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

224

24 February 1913

Allan Cameron Owen
Julia Ellis Meadowcroft

Allan Cameron Owen
Gladys Ellis Meadowcroft
💍 1913/1730

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

35
20

Auckland
Wellington

25 years
Life

Congregational Church, Wellington Terrace

13/824

24 February 1913

Rev. J. R. Lawson

No	224
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Cameron Owen	Julia Ellis Meadowcroft
BDM Match (88%)	Allan Cameron Owen	Gladys Ellis Meadowcroft
	💍 1913/1730
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	Life
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Wellington Terrace
Folio	13/824
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Lawson

225

24 February 1913

Peter Elder
Lizzie Dale Robertson

Peter Elder Ramsay
Lizzie Kate Robertson
💍 1913/1154

Bachelor
Spinster

Ransom Baker

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Home of K. Urquhart, Pentland Avenue, Mount Eden

13/589

24 February 1913

Rev. H. Elliott

No	225
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Elder	Lizzie Dale Robertson
BDM Match (76%)	Peter Elder Ramsay	Lizzie Kate Robertson
	💍 1913/1154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ransom Baker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Home of K. Urquhart, Pentland Avenue, Mount Eden
Folio	13/589
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Elliott

226

25 February 1913

James Phillip Edlington
Harriet Eleanor Delaney

James Phillip Edlington
Harriet Eleanor Delaney
💍 1913/360

Widower
Divorced

Farmer

39
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
9 years

Home of Bride, 56 Eden Street, Newton

13/517

25 February 1913

Rev. H. Beggs

No	226
Date of Notice	25 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Phillip Edlington	Harriet Eleanor Delaney
	💍 1913/360
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, 56 Eden Street, Newton
Folio	13/517
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beggs

227

25 February 1913

Alfred Henry Smith
Alice Frances Mary Homer-Smith

Alfred Henry Smith
Alice Frances Mary Hamer Smith
💍 1913/1031

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church

13/439

25 February 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	227
Date of Notice	25 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Smith	Alice Frances Mary Homer-Smith
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Henry Smith	Alice Frances Mary Hamer Smith
	💍 1913/1031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/439
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

228

26 February 1913

Henry Duncan Robertson
Helen Edith Walker

Henry Struan Robertson
Helen Kirk Walker
💍 1913/996

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Remuera

13/404

26 February 1913

Rev. J. B. Munro

No	228
Date of Notice	26 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Duncan Robertson	Helen Edith Walker
BDM Match (80%)	Henry Struan Robertson	Helen Kirk Walker
	💍 1913/996
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Remuera
Folio	13/404
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Munro

229

26 February 1913

Fred Albert Leslie Perken
Annie Althea Brooks

Fred Albert Leslie Gerken
Annie Althea Brooks
💍 1913/1032

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheet Metal Worker

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
Life

St. Matthew's Church

13/440

26 February 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	229
Date of Notice	26 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Albert Leslie Perken	Annie Althea Brooks
BDM Match (98%)	Fred Albert Leslie Gerken	Annie Althea Brooks
	💍 1913/1032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheet Metal Worker
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/440
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

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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).