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

1191

11 October 1913

Henry Frederick Barfoot
Edith Caroline Brook

Henry Frederick Barfoot
Edith Caroline Brook
💍 1913/7182

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
3 months

House of Mrs D. Brook, Parnell, off Manukau Rd

13/6894

11 October 1913

Rev. R. Inglis

No	1191
Date of Notice	11 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Frederick Barfoot	Edith Caroline Brook
	💍 1913/7182
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs D. Brook, Parnell, off Manukau Rd
Folio	13/6894
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Inglis

1192

11 October 1913

Selwyn Morrison
Ruth Miriam May

Selwyn Morrison
Ruth Miriam May
💍 1913/7076

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

St. Andrew's Church

13/6784

11 October 1913

Rev. A. Murray

No	1192
Date of Notice	11 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Selwyn Morrison	Ruth Miriam May
	💍 1913/7076
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	13/6784
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Murray

1193

11 October 1913

Aylmer John Woodruffe
Marion Edith Smith

Aylmer John Woodruffe
Maria Edith Smyth
💍 1913/7147

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

13/6903

11 October 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	1193
Date of Notice	11 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aylmer John Woodruffe	Marion Edith Smith
BDM Match (92%)	Aylmer John Woodruffe	Maria Edith Smyth
	💍 1913/7147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	13/6903
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

1194

13 October 1913

Ernest Holland
Minnie Maria Johnson

Ernest Holland
Minnie Maria Johnson
💍 1913/7184

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

House of Bride's Father, Remuera Rd

13/6899

13 October 1913

Rev. J. A. Thompson

No	1194
Date of Notice	13 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Holland	Minnie Maria Johnson
	💍 1913/7184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Remuera Rd
Folio	13/6899
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson

1195

13 October 1913

Ralph John Evans
Mary Edith Howl

Ralph John Evans
Mary Edith Lowe
💍 1913/6670

Bachelor
Divorced

Farmer

44
36

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
6 years

Registrar's Office

13/6401

13 October 1913

Registrar

No	1195
Date of Notice	13 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph John Evans	Mary Edith Howl
BDM Match (93%)	Ralph John Evans	Mary Edith Lowe
	💍 1913/6670
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farmer
Age	44	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6401
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1196

13 October 1913

James Shaw Lawrie
Gertrude Ethelida Evensen

James Shaw Laurie Turner
Gertrude Ethelda Everson
💍 1913/7113

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
Life

James' Manse

13/6852

13 October 1913

Rev. A. Beggs

No	1196
Date of Notice	13 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Shaw Lawrie	Gertrude Ethelida Evensen
BDM Match (77%)	James Shaw Laurie Turner	Gertrude Ethelda Everson
	💍 1913/7113
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	Life
Marriage Place	James' Manse
Folio	13/6852
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Beggs

1197

13 October 1913

James Frederic Horn
Bertha Elizabeth Parker

James Frederick Horn
Bertha Elizabeth Parker
💍 1913/8446

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
3 days

Methodist Church, Pitt St.

8262

13 October 1913

Rev. R. Ready

No	1197
Date of Notice	13 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Frederic Horn	Bertha Elizabeth Parker
BDM Match (98%)	James Frederick Horn	Bertha Elizabeth Parker
	💍 1913/8446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St.
Folio	8262
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready

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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).