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 September 1913 Registrar Thomas Culban

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

887

21 July 1913

Montague Fred Sullivan
Margaret Higo Dunn

Montague Fred Sullivan
Margaret Sligo
💍 1913/5459

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

26
37

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 years

Home of Mrs. P. H. Ross, Murdoch Rd, Grey Lynn

13/4991

21 July 1913

Rev. G. A. Thompson

No	887
Date of Notice	21 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Montague Fred Sullivan	Margaret Higo Dunn
BDM Match (81%)	Montague Fred Sullivan	Margaret Sligo
	💍 1913/5459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	26	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. P. H. Ross, Murdoch Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	13/4991
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Thompson

888

21 July 1913

William McFee Hach
Mary Ann Higham

William McGee
Mary Ann Higham
💍 1913/5201

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
31

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
3 months

St. Andrew's Church

13/4833

21 July 1913

Rev. G. A. Murray

No	888
Date of Notice	21 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McFee Hach	Mary Ann Higham
BDM Match (83%)	William McGee	Mary Ann Higham
	💍 1913/5201
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	13/4833
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Murray

889

21 July 1913

Leslie Paitcheon Newby
Annie McMillan

Leslie Caitcheon Newby
Annie McMillan
💍 1913/5202

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

33
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Home of Bride's Mother, Manukau Rd, Parnell

13/4834

21 July 1913

Rev. G. A. Murray

No	889
Date of Notice	21 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Paitcheon Newby	Annie McMillan
BDM Match (98%)	Leslie Caitcheon Newby	Annie McMillan
	💍 1913/5202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, Manukau Rd, Parnell
Folio	13/4834
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Murray

890

21 July 1913

Henry Thomas Shepherd
Jessie May Steel

Henry Thomas Shepherd
Jessie May Steel
💍 1913/8967

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 years

Home of Bride's Father, 20 Sentinel Rd, Ponsonby

8471

James Steel, father

21 July 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	890
Date of Notice	21 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Shepherd	Jessie May Steel
	💍 1913/8967
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, 20 Sentinel Rd, Ponsonby
Folio	8471
Consent	James Steel, father
Date of Certificate	21 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

891

21 July 1913

Alfred Ernest Roxburgh
Jane Neill Cooper Donald

Alfred Ernest Roxburgh
Jane Neill Cooper Donald
💍 1913/5316

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
12 days

House of Bridegroom's Father, Chamberlain Avenue, Mt. Eden

13/4971

5 August 1913

Mr. H. L. Halchen

No	891
Date of Notice	21 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Roxburgh	Jane Neill Cooper Donald
	💍 1913/5316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	12 days
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom's Father, Chamberlain Avenue, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/4971
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. L. Halchen

892

22 July 1913

Samuel Francis Jonkers
Marie Clementine Allman

Samuel Francis Jonkers
Maise Clemintina Allman
💍 1913/5224

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
17

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
2 years

St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert

13/4934

22 July 1913

Rev. H. R. Jecks

No	892
Date of Notice	22 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Francis Jonkers	Marie Clementine Allman
BDM Match (91%)	Samuel Francis Jonkers	Maise Clemintina Allman
	💍 1913/5224
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	13/4934
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Jecks

893

22 July 1913

Rong Marshall Wehausen
Winifred Margaret Corven

Bachelor
Divorced

Marine Engineer

35
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
5 years

Registrar's Office

22 July 1913

Registrar

No	893
Date of Notice	22 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rong Marshall Wehausen	Winifred Margaret Corven
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).