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

378

26 March 1913

Frederick Christopher Braithwaite
Ethel Dickens

Frederick Christopher Braithwaite
Ethel Dickens
💍 1913/4677

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

32
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
10 years

St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert

13/4

Thomas Dickens, father

26 March 1913

Rev. H. R. Jecks

No	378
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Christopher Braithwaite	Ethel Dickens
	💍 1913/4677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	13/4
Consent	Thomas Dickens, father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Jecks

379

26 March 1913

Mark Thomson
Alice Maud Bowman

Mark Thomson
Alice Maud Bowman
💍 1913/728

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
1 year

Registrar's Office

13/84

26 March 1913

Registrar

No	379
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark Thomson	Alice Maud Bowman
	💍 1913/728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

380

26 March 1913

Albert Mason
Annie Florence Shelton

Albert Mason
Annie Florence Skelton
💍 1913/1115

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
20 years

John Knox House of Good Will, Ponsonby

13/54

John Shelton, father

26 March 1913

Rev. C. A. Rixon

No	380
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Mason	Annie Florence Shelton
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Mason	Annie Florence Skelton
	💍 1913/1115
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	John Knox House of Good Will, Ponsonby
Folio	13/54
Consent	John Shelton, father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Rixon

381

26 March 1913

William James Lockner
Victoria Mary Parn

William James Lockyer
Victoria May Cain
💍 1913/2469

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
5 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St.

13/2034

26 March 1913

Rev. S. Ready

No	381
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Lockner	Victoria Mary Parn
BDM Match (89%)	William James Lockyer	Victoria May Cain
	💍 1913/2469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St.
Folio	13/2034
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Ready

382

26 March 1913

William Leslie Taylor
Vera Alexander Taylor

William Beesley
Vera Alexander Taylor
💍 1913/2867

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
3 months

St. Peter's Presbyterian Church

13/2637

26 March 1913

Rev. J. A. Thompson

No	382
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leslie Taylor	Vera Alexander Taylor
BDM Match (79%)	William Beesley	Vera Alexander Taylor
	💍 1913/2867
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/2637
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson

383

26 March 1913

John William Dodd
Louisa Reid Sunderland

John William Dodd
Louisa Reid Sunderland
💍 1913/2039

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 month

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

13/1529

26 March 1913

Arch. H. A. Hawkins

No	383
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Dodd	Louisa Reid Sunderland
	💍 1913/2039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	13/1529
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Arch. H. A. Hawkins

384

26 March 1913

Edwin James Araduan
Ruby Margaret Day

Edwin James Bradnam
Ruby Margaret Day
💍 1913/705

Widower
Spinster

Planter

43
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
Life

Registrar's Office

13/85

26 March 1913

Registrar

No	384
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin James Araduan	Ruby Margaret Day
BDM Match (92%)	Edwin James Bradnam	Ruby Margaret Day
	💍 1913/705
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Planter
Age	43	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/85
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 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).