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

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

252

4 March 1913

Howard Ribble
Violet Mary Heath

Howard Gribble
Violet May Heath
💍 1913/2490

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland

13/203

4 March 1913

Rev. G. Ready

No	252
Date of Notice	4 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Howard Ribble	Violet Mary Heath
BDM Match (90%)	Howard Gribble	Violet May Heath
	💍 1913/2490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	13/203
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Ready

253

4 March 1913

William Reuben Watts
Rita Emily Martlen

William Reuben Watts
Rita Emily Bartley
💍 1913/1139

Widower
Spinster

Jeweller

63
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

Residence of Bride's Father, Ponsonby Road, Auckland

13/573

4 March 1913

Rev. H. S. Braik

No	253
Date of Notice	4 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Reuben Watts	Rita Emily Martlen
BDM Match (94%)	William Reuben Watts	Rita Emily Bartley
	💍 1913/1139
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	63	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Father, Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Folio	13/573
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Braik

254

4 March 1913

Peter Killeen
Ruby Margaret Henderson

Peter Killeen
Ruby Margaret Henderson
💍 1913/682

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

36
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/162

4 March 1913

Registrar

No	254
Date of Notice	4 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Killeen	Ruby Margaret Henderson
	💍 1913/682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

255

5 March 1913

John Julius Wrigley
Louisa Alice Raden Matthews

John Julius Wrigley
Louisa Alice Naden Matthews
💍 1913/1144

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

37
29

Tauranga
Ponsonby, Auckland

1 day
20 years

All Saints Church, Tauranga

13/555

5 March 1913

Rev. K. M. Calder

No	255
Date of Notice	5 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Julius Wrigley	Louisa Alice Raden Matthews
BDM Match (98%)	John Julius Wrigley	Louisa Alice Naden Matthews
	💍 1913/1144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Ponsonby, Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	20 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Tauranga
Folio	13/555
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. K. M. Calder

256

5 March 1913

Arthur Charles Bush
Mary Amy Sale

Arthur Charles Bush
Mary Amy Sale
💍 1913/1163

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent, A. & Z. Herald

23
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 days

Congregational Church, Beresford Street, Auckland

13/597

5 March 1913

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	256
Date of Notice	5 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Bush	Mary Amy Sale
	💍 1913/1163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent, A. & Z. Herald
Age	23	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street, Auckland
Folio	13/597
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

257

5 March 1913

Edward Augustus Cash
Sarah Ann Thomas

Bachelor
Widow

Meat Preserver

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
5 years

Home of S. Bull, Ponsonby (Not Rold, See attached)

Not Rold

5 March 1913

Rev. A. B. Lowry

No	257
Date of Notice	5 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Augustus Cash	Sarah Ann Thomas
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Meat Preserver
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	5 years
Marriage Place	Home of S. Bull, Ponsonby (Not Rold, See attached)
Folio	Not Rold
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Lowry

258

5 March 1913

Albert Henry Young
Jessie Luban Emmons

Albert Henry Young
Jessie Susan Seymour
💍 1913/398

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

24
27

Auckland
Hastings

1 1/2 years
1 day

Home of Mr. F. Linds, Hastings

13/841

5 March 1913

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	258
Date of Notice	5 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Young	Jessie Luban Emmons
BDM Match (83%)	Albert Henry Young	Jessie Susan Seymour
	💍 1913/398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hastings
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	1 day
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. F. Linds, Hastings
Folio	13/841
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

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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).