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 Cambridge Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar W. McDermott

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

10 July 1913

Dick Kingdon
Mary Hall

Dick Kingdon
Mary Hall
💍 1913/5341

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

40
41

Leamington
Pukekura

33 years
20 years

Residence of Levi Green, Leamington

13/5047

10 July 1913

W. Levi Green

No	19
Date of Notice	10 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dick Kingdon	Mary Hall
	💍 1913/5341
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	40	41
Dwelling Place	Leamington	Pukekura
Length of Residence	33 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Levi Green, Leamington
Folio	13/5047
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Levi Green

30 July 1913

Bartley McKargie Warner
Elsie Ida Wallis

Bartley McKenzie Warner
Elsie Ida Wallis
💍 1913/5340

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator
Domestic duties

27
26

Auckland
Leamington

10 years
3 weeks

St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Cambridge

13/5020

30 July 1913

Rev. Mortimer Jones

No	20
Date of Notice	30 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bartley McKargie Warner	Elsie Ida Wallis
BDM Match (94%)	Bartley McKenzie Warner	Elsie Ida Wallis
	💍 1913/5340
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator	Domestic duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Leamington
Length of Residence	10 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Cambridge
Folio	13/5020
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mortimer Jones

8 August 1913

Philip Boyle
Flora Jane McKinnon

Philip Boyle
Flora Janet McKinnon
💍 1913/5348

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
20

Hamilton
Kaipaki

8 years
4 years

Residence of D. McKinnon, Kaipaki

13/5005

Donald McKinnon, father

8 August 1913

Rev. H. J. Gow

No	21
Date of Notice	8 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Boyle	Flora Jane McKinnon
BDM Match (98%)	Philip Boyle	Flora Janet McKinnon
	💍 1913/5348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Kaipaki
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of D. McKinnon, Kaipaki
Folio	13/5005
Consent	Donald McKinnon, father
Date of Certificate	8 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Gow

19 August 1913

Louis Elmiger
Anna Schuller

Louis Elmiger
Anna Schuller
💍 1913/5343

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
24

Hantapu
Ten Court

2 years
2 months

Catholic Church, Cambridge

13/5023

19 August 1913

Rev. H. J. Gow

No	22
Date of Notice	19 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Elmiger	Anna Schuller
	💍 1913/5343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Hantapu	Ten Court
Length of Residence	2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Cambridge
Folio	13/5023
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Gow

25 August 1913

Henry William Liddington
Clara Ellen Murphy

Henry William Liddington
Clara Ellen Murphy
💍 1913/4924

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

22
21

Maungatautari
Featherston

10 days
7 years

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

13/4576

25 August 1913

W. McDermott

No	23
Date of Notice	25 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Liddington	Clara Ellen Murphy
	💍 1913/4924
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Maungatautari	Featherston
Length of Residence	10 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	13/4576
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1913
Officiating Minister	W. McDermott

8 September 1913

George Harris
Clara Jane Hicks

George Harris
Clara Jane Hicks
💍 1913/5349

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

36
41

Karapiro
Pukekura

9 years
30 years

Residence of H. Hicks, Pukekura

13/5006

8 September 1913

Rev. H. J. Gow

No	24
Date of Notice	8 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harris	Clara Jane Hicks
	💍 1913/5349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	36	41
Dwelling Place	Karapiro	Pukekura
Length of Residence	9 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of H. Hicks, Pukekura
Folio	13/5006
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Gow

13 September 1913

Walter Simpson
Ethel Alice Richmond

Walter Simpson
Ethel Alice Richmond
💍 1913/5344

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

27
24

Cambridge
Hantapu

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Cambridge

13/5024

13 September 1913

Rev. S. Prestrail

No	25
Date of Notice	13 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Simpson	Ethel Alice Richmond
	💍 1913/5344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Hantapu
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Cambridge
Folio	13/5024
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Prestrail

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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).