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

183

12 February 1913

Alfred Perez
Elizabeth Esther Evelyn Bates

Alfred Perez
Elizabeth Esther Evelyn Bates
💍 1913/1123

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25
17

Auckland
Auckland

Life
6 years

House of Brides Father, Reinfers Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland

13/5

Henry Bates, father

12 February 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	183
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Perez	Elizabeth Esther Evelyn Bates
	💍 1913/1123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Brides Father, Reinfers Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland
Folio	13/5
Consent	Henry Bates, father
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

184

12 February 1913

Charles Edward Bond
Hilda Josephine Gallot

Charles Edward Bond
Hilda Josephine Gallot
💍 1913/969

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/400

12 February 1913

Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

No	184
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Bond	Hilda Josephine Gallot
	💍 1913/969
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/400
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

185

12 February 1913

James Thomas Yeo
Eleanor O'Brien

James Thomas Yeo
Eleanor Frances O'Brien
💍 1913/3045

Widower (8 November 1909)
Spinster

Yardman

42
36

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
4 days

St. Benedict's Church

13/1965

12 February 1913

Rev. G. H. Gillan

No	185
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Yeo	Eleanor O'Brien
BDM Match (83%)	James Thomas Yeo	Eleanor Frances O'Brien
	💍 1913/3045
Condition	Widower (8 November 1909)	Spinster
Profession	Yardman
Age	42	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	13/1965
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan

186

12 February 1913

William Sydney Morrison
Audrey Irene Bates

William Sydney Morrison
Audrey Irene Bates
💍 1913/1104

Widower (8 July 1893)
Spinster

Labourer

45
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

House of Brides Father, 31 Newton Road, Auckland

13/53

12 February 1913

Rev. C. C. Beecroft

No	186
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sydney Morrison	Audrey Irene Bates
	💍 1913/1104
Condition	Widower (8 July 1893)	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	45	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Brides Father, 31 Newton Road, Auckland
Folio	13/53
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Beecroft

187

12 February 1913

Lancelot William Snook
Emily Roselyn Hernando

Lancelot William Snook
Emily Roselyn Fernando
💍 1913/358

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
5 years

House of Bridegrooms Father, 14 Newton Street, Auckland

13/515

12 February 1913

Rev. H. Beggs

No	187
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lancelot William Snook	Emily Roselyn Hernando
BDM Match (98%)	Lancelot William Snook	Emily Roselyn Fernando
	💍 1913/358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegrooms Father, 14 Newton Street, Auckland
Folio	13/515
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beggs

188

13 February 1913

Apiata Se Hame Manuarte
Haimona Rewiri

Widower (19 March 1907)
Spinster

Land Agent

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/41

13 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	188
Date of Notice	13 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Apiata Se Hame Manuarte	Haimona Rewiri
Condition	Widower (19 March 1907)	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/41
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

189

13 February 1913

William David Hugh James
Polly Hannah Sickner

William David Hugh James
Polly Hannah Tickner
💍 1913/2489

Bachelor
Spinster

Stoveman

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
3 years

House of Brides Mother, 49 Hepburn Street, Auckland

13/2033

13 February 1913

Rev. W. Ready

No	189
Date of Notice	13 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William David Hugh James	Polly Hannah Sickner
BDM Match (98%)	William David Hugh James	Polly Hannah Tickner
	💍 1913/2489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stoveman
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Brides Mother, 49 Hepburn Street, Auckland
Folio	13/2033
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

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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).