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

1261

30 October 1913

James Crisp
Ruth Throp

James Crisp
Ruth Throp
💍 1913/7132

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

28
31

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 days

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

13/6914

30 October 1913

Rev. J. MacMurray

No	1261
Date of Notice	30 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Crisp	Ruth Throp
	💍 1913/7132
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	13/6914
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. MacMurray

1262

30 October 1913

John Leopold Patterson
Christina Green

John Leopold Patterson
Christina Mary Isabel Faulkner
💍 1913/7133

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

Holy Life Church, Devonport

13/6915

30 October 1913

Rev. J. Young

No	1262
Date of Notice	30 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leopold Patterson	Christina Green
BDM Match (72%)	John Leopold Patterson	Christina Mary Isabel Faulkner
	💍 1913/7133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Holy Life Church, Devonport
Folio	13/6915
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Young

1263

30 October 1913

Frederick John Cook
Margaret Violet Frost

Frederick John Cook
Margarita Violet Short
💍 1913/7109

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
8 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

13/6866

30 October 1913

Rev. C. A. Watson

No	1263
Date of Notice	30 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Cook	Margaret Violet Frost
BDM Match (89%)	Frederick John Cook	Margarita Violet Short
	💍 1913/7109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/6866
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Watson

1264

31 October 1913

Ebenezer Holland
Eva Plimmer

Ebenezer Holland
Eva Gilmour
💍 1913/7105

Bachelor
Spinster

Mine Keeper

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
6 years

House of Bride's Father, 20 Grafton Road

13/6862

31 October 1913

Rev. J. Nisbett

No	1264
Date of Notice	31 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ebenezer Holland	Eva Plimmer
BDM Match (77%)	Ebenezer Holland	Eva Gilmour
	💍 1913/7105
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mine Keeper
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, 20 Grafton Road
Folio	13/6862
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Nisbett

1265

31 October 1913

Henry Edward Jones
Louisa Ella Taylor

Henry Edward Jones
Louisa Ella Taylor
💍 1913/8996

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

38
29

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
11 months

House of Bride's Father, "Hawthorne", Hamilton Road

8574

31 October 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	1265
Date of Notice	31 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Jones	Louisa Ella Taylor
	💍 1913/8996
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	11 months
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, "Hawthorne", Hamilton Road
Folio	8574
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

1266

31 October 1913

Douglas Russell Skinner
Hesta Somerset Thomas

Douglas Russell Kirker
Nesta Somerset Thomas
💍 1913/7137

Bachelor
Spinster

Produce Salesman

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
13 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

13/6919

31 October 1913

Rev. J. MacMurray

No	1266
Date of Notice	31 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Russell Skinner	Hesta Somerset Thomas
BDM Match (89%)	Douglas Russell Kirker	Nesta Somerset Thomas
	💍 1913/7137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Produce Salesman
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	13 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	13/6919
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. MacMurray

1267

31 October 1913

Thomas Horne Bell
Annie Bell

Thomas Lornie
Annie Bell
💍 1913/7459

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 year

Presbyterian Church, Edendale

13/6920

31 October 1913

Rev. A. Millar

No	1267
Date of Notice	31 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Horne Bell	Annie Bell
BDM Match (82%)	Thomas Lornie	Annie Bell
	💍 1913/7459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Edendale
Folio	13/6920
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Millar

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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).