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 Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

20 March 1913

William James
Mervyn McCoy

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic Servant

28
20

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 years
10 years

Private residence of bride's parents, 54 Disraeli Street

13/639

20 March 1913

Adjutant Alex J. Marshall, Salvation Army

No	48
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James	Mervyn McCoy
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic Servant
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of bride's parents, 54 Disraeli Street
Folio	13/639
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Adjutant Alex J. Marshall, Salvation Army

20 March 1913

Charles Alexander Morgan
Florence Elspeth Nicol

Henry Charles Morgan
Florence Elspeth Nicol
💍 1913/1201

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk Officer
Domestic Duties

26
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

10 weeks
5 days

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

13/661

Charles Alexander Frazer, father of bride

20 March 1913

Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

No	49
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alexander Morgan	Florence Elspeth Nicol
BDM Match (73%)	Henry Charles Morgan	Florence Elspeth Nicol
	💍 1913/1201
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk Officer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	10 weeks	5 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/661
Consent	Charles Alexander Frazer, father of bride
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

25 March 1913

Richard Power Philpot
Ellen May Atkinson

Richard Power Philpot
Ellen May Atkinson
💍 1913/1220

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

23
22

Gisborne
Gisborne

2 1/2 years
3 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

13/656

25 March 1913

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Church

No	50
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Power Philpot	Ellen May Atkinson
	💍 1913/1220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	13/656
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Church

26 March 1913

James Bartie Wood
Violet Renny Cooper

James Barty Wood
Violet Renouf
💍 1913/1636

Bachelor
Widow

Engine Driver
House Keeper

25
36

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 years
33 years

Presbyterian Church (St. Andrew's)

13/648

26 March 1913

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	51
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bartie Wood	Violet Renny Cooper
BDM Match (73%)	James Barty Wood	Violet Renouf
	💍 1913/1636
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Engine Driver	House Keeper
Age	25	36
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	33 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church (St. Andrew's)
Folio	13/648
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

26 March 1913

Charles Louis Cooper
Isabel Mary Stubbs

Charles Huia Cooper
Isabel Mary Stubbs
💍 1913/4561

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Home Duties

21
28

Mangaroa
Patutahi

1 year
4 years

Private residence of W.G.W. Stubbs, Patutahi

13/4038

26 March 1913

Rev. Henry Thos. Blair, Presbyterian Minister, Matawhero

No	52
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Louis Cooper	Isabel Mary Stubbs
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Huia Cooper	Isabel Mary Stubbs
	💍 1913/4561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Home Duties
Age	21	28
Dwelling Place	Mangaroa	Patutahi
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of W.G.W. Stubbs, Patutahi
Folio	13/4038
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Thos. Blair, Presbyterian Minister, Matawhero

27 March 1913

Robert Haynes
Ruth Voice

Robert Hynes
Ruth Voice
💍 1913/3638

Bachelor
Spinster

Bridge Carpenter
Domestic Servant

37
24

Te Karaka
Gisborne

3 years
3 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

13/2836

27 March 1913

Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

No	53
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Haynes	Ruth Voice
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Hynes	Ruth Voice
	💍 1913/3638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bridge Carpenter	Domestic Servant
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Te Karaka	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2836
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

28 March 1913

Francis Emanuel
Thomas Jeye

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Servant

35
31

Gisborne
Te Arai

About 10 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Te Arai, Poverty Bay

13/2814

28 March 1913

Rev. Henry Thos. Blair, Presbyterian Minister, Matawhero

No	54
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Emanuel	Thomas Jeye
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Servant
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Te Arai
Length of Residence	About 10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Arai, Poverty Bay
Folio	13/2814
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Thos. Blair, Presbyterian Minister, Matawhero

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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).