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

169

8 February 1913

Francis William Mallabund
Margaret Gwendoline Rees

Francis William Mallabond
Margaret Gwendoline Mees
💍 1913/5043

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Measurer

33
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

House of Bride, "Oakley", Hackett Street, Ponsonby

13/4177

8 February 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	169
Date of Notice	8 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Mallabund	Margaret Gwendoline Rees
BDM Match (96%)	Francis William Mallabond	Margaret Gwendoline Mees
	💍 1913/5043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Measurer
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride, "Oakley", Hackett Street, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4177
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

170

8 February 1913

John James Humby
Gertrude Porter

John Thomas Humby
Gertrude Porter
💍 1913/1126

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

13/557

8 February 1913

Ven. Archdeacon W. Calder

No	170
Date of Notice	8 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Humby	Gertrude Porter
BDM Match (88%)	John Thomas Humby	Gertrude Porter
	💍 1913/1126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/557
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon W. Calder

171

8 February 1913

Joseph Taylor
Maude Eveline Betts

Joseph Taylor
Maude Eveline Betts
💍 1913/1124

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

1/2 years
1/2 years

Pitt Street Methodist Church, Auckland

13/533

8 February 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	171
Date of Notice	8 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Taylor	Maude Eveline Betts
	💍 1913/1124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1/2 years	1/2 years
Marriage Place	Pitt Street Methodist Church, Auckland
Folio	13/533
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

172

10 February 1913

John Curtis
Rose Mary Bolton

John Curtis
Rose Mary Bolton
💍 1913/1103

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

39
35

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
8 years

Salvation Army Barracks, Newton, Auckland

13/536

10 February 1913

Adj. A. Shurkettle

No	172
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Curtis	Rose Mary Bolton
	💍 1913/1103
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Barracks, Newton, Auckland
Folio	13/536
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Adj. A. Shurkettle

173

10 February 1913

Henry Stanislaus Webb
Ellen Eliza Lodge

Henry Stanislaus Webb
Ellen Eliza Lodge
💍 1913/1028

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter N.Z.R.

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
Life

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

13/43

10 February 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	173
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Stanislaus Webb	Ellen Eliza Lodge
	💍 1913/1028
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter N.Z.R.
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	13/43
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

174

10 February 1913

Alfred William Wooding
Eliza Baker

Alfred William Wooding
Eliza Baker
💍 1913/1112

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
Life

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu, Auckland

13/527

10 February 1913

Rev. F. Buckley

No	174
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Wooding	Eliza Baker
	💍 1913/1112
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	Life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu, Auckland
Folio	13/527
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley

175

10 February 1913

Charles Wilton Miles
Mary Ann Howard

Charles Wilton
Mary Ann Miles Howard
💍 1913/1130

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
5 days

Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland

13/565

10 February 1913

Mr. J. Bissett

No	175
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Wilton Miles	Mary Ann Howard
BDM Match (71%)	Charles Wilton	Mary Ann Miles Howard
	💍 1913/1130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland
Folio	13/565
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Bissett

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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).