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

793

24 June 1913

James Watt Budge
Nina Cosgrove

James Watt Budge
Nina Cosgrave
💍 1913/5212

Bachelor
Spinster

Curler

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
11 years

Presbyterian Church, Devonport

13/4943

24 June 1913

Rev. J. E. Bertram

No	793
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Watt Budge	Nina Cosgrove
BDM Match (96%)	James Watt Budge	Nina Cosgrave
	💍 1913/5212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Curler
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Devonport
Folio	13/4943
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram

988

24 June 1913

James Preen Milne
Alice Kathleen Edith Jackman

James Green Milne
Alice Kathleen Edith Jackman
💍 1913/3217

Bachelor
Spinster

Instructor

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Aidan's Church

13/2765

24 June 1913

Rev. R. F. Connolly

No	988
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Preen Milne	Alice Kathleen Edith Jackman
BDM Match (97%)	James Green Milne	Alice Kathleen Edith Jackman
	💍 1913/3217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Instructor
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Aidan's Church
Folio	13/2765
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Connolly

989

24 June 1913

John Carling Flora
Reaton

Widower
Widow

Quarry Harder

40
43

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
9 days

Church of the Epiphany

13/2633

24 June 1913

Rev. P. H. Morse

No	989
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Carling Flora	Reaton
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Quarry Harder
Age	40	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany
Folio	13/2633
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Morse

990

24 June 1913

Arthur Richard Baker
Louisa Langford Paver

Arthur Richard Baker
Louisa Longford Gavey
💍 1913/5406

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

40
42

Hamilton
Auckland

4 days
10 months

St Peter's Church, Hamilton

13/5038

24 June 1913

Rev. J. Haselden

No	990
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Richard Baker	Louisa Langford Paver
BDM Match (93%)	Arthur Richard Baker	Louisa Longford Gavey
	💍 1913/5406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	40	42
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	10 months
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Hamilton
Folio	13/5038
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

991

24 June 1913

William Dixon Mellor
Margaret Ferguson Lewis

William Dixon Mellor
Margaret Ferguson Lewis
💍 1913/2845

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

24
17

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

Home of Bride's Father, 36 Ponsonby Road

13/2615

James Andrew Lewis, father

24 June 1913

Rev. H. Beggs

No	991
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Dixon Mellor	Margaret Ferguson Lewis
	💍 1913/2845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, 36 Ponsonby Road
Folio	13/2615
Consent	James Andrew Lewis, father
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beggs

992

24 June 1913

James Callaghan Johnson
Rosey Hannah Humber

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Merchant

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 months

St Barnabas Church

13/2593

24 June 1913

Rev. O. R. Beatty

No	992
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Callaghan Johnson	Rosey Hannah Humber
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Merchant
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church
Folio	13/2593
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. R. Beatty

994

24 June 1913

Albert Ernest Tenmore
Emily Ella Willis

Albert Ernest Benmore
Emily Etta Willis
💍 1913/2879

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

19
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

Home of Bride's Mother, 2 Exmouth St, Newton

13/2644

Mary Hunt, mother of bride (formerly Willis)

24 June 1913

Rev. J. Dukes

No	994
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Tenmore	Emily Ella Willis
BDM Match (92%)	Albert Ernest Benmore	Emily Etta Willis
	💍 1913/2879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, 2 Exmouth St, Newton
Folio	13/2644
Consent	Mary Hunt, mother of bride (formerly Willis)
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dukes

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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).