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

9 June 1913

John Peter Olsen
Justa Clarice Campbell

John Peter Olsen
Gusta Clarice Campbell
💍 1913/4477

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
26

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Auckland

6 years
14 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

13/4080

9 June 1913

Rev. Alex Adam Murray, Presbyterian Minister, Auckland

No	99
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Peter Olsen	Justa Clarice Campbell
BDM Match (98%)	John Peter Olsen	Gusta Clarice Campbell
	💍 1913/4477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/4080
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex Adam Murray, Presbyterian Minister, Auckland

100

12 June 1913

Lionel George Clare
Miriam Jessie Sinclair

Lionel George Clare
Miriam Jessie Sinclair
💍 1913/3963

Divorced
Spinster

Shipping Agent
Domestic Duties

28
24

Gisborne
Timaru

10 years
6 years

Presbyterian Church, Timaru

13/3598

12 June 1913

Rev. Archibald Macaulay Caldwell, Presbyterian Minister, Timaru

No	100
Date of Notice	12 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel George Clare	Miriam Jessie Sinclair
	💍 1913/3963
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Agent	Domestic Duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Timaru
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Timaru
Folio	13/3598
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archibald Macaulay Caldwell, Presbyterian Minister, Timaru

101

12 June 1913

Walter Young
Gladys Kathleen Gillman

Walter Young
Gladys Kathleen Gillman
💍 1913/3642

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Overseer
Domestic Duties

27
19

Patutahi
Patutahi

7 years
Life

Presbyterian Church, Patutahi

13/2840

Alfred Henry Gillman (Father)

12 June 1913

Rev. Henry Theophilus Blair, Presbyterian Minister, Matawhero

No	101
Date of Notice	12 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Young	Gladys Kathleen Gillman
	💍 1913/3642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Overseer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Patutahi	Patutahi
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Patutahi
Folio	13/2840
Consent	Alfred Henry Gillman (Father)
Date of Certificate	12 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Theophilus Blair, Presbyterian Minister, Matawhero

102

14 June 1913

Samuel Greaves
Susan Jane Brodie

Samuel Greaves
Susan Jane Sprouts
💍 1913/3637

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Clerk

25
27

Gisborne
Gisborne

18 months
About 7 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

13/2835

14 June 1913

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	102
Date of Notice	14 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Greaves	Susan Jane Brodie
BDM Match (86%)	Samuel Greaves	Susan Jane Sprouts
	💍 1913/3637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Clerk
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	18 months	About 7 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2835
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

103

16 June 1913

James O'Brien
Jane Walker

James OBrien
Jane Walker
💍 1913/3024

James Morris
Maraea Walker
💍 1913/1297

Widower
Widow

Surfaceman
Cook

44
45

Wharekopae
Wharekopae, Poverty Bay

3 years
3 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

13/2819

16 June 1913

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	103
Date of Notice	16 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James O'Brien	Jane Walker
BDM Match (96%)	James OBrien	Jane Walker
	💍 1913/3024
BDM Match (65%)	James Morris	Maraea Walker
	💍 1913/1297
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Surfaceman	Cook
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Wharekopae	Wharekopae, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	13/2819
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

104

17 June 1913

William Brodie
Minnie Branks

William Brodie
Marion Branks
💍 1913/3017

Bachelor
Spinster

Drayman
Domestic Duties

23
24

Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Kaiti, Poverty Bay

18 months
6 years

Presbyterian Church Manse, Gisborne

13/2812

17 June 1913

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	104
Date of Notice	17 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Brodie	Minnie Branks
BDM Match (81%)	William Brodie	Marion Branks
	💍 1913/3017
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drayman	Domestic Duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Kaiti, Poverty Bay	Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	18 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Manse, Gisborne
Folio	13/2812
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

105

17 June 1913

Frank Ibbetson Samuell
Rucinda May Power

Frank Ibbotson Daniell
Lucinda May Power
💍 1913/3026

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Household Duties

25
24

Gisborne
Gisborne, Herbert Road

10 years
15 years

Private Residence, Herbert Road, Gisborne

13/2820

17 June 1913

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	105
Date of Notice	17 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ibbetson Samuell	Rucinda May Power
BDM Match (88%)	Frank Ibbotson Daniell	Lucinda May Power
	💍 1913/3026
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Household Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne, Herbert Road
Length of Residence	10 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence, Herbert Road, Gisborne
Folio	13/2820
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 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).