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

658

29 April 1913

William Povan Wilson
Elizabeth Mary Anne Gabb

William Govan Wilson
Elizabeth Mary Anne Babb
💍 1913/2608

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

33
60

Auckland
Auckland

1 day
25 years

Registrar's Office

13/2179

29 May 1913

Registrar

No	658
Date of Notice	29 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Povan Wilson	Elizabeth Mary Anne Gabb
BDM Match (95%)	William Govan Wilson	Elizabeth Mary Anne Babb
	💍 1913/2608
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2179
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

659

29 April 1913

James Fitz Patrick Winifred
Olive Thompson

James Fitzpatrick
Winifred Thompson
💍 1913/4819

Divorced
Spinster

Fireman
Worker

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
3 years

Home of Parents, 52 Donson Road, Auckland

13/4320

29 May 1913

Rev. H. Kempton

No	659
Date of Notice	29 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Fitz Patrick Winifred	Olive Thompson
BDM Match (62%)	James Fitzpatrick	Winifred Thompson
	💍 1913/4819
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Worker
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Parents, 52 Donson Road, Auckland
Folio	13/4320
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Kempton

660

29 April 1913

Callil Harry Abdallah
Jane Walker

Callil Harry Abdallah
Jane Walker
💍 1913/2609

Widower
Spinster

Jeweller

45
28

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
15 years

Registrar's Office

13/2180

29 May 1913

Registrar

No	660
Date of Notice	29 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Callil Harry Abdallah	Jane Walker
	💍 1913/2609
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	45	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2180
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

661

29 April 1913

Walter Ernest Heddelch
Florence Waihora Anderson Thompson Dick

Walter Ernest Hedditch
Florence Waihora Anderson Thompson Dick
💍 1913/3631

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Aidan's Church

13/2730

29 May 1913

Rev. A. Fowler

No	661
Date of Notice	29 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ernest Heddelch	Florence Waihora Anderson Thompson Dick
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Ernest Hedditch	Florence Waihora Anderson Thompson Dick
	💍 1913/3631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church
Folio	13/2730
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

662

30 April 1913

Rupert Norman Wren
Thela Alice Veronica Park

Rupert Norman Uren
Lila Alice Veronica Park
💍 1913/3225

Bachelor
Spinster

Assistant

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
9 years

St. Peter's Church

13/2772

30 May 1913

Rev. J. Haselden

No	662
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rupert Norman Wren	Thela Alice Veronica Park
BDM Match (91%)	Rupert Norman Uren	Lila Alice Veronica Park
	💍 1913/3225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assistant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	13/2772
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

663

30 April 1913

James Mapill Ramari
Rotana

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

39
23

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years

Registrar's Office

13/2181

30 May 1913

Registrar

No	663
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mapill Ramari	Rotana
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2181
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

664

30 April 1913

Selwyn Edwards
Harriette Norah Kinsley Coates

Selwyn Edwards
Harriette Norah Kinsley Coates
💍 1913/4603

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
25

Auckland
Dunedin

5 1/2 years
17 years

Catholic Apostolic Church

13/3880

30 May 1913

Rev. G. Incher

No	664
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Selwyn Edwards	Harriette Norah Kinsley Coates
	💍 1913/4603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 1/2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Apostolic Church
Folio	13/3880
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Incher

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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).