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).

Page 209

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1913

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

1318

12 November 1913

Victor Albert Christie
Ethel Mary Isabella Edmunds

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
6 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

12 November 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	1318
Date of Notice	12 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Albert Christie	Ethel Mary Isabella Edmunds
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

1319

12 November 1913

Albert Arthur Cousins
Eva Elizabeth Slater

Albert Arthur Cousins
Eva Elizabeth Slater
💍 1913/7091

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

36
25

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
12 years

St. David's Manse, Eden Terrace Road

13/6822

12 November 1913

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	1319
Date of Notice	12 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Arthur Cousins	Eva Elizabeth Slater
	💍 1913/7091
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Manse, Eden Terrace Road
Folio	13/6822
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

1320

13 November 1913

Robert Armstrong Wiseley
Gladys Eveline Wiseley

Robert Armstrong
Gladys Eveline Wiseley
💍 1913/7118

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. Hobsomville Church

13/6874

13 November 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	1320
Date of Notice	13 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Armstrong Wiseley	Gladys Eveline Wiseley
BDM Match (83%)	Robert Armstrong	Gladys Eveline Wiseley
	💍 1913/7118
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Hobsomville Church
Folio	13/6874
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

1321

13 November 1913

Edgar Davey Darrant
Lily Annie Elizabeth Darrant

Edgar Parry
Lily Annie Elizabeth Tarrant
💍 1913/7442

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

41
33

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
4 months

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

13/6936

13 November 1913

Rev. A. Fowler

No	1321
Date of Notice	13 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Davey Darrant	Lily Annie Elizabeth Darrant
BDM Match (72%)	Edgar Parry	Lily Annie Elizabeth Tarrant
	💍 1913/7442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	41	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/6936
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

1322

13 November 1913

William Ivory Hersell
Dorothy Evelyn Seale

William Ivory Hessell
Dorothy Evelyn Beale
💍 1913/7422

Widower
Spinster

Railway Clerk

47
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

13/6842

13 November 1913

Rev. F. W. Young

No	1322
Date of Notice	13 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ivory Hersell	Dorothy Evelyn Seale
BDM Match (95%)	William Ivory Hessell	Dorothy Evelyn Beale
	💍 1913/7422
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	47	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	13/6842
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

1323

14 November 1913

Cecil Perras Williams
Elsie Smough Williams

Cecil Gervas Dixon
Elsie Brough Williams
💍 1913/7464

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
30

Ohaeawai
Auckland

1 year
5 days

Residence of Rev. E. O. Perry, Ohaeawai, Brighton Road

13/6934

14 November 1913

Rev. E. O. Perry

No	1323
Date of Notice	14 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Perras Williams	Elsie Smough Williams
BDM Match (74%)	Cecil Gervas Dixon	Elsie Brough Williams
	💍 1913/7464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Ohaeawai	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. E. O. Perry, Ohaeawai, Brighton Road
Folio	13/6934
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Perry

1324

14 November 1913

Thomas Raine Coulthard
Mary Jane Coulthard

Thomas Raine
Mary Jane Coulthard
💍 1913/7463

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
35

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Methodist Church, Franklin Road, Auckland

13/6935

14 November 1913

Rev. A. Raine

No	1324
Date of Notice	14 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Raine Coulthard	Mary Jane Coulthard
BDM Match (77%)	Thomas Raine	Mary Jane Coulthard
	💍 1913/7463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Franklin Road, Auckland
Folio	13/6935
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Raine

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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).