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).

Page 103

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

588

13 May 1913

Henry Charles Parry
Ruby Emma Whonsbon

Henry Charles Parry
Ruby Emma Whonsbon
💍 1913/3009

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
9 months

House of Mr. I. Kay, 113 Brunner Road

13/2780

13 May 1913

Rev. Joephent

No	588
Date of Notice	13 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Charles Parry	Ruby Emma Whonsbon
	💍 1913/3009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. I. Kay, 113 Brunner Road
Folio	13/2780
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joephent

589

13 May 1913

Conrad Evan John Nelson
Frances Jessie Crossley

Conrad Evan John Welson
Frances Jessie Crossley
💍 1913/2971

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 4 months
5 years

St. Philip's Church, Ponsonby

13/2716

13 May 1913

Rev. Ira Burley

No	589
Date of Notice	13 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Conrad Evan John Nelson	Frances Jessie Crossley
BDM Match (98%)	Conrad Evan John Welson	Frances Jessie Crossley
	💍 1913/2971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 4 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Philip's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/2716
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ira Burley

590

13 May 1913

John Moncur Forbes
Maria Mary Russell

John Moncur Forbes
Maria May Russell
💍 1913/3370

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Keeper

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Remuera

13/2594

13 May 1913

Rev. J. Hiviane

No	590
Date of Notice	13 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Moncur Forbes	Maria Mary Russell
BDM Match (97%)	John Moncur Forbes	Maria May Russell
	💍 1913/3370
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Remuera
Folio	13/2594
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hiviane

591

13 May 1913

Walter Frederick Charles Salham
Kathleen Frances Biggs-Wither

Walter Frederick Charles Balham
Kathleen Frances Bigg-Wither
💍 1913/3367

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 1/2 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

13/2591

13 May 1913

Rev. G. Seattry

No	591
Date of Notice	13 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Frederick Charles Salham	Kathleen Frances Biggs-Wither
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Frederick Charles Balham	Kathleen Frances Bigg-Wither
	💍 1913/3367
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/2591
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Seattry

592

13 May 1913

Cecil Macleod Broad
Jane Roberta Calder

Cecil Macleod Wood
Janet Ruberta Calder
💍 1913/8792

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 months

Methodist Church, Devonport

13/2598

13 May 1913

Rev. G. T. Mann

No	592
Date of Notice	13 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Macleod Broad	Jane Roberta Calder
BDM Match (87%)	Cecil Macleod Wood	Janet Ruberta Calder
	💍 1913/8792
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	13/2598
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Mann

593

14 May 1913

Wilfred William Winter
Anne Romas Vercoe

Wilfred William Winter
Annie Thomas Vercoe
💍 1913/3218

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

29
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
9 years

Dwelling of Bride's Parents, Windsor Road, Mount Roskill

13/2766

Vercoe, Father

14 May 1913

Rev. W. Marshall

No	593
Date of Notice	14 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred William Winter	Anne Romas Vercoe
BDM Match (92%)	Wilfred William Winter	Annie Thomas Vercoe
	💍 1913/3218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Bride's Parents, Windsor Road, Mount Roskill
Folio	13/2766
Consent	Vercoe, Father
Date of Certificate	14 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Marshall

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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).