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 Culpar

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

364

25 March 1913

Alfred Ernest Amess
Amanda Annie Graham

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

St Barnabas Church

13/1506

Father

25 March 1913

Rev. E. MacFarland

No	364
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Amess	Amanda Annie Graham
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church
Folio	13/1506
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. MacFarland

365

25 March 1913

Frederick Joseph Duller
Elizabeth Mary Vialoux

Frederick Joseph Fuller
Elizabeth Mary Vialoux
💍 1913/1038

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

St Matthews Church

13/445

25 March 1913

Rev. E. Pilling

No	365
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Joseph Duller	Elizabeth Mary Vialoux
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Joseph Fuller	Elizabeth Mary Vialoux
	💍 1913/1038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church
Folio	13/445
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Pilling

366

25 March 1913

Robert Dick Bride
Jessie Margaret McEwen

Robert Dick
Jessie Margaret McEwen
💍 1913/1129

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

42
35

Auckland
Parnell

Life
9 years

Residence of Bride's Sister, Mudson Lane, Parnell

13/564

25 March 1913

Rev. J. Bissett

No	366
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Dick Bride	Jessie Margaret McEwen
BDM Match (82%)	Robert Dick	Jessie Margaret McEwen
	💍 1913/1129
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	42	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	Life	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Sister, Mudson Lane, Parnell
Folio	13/564
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bissett

367

25 March 1913

John Edmund Ramsen
Phyllis Gwendoline Dean

John Edmond Ramsey
Phyllis Gwendoline Dean
💍 1913/2537

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 year

St Paul's Church

13/2083

25 March 1913

Rev. C. A. Watson

No	367
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edmund Ramsen	Phyllis Gwendoline Dean
BDM Match (94%)	John Edmond Ramsey	Phyllis Gwendoline Dean
	💍 1913/2537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church
Folio	13/2083
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Watson

368

25 March 1913

Robert Frederick Howard
Olive Dorothy Evans

Robert Frederick Howard
Olive Dorothy Evans
💍 1913/1148

Bachelor
Spinster

Conductor

29
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

2 years
1 year

All Saints Church

13/539

25 March 1913

Archdeacon W. Calder

No	368
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Frederick Howard	Olive Dorothy Evans
	💍 1913/1148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Conductor
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	13/539
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon W. Calder

369

25 March 1913

Stanley Gordon Plum
Alice Maud Pritchard

Stanley Gordon Sim
Alice Maud Pritchard
💍 1913/3371

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

St Patrick's Cathedral

13/2577

25 March 1913

Rev. W. Ormond

No	369
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Gordon Plum	Alice Maud Pritchard
BDM Match (92%)	Stanley Gordon Sim	Alice Maud Pritchard
	💍 1913/3371
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/2577
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ormond

370

25 March 1913

Henry William Henderson
Claribel Myrtle Clark

Henry William Henderson
Claribel Myrtle Clark
💍 1913/982

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
27

Auckland
Onehunga

4 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church

13/414

25 March 1913

Rev. W. McLean

No	370
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Henderson	Claribel Myrtle Clark
	💍 1913/982
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/414
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McLean

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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).