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

335

19 March 1913

Walter Bose
Jessie Mary Scott

Walter Cox
Jessie May Scott
💍 1913/4676

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

Anglican Church, St. Albert

13/4254

19 March 1913

Rev. O. H. R. Jecks

No	335
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Bose	Jessie Mary Scott
BDM Match (83%)	Walter Cox	Jessie May Scott
	💍 1913/4676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, St. Albert
Folio	13/4254
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. H. R. Jecks

336

19 March 1913

Edward Evans
Florence Elizabeth Johnson

Edward Evans
Florence Elizabeth Johnson
💍 1913/723

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
18 months

Registrar's Office

13/79

19 March 1913

Registrar

No	336
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Evans	Florence Elizabeth Johnson
	💍 1913/723
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/79
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

337

19 March 1913

William Hall
Hilda Wheeler

William Hall
Hilda Wheeler
💍 1913/1043

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
23

Auckland
Birkenhead

10 years
Life

Anglican Church

13/450

19 March 1913

Rev. G. G. Young

No	337
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hall	Hilda Wheeler
	💍 1913/1043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Birkenhead
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	13/450
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Young

338

19 March 1913

Frank Lawson Sutton
Margaret Edith Delaney

Frank Lawson Sutton
Margaret Edith Delaney
💍 1913/3042

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
3 years

St. Benedict's Church

13/196

19 March 1913

Rev. P. H. Phelan

No	338
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Lawson Sutton	Margaret Edith Delaney
	💍 1913/3042
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	13/196
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Phelan

339

19 March 1913

Ralph Armitage
Gertrude Ellen Back

George Armitage Barrett
Gertrude Ellan Back
💍 1913/1173

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 months
20 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

13/584

19 March 1913

Rev. I. Richards

No	339
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Armitage	Gertrude Ellen Back
BDM Match (67%)	George Armitage Barrett	Gertrude Ellan Back
	💍 1913/1173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	13/584
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Richards

340

20 March 1913

John Percy Hallamore
Vera Gladys Hadn P.

John Percy Terry
Vera Gladys Hallamore
💍 1913/2381

Bachelor
Spinster

Health Inspector

34
23

Auckland
Auckland

30 months
20 years

Church of the Epiphany, Newton

13/947

20 March 1913

Rev. A. E. Lush

No	340
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Percy Hallamore	Vera Gladys Hadn P.
BDM Match (63%)	John Percy Terry	Vera Gladys Hallamore
	💍 1913/2381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Health Inspector
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Newton
Folio	13/947
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Lush

341

20 March 1913

James Henry Sloane
Florence Lois Brewer

James Henry Sloane
Florence Lois Brewer
💍 1913/724

Bachelor
Divorced

Maker

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Registrar's Office

13/80

20 March 1913

Registrar

No	341
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Sloane	Florence Lois Brewer
	💍 1913/724
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Maker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/80
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 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).