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 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

629

27 April 1913

Arthur John Sewell
Arabel Palmer Powell

Arthur John Bennett
Arabel Palmer Powell Bakewell
💍 1913/3617

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Bakewell

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
1 month

St. Alban's Church

13/2740

23 May 1913

Rev. R. Smales

No	629
Date of Notice	27 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Sewell	Arabel Palmer Powell
BDM Match (71%)	Arthur John Bennett	Arabel Palmer Powell Bakewell
	💍 1913/3617
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Bakewell
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church
Folio	13/2740
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Smales

630

23 April 1913

Roupe William Broad
Hilda Maude Rowlands

George William Proud
Hilda Maude Rowlands
💍 1913/2831

Bachelor
Spinster

Moulder

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
10 years

St. Matthew's Church

13/2550

23 May 1913

Rev. R. E. Pillans

No	630
Date of Notice	23 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roupe William Broad	Hilda Maude Rowlands
BDM Match (85%)	George William Proud	Hilda Maude Rowlands
	💍 1913/2831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Moulder
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/2550
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Pillans

631

23 April 1913

Charles Cecil Maguire
Janet Turnbull Weir

Charles Cecil Maguire
Janet Turnbull Weir
💍 1913/2916

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 year

St. Paul's Church

13/2686

23 May 1913

Rev. R. A. Watson

No	631
Date of Notice	23 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Cecil Maguire	Janet Turnbull Weir
	💍 1913/2916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	13/2686
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. A. Watson

632

23 April 1913

Percy John Tristram
Olive Vita Hynds

Percy John Tristram
Olive Vita Lynds
💍 1913/578

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
1 year

St. Matthew's Church

13/2551

James Hynds, Father

23 May 1913

Rev. R. E. Pillans

No	632
Date of Notice	23 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy John Tristram	Olive Vita Hynds
BDM Match (97%)	Percy John Tristram	Olive Vita Lynds
	💍 1913/578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/2551
Consent	James Hynds, Father
Date of Certificate	23 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Pillans

633

24 April 1913

Abraham Fletcher
Marie Jessie Ruthberg

Abraham Fletcher
Marie Jessie Ruthberg
💍 1913/6806

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

23
15

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 months

All Saints Church

13/2623

Elizabeth Ruthberg, Mother

24 May 1913

Rev. W. Calder

No	633
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Abraham Fletcher	Marie Jessie Ruthberg
	💍 1913/6806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	23	15
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	13/2623
Consent	Elizabeth Ruthberg, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder

634

26 April 1913

Ernest William Long
Martha Hawthorn

Ernest William Tong
Martha Hawthorne
💍 1913/3616

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

Methodist Church, Kingsland

13/2734

Robert Hawthorn, Father

26 May 1913

Rev. G. G. Harrison

No	634
Date of Notice	26 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Long	Martha Hawthorn
BDM Match (94%)	Ernest William Tong	Martha Hawthorne
	💍 1913/3616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	13/2734
Consent	Robert Hawthorn, Father
Date of Certificate	26 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Harrison

635

26 April 1913

George Ernest Griffiths
Beatrice Cadwallader

George Ernest Griffiths
Beatrice Cadwallader
💍 1913/589

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
1 year

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

13/2552

26 May 1913

Rev. R. E. Pillans

No	635
Date of Notice	26 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Griffiths	Beatrice Cadwallader
	💍 1913/589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/2552
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Pillans

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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).