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 Drury Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar George Thomas James

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

4 August 1913

Cedric Vincent White
Pansy Emma Jessie Walsh

Cedric Vincent White
Pansy Anna Jessie Walsh
💍 1913/8916

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
21

Clevedon
Clevedon

22 years
21 years

Residence of Mr. Henry Walsh, Clevedon

8477

4 August 1913

Rev. W. C. Wood

No	11
Date of Notice	4 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cedric Vincent White	Pansy Emma Jessie Walsh
BDM Match (94%)	Cedric Vincent White	Pansy Anna Jessie Walsh
	💍 1913/8916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Clevedon	Clevedon
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Henry Walsh, Clevedon
Folio	8477
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Wood

9 August 1913

James Hunniford
Mary Honeyford

James Hunniford
Mary Honeyford
💍 1913/5394

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee, Gauger
Domestic Duties

29
37

Ramarama
Ramarama

3 years
Life

Residence of Mr. Benj Honeyford, Ramarama

13/5099

9 August 1913

Rev. J. C. D. Madill

No	12
Date of Notice	9 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hunniford	Mary Honeyford
	💍 1913/5394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee, Gauger	Domestic Duties
Age	29	37
Dwelling Place	Ramarama	Ramarama
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Benj Honeyford, Ramarama
Folio	13/5099
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. D. Madill

13 August 1913

Peter Cochrane
Myrtle Haliday

Peter Cochrane
Myrtle Haliday
💍 1913/3510

Bachelor
Spinster

Ploughman
Domestic Duties

28
25

Karaka
Karaka

3 days
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Drury

13/5100

13 August 1913

Rev. J. C. D. Madill

No	13
Date of Notice	13 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Cochrane	Myrtle Haliday
	💍 1913/3510
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Domestic Duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Karaka	Karaka
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Drury
Folio	13/5100
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. D. Madill

14 August 1913

Richard John Bond
Blanche Catherine Lily Tickers

Gilbert John Bond
Blanche Catherine Lily Vickers
💍 1913/3436

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
18

Karaka
Devonport

6 years
3 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/4510

William Vickers, father

14 August 1913

Registrar, Auckland

No	14
Date of Notice	14 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard John Bond	Blanche Catherine Lily Tickers
BDM Match (84%)	Gilbert John Bond	Blanche Catherine Lily Vickers
	💍 1913/3436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Karaka	Devonport
Length of Residence	6 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/4510
Consent	William Vickers, father
Date of Certificate	14 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

26 August 1913

George Reynolds Sefton
Maud Hirst

George Reynolds Sefton
Maud Hirst
💍 1913/5502

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
23

Puha, Gisborne
Hunua

1 week
Life

Presbyterian Church, Hunua

13/5101

26 August 1913

Rev. Madill

No	15
Date of Notice	26 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Reynolds Sefton	Maud Hirst
	💍 1913/5502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Puha, Gisborne	Hunua
Length of Residence	1 week	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hunua
Folio	13/5101
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Madill

10 September 1913

Athol William Purchas Brookfield
Catharine Louisa Will

Athol William Purchas Brookfield
Catherine Louisa Will
💍 1913/5347

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner
Medical Practitioner

27
27

Papakura
St. Heliers Bay

11 Months
3 days

St. John's Chapel, Tamaki West

13/5004

10 September 1913

Canon Gould

No	16
Date of Notice	10 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Athol William Purchas Brookfield	Catharine Louisa Will
BDM Match (98%)	Athol William Purchas Brookfield	Catherine Louisa Will
	💍 1913/5347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner	Medical Practitioner
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Papakura	St. Heliers Bay
Length of Residence	11 Months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. John's Chapel, Tamaki West
Folio	13/5004
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Canon Gould

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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).