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

1277

3 November 1913

Frederick Walter Reynolds
Evelyn Mary Griffin

Frederick Walter Reynolds
Evelyn Mary Griffin
💍 1913/7430

Bachelor
Spinster

Polisher

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

Home of Mother of Bride, 30 Swanson St.

13/6849

3 November 1913

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	1277
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Walter Reynolds	Evelyn Mary Griffin
	💍 1913/7430
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Polisher
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mother of Bride, 30 Swanson St.
Folio	13/6849
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

1278

3 November 1913

Percy John Goldfinch
Jane Harriet Gallapher

Percy John Goldfinch
Jane Harriett Gallagher
💍 1913/7183

Bachelor
Spinster

Advertising Contractor

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
2 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

13/6877

3 November 1913

Rev. H. O. Hanby

No	1278
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy John Goldfinch	Jane Harriet Gallapher
BDM Match (96%)	Percy John Goldfinch	Jane Harriett Gallagher
	💍 1913/7183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Advertising Contractor
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/6877
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. O. Hanby

1279

3 November 1913

Frederick Jesse Wakefield
Clara Lavinia Holland

Frederick Jesse Wakefield
Clara Lavinia Holland
💍 1913/7428

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
20 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Queen St.

13/6847

3 November 1913

Rev. H. R. Kempton

No	1279
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Jesse Wakefield	Clara Lavinia Holland
	💍 1913/7428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Queen St.
Folio	13/6847
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Kempton

1280

3 November 1913

Arnold Adler Woodward
Ellen Vere Oakden

Arnold Adler Woodward
Eileen Vere Oakden
💍 1913/7139

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor

37
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
12 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

13/6900

Harry Oakden, father

3 November 1913

Rev. W. F. Connolly

No	1280
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold Adler Woodward	Ellen Vere Oakden
BDM Match (94%)	Arnold Adler Woodward	Eileen Vere Oakden
	💍 1913/7139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor
Age	37	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/6900
Consent	Harry Oakden, father
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Connolly

1281

3 November 1913

Philip Turner Jessie
Jessie Budge

Philip Turner
Jessie Crudge
💍 1913/7458

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Baptist Church, Mt. Eden Rd.

13/6928

3 November 1913

Rev. H. Elliott

No	1281
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Turner Jessie	Jessie Budge
BDM Match (75%)	Philip Turner	Jessie Crudge
	💍 1913/7458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mt. Eden Rd.
Folio	13/6928
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Elliott

1295

3 November 1913

Ernest Oliver Arnall
Elsie Mary Plasson

Ernest Oliver Arnall
Elsie May Glasson
💍 1913/7429

Bachelor
Divorced

Plumber

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
1 year

Congregational Church, Beresford St.

13/684

3 November 1913

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	1295
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Oliver Arnall	Elsie Mary Plasson
BDM Match (94%)	Ernest Oliver Arnall	Elsie May Glasson
	💍 1913/7429
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Plumber
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St.
Folio	13/684
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

1296

3 November 1913

Axel Haul Valderman Hansen
Florence Amelia Enwright

Axel Uaul Valderman Hansen
Florence Amelia Enright
💍 1913/7069

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
1 year

St. Helens Hospital

13/6800

3 November 1913

Rev. H. H. Robjohns

No	1296
Date of Notice	3 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Axel Haul Valderman Hansen	Florence Amelia Enwright
BDM Match (96%)	Axel Uaul Valderman Hansen	Florence Amelia Enright
	💍 1913/7069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Helens Hospital
Folio	13/6800
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Robjohns

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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).