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

237

27 February 1913

Allan Sowden
Elizabeth Lloyd Mandeno

Allan Sowden
Elizabeth Lloyd Mandeno
💍 1913/698

Widower
Spinster

Seaman

38
48

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
Life

Registrar's Office

13/54

27 February 1913

Registrar

No	237
Date of Notice	27 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Sowden	Elizabeth Lloyd Mandeno
	💍 1913/698
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	38	48
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/54
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

238

29 February 1913

Dacre Henry Bull
Harriett Lucy Baldwin

Dacre Henry Tynan
Harriett Lucy Baldwin
💍 1913/699

Bachelor
Spinster

Hand

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
11 years

Registrar's Office

13/55

29 February 1913

Registrar

No	238
Date of Notice	29 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dacre Henry Bull	Harriett Lucy Baldwin
BDM Match (85%)	Dacre Henry Tynan	Harriett Lucy Baldwin
	💍 1913/699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hand
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/55
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

239

28 February 1913

David Whyte Parker
Violet Ellen Smethurst

David Whyte
Violet Ellen Smethurst
💍 1913/1185

Bachelor
Spinster

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
Life

House of Bride's Father, Newmarket

13/160

Bride's Father

28 February 1913

Rev. G. H. Richards

No	239
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Whyte Parker	Violet Ellen Smethurst
BDM Match (81%)	David Whyte	Violet Ellen Smethurst
	💍 1913/1185
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Newmarket
Folio	13/160
Consent	Bride's Father
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Richards

240

28 February 1913

Arthur Christian Macfarlane
Florence Anne Pauling

Arthur Christian MacFarlane
Florence Annie Pauling
💍 1913/700

Divorced
Spinster

Farmer

36
23

Te Atatu
Te Atatu

2 years
11 years

Registrar's Office

13/56

28 February 1913

Registrar

No	240
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Christian Macfarlane	Florence Anne Pauling
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Christian MacFarlane	Florence Annie Pauling
	💍 1913/700
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Te Atatu	Te Atatu
Length of Residence	2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/56
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

241

28 February 1913

Ernest James Morrison
Audrey Gertrude Whymark

Ernest James Morrison
Audrey Gertrude Wynyard
💍 1913/1135

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

13/570

28 February 1913

Rev. M. Sutton

No	241
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Morrison	Audrey Gertrude Whymark
BDM Match (91%)	Ernest James Morrison	Audrey Gertrude Wynyard
	💍 1913/1135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	13/570
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Sutton

242

28 February 1913

Francis Robertson
Rose Elizabeth Lowe

Francis Robertson
Rose Elizabeth Lowe
💍 1913/981

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

31
29

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
14 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

13/413

28 February 1913

Rev. H. A. Wingfield

No	242
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Robertson	Rose Elizabeth Lowe
	💍 1913/981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	14 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/413
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Wingfield

243

28 February 1913

Wilfred Jeffs
Josephine Matilda Cook

Wilfred Jeffs
Josephine Matilda Cook
💍 1913/701

Bachelor
Divorced

Insurance Agent

20
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
9 months

Registrar's Office

13/58

Edward Jeffs, Father of Groom

28 February 1913

Registrar

No	243
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Jeffs	Josephine Matilda Cook
	💍 1913/701
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/58
Consent	Edward Jeffs, Father of Groom
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).