months
7 years

Registrar's Office

13/32

3 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	144
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Irvine	Alice Mary Diver
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Edward Irvine	Alice May Diver
	💍 1913/676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 8 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

145

3 February 1913

Harold Vere Hankey
Rose Meronea Rendall

Harold Vere Hankey
Rose Meronea Rendall
💍 1913/677

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
14 days

Registrar's Office

13/33

3 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	145
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Vere Hankey	Rose Meronea Rendall
	💍 1913/677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/33
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

146

3 February 1913

Mark Francis McLeod
Emma Mary Martin

Mark Francis McLeod
Emma Mary Martin
💍 1913/4826

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver, NZR

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

House of Bride's Father, 40 Queens Parade, Devonport, Auckland

13/4304

3 February 1913

Rev. H. J. Hempton

No	146
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark Francis McLeod	Emma Mary Martin
	💍 1913/4826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver, NZR
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, 40 Queens Parade, Devonport, Auckland
Folio	13/4304
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Hempton

147

3 February 1913

Herbert Saunders Reed
Eleanor Elizabeth Dines Brigham

Herbert Saunders Reed
Eleanor Elizabeth Dines Brigham
💍 1913/2081

Bachelor
Spinster

Paper Manufacturer

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

15 days
Life

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland

13/1520

3 February 1913

Rev. J. Mac Murray

No	147
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Saunders Reed	Eleanor Elizabeth Dines Brigham
	💍 1913/2081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Paper Manufacturer
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	13/1520
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Mac Murray

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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).