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 30 June 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

580

9 May 1913

Ernest Burke
Clara Payne

Ernest Burke
Clara Payne
💍 1913/3365

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 years

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

13/2589

9 May 1913

Rev. A. Fowler

No	580
Date of Notice	9 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Burke	Clara Payne
	💍 1913/3365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/2589
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

594

9 May 1913

Hillon Alexander Pearce
Helen McColum Marguerite Sunning

Hilton Alexander Pearce
Helen Malcolm Marguerite Bunting
💍 1913/446

Bachelor
Divorced

Steward

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

13/2153

9 May 1913

Registrar

No	594
Date of Notice	9 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hillon Alexander Pearce	Helen McColum Marguerite Sunning
BDM Match (89%)	Hilton Alexander Pearce	Helen Malcolm Marguerite Bunting
	💍 1913/446
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Steward
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2153
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

595

9 May 1913

William Henry Manson
Ellen Rugg

William Henry Maysom
Ellen Bugg
💍 1913/6520

William Henry Harris
Ellen Shughrue
💍 1913/8963

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

13/6281

9 May 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	595
Date of Notice	9 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Manson	Ellen Rugg
BDM Match (90%)	William Henry Maysom	Ellen Bugg
	💍 1913/6520
BDM Match (66%)	William Henry Harris	Ellen Shughrue
	💍 1913/8963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/6281
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

596

8 May 1913

Alan Armitage McEllwain
Norma Zella Harris

Alan Armitage McElwain
Norma Zella Harris
💍 1913/447

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life

Registrar's Office

13/2154

8 May 1913

Registrar

No	596
Date of Notice	8 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Armitage McEllwain	Norma Zella Harris
BDM Match (98%)	Alan Armitage McElwain	Norma Zella Harris
	💍 1913/447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2154
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

597

8 May 1913

Joseph Bassingham
Sarah Elizabeth Dellingham

Joseph Bass
Sarah Elizabeth Bellingham
💍 1913/448

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
31

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
1 year

Registrar's Office

13/2155

8 May 1913

Registrar

No	597
Date of Notice	8 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Bassingham	Sarah Elizabeth Dellingham
BDM Match (80%)	Joseph Bass	Sarah Elizabeth Bellingham
	💍 1913/448
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2155
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

598

8 May 1913

Leonard Parker
Laura Pares

Leonard Parkes
Laura Pare
💍 1913/3229

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
1 year

Congregational Church

13/2753

8 May 1913

Rev. E. A. Bridger

No	598
Date of Notice	8 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Parker	Laura Pares
BDM Match (92%)	Leonard Parkes	Laura Pare
	💍 1913/3229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	13/2753
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridger

599

8 May 1913

Charles James Stevens
Agnes Harriet Burgess

Charles James Stevens
Agnes Harriet Burgess
💍 1913/3628

Bachelor
Spinster

Worker

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
18 years

Home of Bride's Father, Blanford Rd, Epsom

13/2750

Benjamin Burgess, father

8 May 1913

Rev. W. Trotter

No	599
Date of Notice	8 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles James Stevens	Agnes Harriet Burgess
	💍 1913/3628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Worker
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, Blanford Rd, Epsom
Folio	13/2750
Consent	Benjamin Burgess, father
Date of Certificate	8 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter

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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).