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 30 June 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

24 April 1913

Thomas McConnell
Irene Nelly Nock

Thomas McConnell
Irene Melly Moch
💍 1913/3655

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Tailoress

28
20

Gisborne
Gisborne

28 years
20 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

13/2829

Robert Nock, Father

24 April 1913

Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

No	71
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas McConnell	Irene Nelly Nock
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas McConnell	Irene Melly Moch
	💍 1913/3655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Tailoress
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2829
Consent	Robert Nock, Father
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

25 April 1913

Frederick Colin Perry
Charlotte Letitia Watt

Frederick Colin Perry
Charlotte Letitia Watt
💍 1913/3640

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

24
23

Gisborne
Patutahi, Poverty Bay

20 years
20 years

Private residence of the bride's parents, Patutahi, Poverty Bay

13/2838

25 April 1913

Rev. Henry Thos. Blair, Presbyterian Minister (Matawhero)

No	72
Date of Notice	25 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Colin Perry	Charlotte Letitia Watt
	💍 1913/3640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Folio	13/2838
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Thos. Blair, Presbyterian Minister (Matawhero)

3 May 1913

Arthur Edward Rees
Olive Jeannette Neilson

Arthur Edward Rees
Oliver Jeannette Neilson
💍 1913/3656

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Domestic Duties

26 years
27

Gisborne
Gisborne

8 months
6 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

13/2830

3 May 1913

Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

No	73
Date of Notice	3 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Rees	Olive Jeannette Neilson
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Edward Rees	Oliver Jeannette Neilson
	💍 1913/3656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Domestic Duties
Age	26 years	27
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	8 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2830
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

5 May 1913

Birleett German
Helen Thompson

Birkett German
Helen Thompson
💍 1913/3644

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer
Domestic Help

25
24

Gisborne
Gisborne

2 months
1 month

Private residence of Mrs. W. R. Wood, 260 Whittaker Street, Whataupoko

13/2842

5 May 1913

Rev. Thos. Keith Owen, Methodist Minister

No	74
Date of Notice	5 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Birleett German	Helen Thompson
BDM Match (93%)	Birkett German	Helen Thompson
	💍 1913/3644
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer	Domestic Help
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mrs. W. R. Wood, 260 Whittaker Street, Whataupoko
Folio	13/2842
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Keith Owen, Methodist Minister

8 May 1913

Herbert David Moyon
Harriet Eliza Porter

Herbert David Moxon
Harriet Eliza Porter
💍 1913/3657

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Servant

26
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 months
3 months

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

13/2831

8 May 1913

Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

No	75
Date of Notice	8 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert David Moyon	Harriet Eliza Porter
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert David Moxon	Harriet Eliza Porter
	💍 1913/3657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Servant
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2831
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie G. Thomas, Church of England

10 May 1913

Arthur Shawcross
Agnes Stackpole

Arthur Shawcross
Agnes Stackpole
💍 1913/3020

Widower
Spinster

Shop Assistant
Domestic Duties

38
32

Gisborne
Gisborne

9 weeks
6 weeks

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

13/2815

10 May 1913

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	76
Date of Notice	10 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Shawcross	Agnes Stackpole
	💍 1913/3020
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Shop Assistant	Domestic Duties
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	9 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2815
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

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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).