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

321

18 March 1913

Samuel Thomas Branch
Jessie Fitness Wade

Samuel Thomas Seymour Bryce
Jessie Fitness
💍 1913/1169

Bachelor
Widow

Painter

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 months

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

13/580

18 March 1913

Rev. W. H. Seatter

No	321
Date of Notice	18 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Thomas Branch	Jessie Fitness Wade
BDM Match (67%)	Samuel Thomas Seymour Bryce	Jessie Fitness
	💍 1913/1169
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/580
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Seatter

322

18 March 1913

Henry Emmanuel Welch
Olive Rivell Hawkins

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
1 year 7 months Parnell

St. Mary's Cathedral

13/1527

18 March 1913

Rev. W. H. Hawkins

No	322
Date of Notice	18 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Emmanuel Welch	Olive Rivell Hawkins
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	1 year 7 months Parnell
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	13/1527
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Hawkins

323

18 March 1913

Henry Whittle Shaw
Helen Dickson Brown

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
12 years Ponsonby

St. Stephen's Manse

13/4182

18 March 1913

Rev. J. Follon

No	323
Date of Notice	18 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Whittle Shaw	Helen Dickson Brown
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	12 years Ponsonby
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Manse
Folio	13/4182
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Follon

324

18 March 1913

Alfred Edward Morrison
Elizabeth Bell Kennard

Alfred Edward Morrison
Elizabeth Bell Kennard
💍 1913/715

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

13/177

18 March 1913

Registrar

No	324
Date of Notice	18 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Morrison	Elizabeth Bell Kennard
	💍 1913/715
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/177
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

325

19 March 1913

William Ernest Gibbs
Jane Denton

William Ernest Gibbs
Jane Denton
💍 1913/8804

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

32
35

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year 6 months Newmarket

House of Mrs. A. Smalley, Claremont St.

13/2038

19 March 1913

Rev. W. H. Ready

No	325
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Gibbs	Jane Denton
	💍 1913/8804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	32	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year 6 months Newmarket
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. A. Smalley, Claremont St.
Folio	13/2038
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Ready

326

19 March 1913

Herbert Webb
Mabel Mary Murrant

Herbert Webb
Mabel May Murray
💍 1913/1035

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

St. Matthew's Church

13/443

19 March 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	326
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Webb	Mabel Mary Murrant
BDM Match (92%)	Herbert Webb	Mabel May Murray
	💍 1913/1035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/443
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

327

19 March 1913

Walter Charles Ellery
Muriel Littlewood

Walter Charles Ellery
Ivy Ellena Muriel Littlewood
💍 1913/367

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

18
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years Newton

House of Mrs. Bryant, 40 Oxford St.

13/500

Jane Ellery, mother

19 March 1913

Rev. W. H. Heggs

No	327
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Ellery	Muriel Littlewood
BDM Match (80%)	Walter Charles Ellery	Ivy Ellena Muriel Littlewood
	💍 1913/367
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	18	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years Newton
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Bryant, 40 Oxford St.
Folio	13/500
Consent	Jane Ellery, mother
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Heggs

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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).