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 31 December 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

1149

1 October 1913

William Jones
Alice Stewart

William McKay
Kate Stewart
💍 1913/6116

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman
Shorthand Writer

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

St. David's Church

13/6826

1 October 1913

Rev. J. Saunders

No	1149
Date of Notice	1 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jones	Alice Stewart
BDM Match (65%)	William McKay	Kate Stewart
	💍 1913/6116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman	Shorthand Writer
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	13/6826
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Saunders

1150

1 October 1913

John Donovan
Annie Ratcliffe

John Donovan
Annie Ratcliffe
💍 1913/6678

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

45
42

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 days

Registrar's Office

13/6387

1 October 1913

Registrar

No	1150
Date of Notice	1 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Donovan	Annie Ratcliffe
	💍 1913/6678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	45	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6387
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1151

1 October 1913

Job Makinson
Ellen Pennington

Job Makinson
Ellen Pennington
💍 1913/7195

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
22

Auckland
Newton

1 year 9 months

Congregational Church, Edinburgh Street

13/6883

1 October 1913

Rev. W. A. Henry

No	1151
Date of Notice	1 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Job Makinson	Ellen Pennington
	💍 1913/7195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Edinburgh Street
Folio	13/6883
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Henry

1152

1 October 1913

Hubert Thomas Fearless
Alice Short

Hubert Thomas Peerless
Alice Short
💍 1913/7068

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

St. Matthew's Church

13/6799

1 October 1913

Rev. W. E. Pillans

No	1152
Date of Notice	1 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Thomas Fearless	Alice Short
BDM Match (95%)	Hubert Thomas Peerless	Alice Short
	💍 1913/7068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/6799
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillans

1153

1 October 1913

Henry Ernest Watts
Catherine Agnes Andant

Henry Ernest Watts Taylor
Catherine Agnes Bryant
💍 1913/6679

Bachelor
Divorced

Chief

36
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

Registrar's Office

13/6388

1 October 1913

Registrar

No	1153
Date of Notice	1 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Ernest Watts	Catherine Agnes Andant
BDM Match (79%)	Henry Ernest Watts Taylor	Catherine Agnes Bryant
	💍 1913/6679
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Chief
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6388
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1154

2 October 1913

Arthur Justin Sennett
Ivy Dorothy M. Munster

Arthur Justin Bennett
Ivy Forsyth
💍 1913/7196

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
26

Auckland
Kingsland

5 years
3 years

Methodist Church

13/6884

2 October 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	1154
Date of Notice	2 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Justin Sennett	Ivy Dorothy M. Munster
BDM Match (66%)	Arthur Justin Bennett	Ivy Forsyth
	💍 1913/7196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/6884
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

1155

2 October 1913

Arthur Alfred Maclaren
Helena Riven Livingston

Arthur Alfred Maclaren
Helena Niven Livingston
💍 1913/6680

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office

13/6389

2 October 1913

Registrar

No	1155
Date of Notice	2 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Alfred Maclaren	Helena Riven Livingston
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Alfred Maclaren	Helena Niven Livingston
	💍 1913/6680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6389
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 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).