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 Teumas 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

643

27 March 1913

Thomas Parker
Nora Impla Crowley

Thomas Parker
Nora Angela Cronly
💍 1913/3613

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

42
30

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
6 months

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

13/2736

27 March 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	643
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Parker	Nora Impla Crowley
BDM Match (83%)	Thomas Parker	Nora Angela Cronly
	💍 1913/3613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	42	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	13/2736
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

644

27 March 1913

James Jamison
Elizabeth Green

James West
Elizabeth Ellen Green
💍 1913/6672

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
13 years

St. James' Church, Auckland

13/2611

27 March 1913

Rev. R. Heggs

No	644
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jamison	Elizabeth Green
BDM Match (63%)	James West	Elizabeth Ellen Green
	💍 1913/6672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Auckland
Folio	13/2611
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Heggs

645

27 March 1913

Arthur Ingval Dandell
Delcie Emma Victoria Corl

Arthur Ingval Danrell
Delcie Emma Victoria Cork
💍 1913/3361

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
6 months

Home of Rev. R. Raine, Collingwood St, Auckland

13/2585

Mother

27 March 1913

Rev. R. Raine

No	645
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ingval Dandell	Delcie Emma Victoria Corl
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Ingval Danrell	Delcie Emma Victoria Cork
	💍 1913/3361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. R. Raine, Collingwood St, Auckland
Folio	13/2585
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

646

27 March 1913

Thomas Young Butterworth
Annie Hall

Thomas Young Butterworth
Annie Hall
💍 1913/2917

Bachelor
Spinster

Designer

35
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 1/2 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

13/2684

27 March 1913

Rev. C. A. B. Watson

No	646
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Young Butterworth	Annie Hall
	💍 1913/2917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Designer
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/2684
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson

647

27 March 1913

Edgar Francis Collins
Harriet Howe

Edgar Francis Collins
Harriet Howe
💍 1913/2858

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

38
39

Auckland
Devonport

20 years
20 years

Home of Bride, 21 Anne St, Devonport

13/2604

27 March 1913

Rev. D. W. Inebof

No	647
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Francis Collins	Harriet Howe
	💍 1913/2858
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, 21 Anne St, Devonport
Folio	13/2604
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. W. Inebof

648

27 March 1913

Charles Pember Pierce
Laurel Brokenshire

Charles Gumby Pierce
Lauret Brokenshire
💍 1913/3362

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
5 years

Home of Mr. Burman, 26 Ponsonby Rd, Auckland

13/2586

27 March 1913

Rev. R. Raine

No	648
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Pember Pierce	Laurel Brokenshire
BDM Match (88%)	Charles Gumby Pierce	Lauret Brokenshire
	💍 1913/3362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Burman, 26 Ponsonby Rd, Auckland
Folio	13/2586
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

649

28 March 1913

Frederick William Ineby
Helen Halleday

Frederick William Treby
Helen Halliday
💍 1913/2589

Widower
Spinster

Missionary

48
37

Coromandel
Auckland

1 year
2 months

Registrar's Office, Coromandel

13/2176

28 March 1913

Registrar

No	649
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Ineby	Helen Halleday
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick William Treby	Helen Halliday
	💍 1913/2589
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Missionary
Age	48	37
Dwelling Place	Coromandel	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Coromandel
Folio	13/2176
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

650

28 March 1913

Douglas Munro
Margaret King

Douglas Munns
Margaret Hing
💍 1913/596

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

13/2589

Charles King, father

28 March 1913

Rev. J. Ormond

No	650
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Munro	Margaret King
BDM Match (88%)	Douglas Munns	Margaret Hing
	💍 1913/596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	13/2589
Consent	Charles King, father
Date of Certificate	28 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ormond

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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).