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 135

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1913

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

817

27 June 1913

Hugh Crawford
Elizabeth King

Hugh Crawford
Elizabeth King McMillan
💍 1913/4478

Hugh Crawford
Elsie Watt Webster
💍 1913/8240

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
4 days

Home of Mrs. Denison, 53 East St. Newton

13/4081

27 June 1913

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	817
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Crawford	Elizabeth King
BDM Match (80%)	Hugh Crawford	Elizabeth King McMillan
	💍 1913/4478
BDM Match (64%)	Hugh Crawford	Elsie Watt Webster
	💍 1913/8240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Denison, 53 East St. Newton
Folio	13/4081
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

818

28 June 1913

Augustus Hiscox
Grace Chulee

Widower
Spinster

School Teacher

46
35

Auckland
Tauranga

3 months
8 months

St. Matthew's Church, Ponsonby, Auckland

13/4257

28 June 1913

Rev. W. E. Pillans

No	818
Date of Notice	28 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus Hiscox	Grace Chulee
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	46	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 months	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	13/4257
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillans

819

28 June 1913

William John Bathurst
Mary Hannah Feeney

William John Bathurst
Mary Hannah Feeney
💍 1913/593

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

13/2573

Consent attached

28 June 1913

Rev. W. E. Pillans

No	819
Date of Notice	28 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Bathurst	Mary Hannah Feeney
	💍 1913/593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/2573
Consent	Consent attached
Date of Certificate	28 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillans

820

30 June 1913

Walter Livingstone
Elsie Emma Bell

Walter Livingstone Hayman
Elsie Emma Bell
💍 1913/2928

Bachelor
Spinster

Millwright

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
Life

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

13/2697

30 June 1913

Rev. E. McFarland

No	820
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Livingstone	Elsie Emma Bell
BDM Match (86%)	Walter Livingstone Hayman	Elsie Emma Bell
	💍 1913/2928
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millwright
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	Life
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/2697
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

821

30 June 1913

John Edward Hodgson
Margaret Ann James

John Edward Hodson
Margaret McInnes
💍 1913/5261

John Alexander Thomson
Margaret Anne Nadiel
💍 1913/8605

John Alexander Thomson
Margaret Anne Madill
💍 1913/6545

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

32
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
6 years

Residence of Rev. W. Ready, Hopetoun St., Auckland

13/4867

30 June 1913

Rev. W. Ready

No	821
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Hodgson	Margaret Ann James
BDM Match (78%)	John Edward Hodson	Margaret McInnes
	💍 1913/5261
BDM Match (63%)	John Alexander Thomson	Margaret Anne Nadiel
	💍 1913/8605
BDM Match (60%)	John Alexander Thomson	Margaret Anne Madill
	💍 1913/6545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. W. Ready, Hopetoun St., Auckland
Folio	13/4867
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

822

30 June 1913

William Graham
Ethel Maud Carson

William Sheehan
Ethel May Carson
💍 1913/5251

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

13/4908

30 June 1913

Rev. M. Edge

No	822
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Graham	Ethel Maud Carson
BDM Match (77%)	William Sheehan	Ethel May Carson
	💍 1913/5251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4908
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge

823

30 June 1913

Adolphe Rufus Collier
Ada Josephine Haszard

Addphie Rufus Collier
Ada Josephine Haszard
💍 1913/6333

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

46
35

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
4 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

13/6069

30 June 1913

Rev. R. Sommerville

No	823
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolphe Rufus Collier	Ada Josephine Haszard
BDM Match (93%)	Addphie Rufus Collier	Ada Josephine Haszard
	💍 1913/6333
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	46	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/6069
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville

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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).