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

1430

11 December 1913

Arthur Leopold Raven
Eliza Catherine Martelli

Arthur Leopold Raven
Eliza Catherine Martelli
💍 1913/7093

Divorced
Widow

Auctioneer

39
37

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
10 years

St. Andrew's Church

13/6824

11 December 1913

Rev. A. Murray

No	1430
Date of Notice	11 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leopold Raven	Eliza Catherine Martelli
	💍 1913/7093
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	39	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	13/6824
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Murray

1431

11 December 1913

William Albert Stretch
Esther Grace Nightingale

William Albert McKinstry
Esther Grace Stretch
💍 1913/7107

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

1/2 year
1/2 year

House of Esther Nightingale, 8 Wood St., Ponsonby

13/6864

11 December 1913

Rev. J. Bissett

No	1431
Date of Notice	11 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Albert Stretch	Esther Grace Nightingale
BDM Match (63%)	William Albert McKinstry	Esther Grace Stretch
	💍 1913/7107
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1/2 year	1/2 year
Marriage Place	House of Esther Nightingale, 8 Wood St., Ponsonby
Folio	13/6864
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bissett

1432

11 December 1913

Montague Henry Williams
Lucy Florence Otte

Montagu Henry Williams
Lucy Clara Florence Otte
💍 1913/6722

Bachelor
Spinster

Messenger

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
1 month

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/6454

11 December 1913

Registrar

No	1432
Date of Notice	11 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Montague Henry Williams	Lucy Florence Otte
BDM Match (85%)	Montagu Henry Williams	Lucy Clara Florence Otte
	💍 1913/6722
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Messenger
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/6454
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1433

12 December 1913

Lionel Hanford Harden
Evangeline Ina Harden

Lionel Hanlin
Evangeline Ina Harden
💍 1913/7240

Widower
Spinster

Orchardist

56
43

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

13/6978

15 December 1913

Rev. L. L. Cubitt

No	1433
Date of Notice	12 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Hanford Harden	Evangeline Ina Harden
BDM Match (76%)	Lionel Hanlin	Evangeline Ina Harden
	💍 1913/7240
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist
Age	56	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	13/6978
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. L. Cubitt

1434

12 December 1913

Norman Leigh Nairn
Matilda Waddell

Norman Leigh Nairn
Matilda Waddell
💍 1913/7384

Bachelor
Spinster

Importer

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Ellerslie

13/7173

12 December 1913

Rev. R. Inglis

No	1434
Date of Notice	12 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Leigh Nairn	Matilda Waddell
	💍 1913/7384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Importer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ellerslie
Folio	13/7173
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Inglis

1435

12 December 1913

John Edwin Forman
Lilian Mary Dale

John Edwin O'Gorman
Lilian May Dale
💍 1913/7243

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop Keeper

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
Life

Congregational Church, Ponsonby

13/6981

12 December 1913

Rev. E. A. Bridgen

No	1435
Date of Notice	12 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edwin Forman	Lilian Mary Dale
BDM Match (89%)	John Edwin O'Gorman	Lilian May Dale
	💍 1913/7243
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop Keeper
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/6981
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridgen

1436

12 December 1913

Samuel Lloyd Hewitt Edwards
Hilda Mary Watson

Samuel Lloyd Hewitt Edwards
Hilda Mary Watson
💍 1913/7242

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddle Tree Maker

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
10 years

Church of Christ, Ponsonby Road

13/6980

12 December 1913

Rev. J. Turner

No	1436
Date of Notice	12 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Lloyd Hewitt Edwards	Hilda Mary Watson
	💍 1913/7242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddle Tree Maker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby Road
Folio	13/6980
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Turner

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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).