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

155

4 February 1913

William Howden
Eliza Leonard Carron

William Howden Carron
Eliza Leonard
💍 1913/365

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
21 months

House of Bridegroom's mother, 27 West St, Newton, Auckland

13/521

4 February 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	155
Date of Notice	4 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Howden	Eliza Leonard Carron
BDM Match (66%)	William Howden Carron	Eliza Leonard
	💍 1913/365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	21 months
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom's mother, 27 West St, Newton, Auckland
Folio	13/521
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

156

5 February 1913

Morgan Rasmussen
Daisy Evelyn Bond

Morgan Rasmussen
Daisy Evelyn Bond
💍 1913/1051

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

House of Bride's Father, Maine St, Remuera, Auckland

13/451

William Bond, Father

5 February 1913

Rev. A. White

No	156
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Morgan Rasmussen	Daisy Evelyn Bond
	💍 1913/1051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Maine St, Remuera, Auckland
Folio	13/451
Consent	William Bond, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. White

157

5 February 1913

Thomas Edward Pearson
Olga Lurline Allen

Thomas Edward Pearson
Olga Lurline Allen
💍 1913/657

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
16

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/343

Henry Allen, Father

5 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	157
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Pearson	Olga Lurline Allen
	💍 1913/657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/343
Consent	Henry Allen, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

158

5 February 1913

John Alfred Janner
Lily Violet Jones

John Alfred Tanner
Lily Violet Jones
💍 1913/1076

Bachelor
Divorced

Hairdresser

36
34

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. James Church, Auckland

13/476

5 February 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	158
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alfred Janner	Lily Violet Jones
BDM Match (97%)	John Alfred Tanner	Lily Violet Jones
	💍 1913/1076
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	13/476
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

159

5 February 1913

Auber Antoine Du Rhone
Mary Lucy Margaret Whack

Auber Antoine Du Rhone
Mary Lucy Margaret Wrack
💍 1913/658

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
8 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/342

Harrietta Wilson, Mother

5 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	159
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Auber Antoine Du Rhone	Mary Lucy Margaret Whack
BDM Match (98%)	Auber Antoine Du Rhone	Mary Lucy Margaret Wrack
	💍 1913/658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/342
Consent	Harrietta Wilson, Mother
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

160

6 February 1913

Norman Frederick Fleming
Mildred Ethel Cowley

Norman Frederick Fleming
Mildred Ethel Cowley
💍 1913/989

Widower
Spinster

Engineer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Devonport, Auckland

13/420

6 February 1913

Rev. M. E. Bertram

No	160
Date of Notice	6 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Frederick Fleming	Mildred Ethel Cowley
	💍 1913/989
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Devonport, Auckland
Folio	13/420
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. E. Bertram

161

6 February 1913

Nehemiah Sanders
Clara Cohen

Nehemiah Sanders
Clara Cohen
💍 1913/979

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
4 weeks

Jewish Synagogue, Auckland

13/411

6 February 1913

Rev. S. A. Goldstein

No	161
Date of Notice	6 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nehemiah Sanders	Clara Cohen
	💍 1913/979
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Jewish Synagogue, Auckland
Folio	13/411
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein

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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).