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

1180

8 October 1913

Arthur Frederick Griffin
Elizabeth Sarah Hearne

Arthur Frederick Griffin
Elizabeth Sarah Hearne
💍 1913/6665

Married, not heard of wife for over 7 years
Married, not heard of husband for over 7 years

Driver

41
34

Auckland
Auckland

19 years 9 months
19 years 9 months

Registrar's Office

13/6398

8 October 1913

Registrar

No	1180
Date of Notice	8 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Frederick Griffin	Elizabeth Sarah Hearne
	💍 1913/6665
Condition	Married, not heard of wife for over 7 years	Married, not heard of husband for over 7 years
Profession	Driver
Age	41	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years 9 months	19 years 9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6398
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1181

8 October 1913

William Aldred Kitchener
Madeline Dora Kitchener

William Aldred
Madeline Dora Titchener
💍 1913/7172

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years 6 months

St. Barnabas Church

13/6876

8 October 1913

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	1181
Date of Notice	8 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Aldred Kitchener	Madeline Dora Kitchener
BDM Match (77%)	William Aldred	Madeline Dora Titchener
	💍 1913/7172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years 6 months
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church
Folio	13/6876
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

1182

9 October 1913

William Orvell Billingham
Annie Amelia Billingham

William Orrell
Minnie Amelia Billingham
💍 1913/6666

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

32
37

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 9 months
8 years 9 months

Registrar's Office

13/6399

9 October 1913

Registrar

No	1182
Date of Notice	9 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Orvell Billingham	Annie Amelia Billingham
BDM Match (72%)	William Orrell	Minnie Amelia Billingham
	💍 1913/6666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	32	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	8 years 9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6399
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1183

9 October 1913

Walter Foster Purnell
Mary Purnell

Walter Foster
Mary Gemmell
💍 1913/7179

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
9 months

House of Mrs. A. Webb, Panmure Rd

13/6891

9 October 1913

Rev. W. R. Seckett

No	1183
Date of Notice	9 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Foster Purnell	Mary Purnell
BDM Match (64%)	Walter Foster	Mary Gemmell
	💍 1913/7179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. A. Webb, Panmure Rd
Folio	13/6891
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Seckett

1197

8 October 1913

Joseph Mount Brownlie
Catherine Cook Bennett

Joseph Mount Brownlie
Catherine Cook Bennett
💍 1913/7173

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

Eden Hall, View Rd

13/6885

8 October 1913

Rev. H. L. Hatcher

No	1197
Date of Notice	8 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Mount Brownlie	Catherine Cook Bennett
	💍 1913/7173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Eden Hall, View Rd
Folio	13/6885
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Hatcher

1198

8 October 1913

Arthur Walter Theodore Dooley
Clara Catherine Mary Strong

Arthur Walter Theodore Pooley
Clara Catherine Mary Strong
💍 1913/7066

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 9 months
8 months

A. Matthews's Church

13/6797

8 October 1913

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	1198
Date of Notice	8 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Walter Theodore Dooley	Clara Catherine Mary Strong
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Walter Theodore Pooley	Clara Catherine Mary Strong
	💍 1913/7066
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	8 months
Marriage Place	A. Matthews's Church
Folio	13/6797
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

1199

8 October 1913

Augustus George Quedley
Marie Elaine Hilliam

Augustus George Dudley
Marie Elaine Hilliam
💍 1913/7452

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years 6 months
6 months

Church of the Epiphany

13/6924

John Hilliam, Father

8 October 1913

Rev. J. H. Brouse

No	1199
Date of Notice	8 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus George Quedley	Marie Elaine Hilliam
BDM Match (96%)	Augustus George Dudley	Marie Elaine Hilliam
	💍 1913/7452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years 6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany
Folio	13/6924
Consent	John Hilliam, Father
Date of Certificate	8 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Brouse

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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).