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

293

13 March 1913

Frederick William Thursby
Margaret Jane McPherson

Frederick William Thursby
Margaret Jane McPherson
💍 1913/696

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
life

Registrar's office, Auckland

13/75

13 March 1913

Registrar

No	293
Date of Notice	13 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Thursby	Margaret Jane McPherson
	💍 1913/696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Auckland
Folio	13/75
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

294

13 March 1913

Edward George Salthe
Margaret Annie Salthe

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
8 years

Christ Church, Ellerslie

13/567

13 March 1913

Rev. G. Walker

No	294
Date of Notice	13 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Salthe	Margaret Annie Salthe
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Ellerslie
Folio	13/567
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Walker

295

14 March 1913

Rupert Percy Wyatt
Esther Alexander

Nugent Percy Wyatt
Esther Alexander
💍 1913/1133

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister

34
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
9 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

13/568

14 March 1913

Rev. H. Sutton

No	295
Date of Notice	14 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rupert Percy Wyatt	Esther Alexander
BDM Match (92%)	Nugent Percy Wyatt	Esther Alexander
	💍 1913/1133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	13/568
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Sutton

296

14 March 1913

William Charles Ring
Ruby Monica Sellers

William Charles Ring
Ruby Marian Sellers
💍 1913/1171

Bachelor
Spinster

Veterinary Surgeon

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
11 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

13/582

14 March 1913

Rev. W. Scott

No	296
Date of Notice	14 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Ring	Ruby Monica Sellers
BDM Match (89%)	William Charles Ring	Ruby Marian Sellers
	💍 1913/1171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Veterinary Surgeon
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/582
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Scott

297

14 March 1913

Frederick Arthur Hanan
Ida Helen Dewes

Frederick Arthur Hanan
Ida Helen Dewes
💍 1913/2038

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

30
25

Morrinsville
Auckland

6 months
life

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

14 March 1913

Rev. H. A. Hawkins

No	297
Date of Notice	14 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Arthur Hanan	Ida Helen Dewes
	💍 1913/2038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Hawkins

298

14 March 1913

Percy Hamblin Hughes
Ethel Mabel Hughes

Percy Hamblin
Ethel Mabel Hughes
💍 1913/1138

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

13/572

14 March 1913

Rev. A. Fowler

No	298
Date of Notice	14 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Hamblin Hughes	Ethel Mabel Hughes
BDM Match (83%)	Percy Hamblin	Ethel Mabel Hughes
	💍 1913/1138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/572
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

299

14 March 1913

Thomas Ham Paterson
Lillie Jane Paterson

Thomas Kay Paterson
Lillie Jane
💍 1913/5048

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
life

Home of Bride, Bayfield Road, Remuera

13/4180

14 March 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	299
Date of Notice	14 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ham Paterson	Lillie Jane Paterson
BDM Match (72%)	Thomas Kay Paterson	Lillie Jane
	💍 1913/5048
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, Bayfield Road, Remuera
Folio	13/4180
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

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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).