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

1163

6 October 1913

Charles Drewry Mann
Maud Webb

Charles Drewey
Mary Webb
💍 1913/8621

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
6 months

St. George's Church, Parnell

8404

6 October 1913

Rev. O. Doyle

No	1163
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Drewry Mann	Maud Webb
BDM Match (73%)	Charles Drewey	Mary Webb
	💍 1913/8621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Parnell
Folio	8404
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Doyle

1164

6 October 1913

Andrew Paul Anderson
Christina Emily Louden

Andrew Paul Anderson
Christina Emily Louden
💍 1913/6663

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

24
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

Registrar's Office

13/6837

Vivian Louden, mother

6 October 1913

Registrar

No	1164
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Paul Anderson	Christina Emily Louden
	💍 1913/6663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6837
Consent	Vivian Louden, mother
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1165

6 October 1913

John Edwin Gapas
Florence Winter Johnson

John Edwin Copas
Florence Winter
💍 1913/7175

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheet Metal Machinist

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
3 years

Congregational Church, Mount Eden

13/6887

6 October 1913

Rev. H. S. Baik

No	1165
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edwin Gapas	Florence Winter Johnson
BDM Match (76%)	John Edwin Copas	Florence Winter
	💍 1913/7175
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheet Metal Machinist
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Mount Eden
Folio	13/6887
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Baik

1166

6 October 1913

Robert Hiral McIver
Myrtle Gwendoline Boyd

Robert Nicol McNiven
Myrtle Gwendoline Boyd
💍 1913/7174

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year 5 months

St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Epsom

13/6886

6 October 1913

Rev. J. E. Bertram

No	1166
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hiral McIver	Myrtle Gwendoline Boyd
BDM Match (85%)	Robert Nicol McNiven	Myrtle Gwendoline Boyd
	💍 1913/7174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year 5 months
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Epsom
Folio	13/6886
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram

1167

6 October 1913

Alan Edgar Hobbs
Charlotte Vera Ansell

Bachelor
Spinster

Produce Manager

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
10 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

13/6781

6 October 1913

Rev. D. W. Young

No	1167
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Edgar Hobbs	Charlotte Vera Ansell
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Produce Manager
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	13/6781
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. W. Young

1168

9 October 1913

Henry Lowther Williams
Margaret Ward

Henry Lowther Williams
Margaret Ward
💍 1913/8719

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

27
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

Home of J. P. Ward, Waikumete

8687

John P. Ward, father

9 October 1913

Rev. H. R. Jecks

No	1168
Date of Notice	9 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lowther Williams	Margaret Ward
	💍 1913/8719
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Home of J. P. Ward, Waikumete
Folio	8687
Consent	John P. Ward, father
Date of Certificate	9 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Jecks

1169

9 October 1913

John Thomas Luff
Annie Charlotte Ross

John Thomas Luff
Annie Charlotte Ross
💍 1913/7088

Bachelor
Spinster

Frazier

37
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/6802

9 October 1913

Rev. G. Ormond

No	1169
Date of Notice	9 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Luff	Annie Charlotte Ross
	💍 1913/7088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Frazier
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/6802
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Ormond

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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).