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

349

20 March 1913

George Sell
Mary Cecilia Moran

George Bell
Mary Cecilia Moran
💍 1913/3040

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
10 months

St. Benedict's Church

13/190

Elizabeth Cook, mother

20 March 1913

Rev. P. Phillan

No	349
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Sell	Mary Cecilia Moran
BDM Match (95%)	George Bell	Mary Cecilia Moran
	💍 1913/3040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	13/190
Consent	Elizabeth Cook, mother
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Phillan

350

20 March 1913

Horace Dowman
Annie Lines

Horace Dowman
Annie Simes
💍 1913/1141

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic

31
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 months

House of Mrs. Lines, 11 Elephant St, Ponsonby

13/575

20 March 1913

Mr. A. J. Turner

No	350
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Dowman	Annie Lines
BDM Match (91%)	Horace Dowman	Annie Simes
	💍 1913/1141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Lines, 11 Elephant St, Ponsonby
Folio	13/575
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Mr. A. J. Turner

351

20 March 1913

Harold Albert Hampson
Laura Gale

Harold Robert Hayson
Laura Cole
💍 1913/1036

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Domestic

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life

St. Matthew's Church

13/444

20 March 1913

Rev. W. E. Pillane

No	351
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Albert Hampson	Laura Gale
BDM Match (81%)	Harold Robert Hayson	Laura Cole
	💍 1913/1036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/444
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillane

352

20 March 1913

John Henry Paddes
Ethel Johnson

John Henry Gaddes
Cilbey Johnson
💍 1913/5051

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
30 years

St. Stephen's Church

13/4183

20 March 1913

Rev. J. Folly

No	352
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Paddes	Ethel Johnson
BDM Match (79%)	John Henry Gaddes	Cilbey Johnson
	💍 1913/5051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church
Folio	13/4183
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Folly

353

20 March 1913

Matthew Jenkins Jones
Ivy Helen Lowe

Matthew Jenkins Jones
Ivy Helen Lowe
💍 1913/1153

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
18 months

Methodist Church, Mt. Albert

13/588

William Lowe, father

20 March 1913

Rev. C. E. Beecroft

No	353
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Jenkins Jones	Ivy Helen Lowe
	💍 1913/1153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	18 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	13/588
Consent	William Lowe, father
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Beecroft

354

22 March 1913

Robert Diffin
Mary Jane Easley

Robert Dillmer
Mary Jane Cascey
💍 1913/1175

Robert Hall
Mary Jane Davies
💍 1914/484

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor
Typist

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

House of Bride, 60 Ponsonby Rd

13/610

22 March 1913

Rev. A. B. Hawry

No	354
Date of Notice	22 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Diffin	Mary Jane Easley
BDM Match (76%)	Robert Dillmer	Mary Jane Cascey
	💍 1913/1175
BDM Match (64%)	Robert Hall	Mary Jane Davies
	💍 1914/484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor	Typist
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride, 60 Ponsonby Rd
Folio	13/610
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Hawry

355

25 March 1913

Isaac Elston Pray
Ellinor Mellsop

Isaac Gelstom Gray
Elinor Mellsop
💍 1913/5052

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

49
35

Auckland
Auckland

Life
12 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

13/4184

25 March 1913

Rev. J. Folly

No	355
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Elston Pray	Ellinor Mellsop
BDM Match (86%)	Isaac Gelstom Gray	Elinor Mellsop
	💍 1913/5052
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	49	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4184
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Folly

356

25 March 1913

Samuel Connell Johnson
Margaret Hunter

Samuel Donnell
Margaret Johnson
💍 1913/1621

Bachelor
Spinster

Milk Vendor
Domestic

15
27

Auckland
Papakura

2 years
9 years

Methodist Church, Papakura

13/626

25 March 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	356
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Connell Johnson	Margaret Hunter
BDM Match (61%)	Samuel Donnell	Margaret Johnson
	💍 1913/1621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milk Vendor	Domestic
Age	15	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Papakura
Length of Residence	2 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Papakura
Folio	13/626
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

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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).