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).

Page 336

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 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

195

22 December 1913

Thomas James Keith Gropp
Ruby Ada Camp

Thomas James Keith Cropp
Ruby Ada Camp
💍 1913/6950

Bachelor
Spinster

Decorator
Domestic Servant

24
25

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 months
3 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/6638

22 December 1913

Registrar, Gisborne

No	195
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Keith Gropp	Ruby Ada Camp
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas James Keith Cropp	Ruby Ada Camp
	💍 1913/6950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Decorator	Domestic Servant
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/6638
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Gisborne

196

22 December 1913

Thomas Frederick Lawrence Monk
Minnie McPherson

Thomas Frederick Lawrence Monk
Minnie McPherson
💍 1913/7302

Bachelor
Spinster

Cold Storage Packer
Domestic Duties

26
21

Gisborne
Mangahapa, Poverty Bay

8 weeks
2 weeks

Presbyterian Church Manse, St. Andrew's, Gisborne

13/7072

22 December 1913

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	196
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick Lawrence Monk	Minnie McPherson
	💍 1913/7302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cold Storage Packer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Mangahapa, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	8 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Manse, St. Andrew's, Gisborne
Folio	13/7072
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

197

22 December 1913

Reginald Ceal Newman
Eva Muriel Peters

Reginald Cecil Newman
Eva Muriel Peters
💍 1913/6951

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Household Duties

23
19

Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Taruheru, Gisborne

Life
Life

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/6639

Nicholas Peters (Father)

22 December 1913

Registrar, Gisborne

No	197
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Ceal Newman	Eva Muriel Peters
BDM Match (95%)	Reginald Cecil Newman	Eva Muriel Peters
	💍 1913/6951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Household Duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Patutahi, Poverty Bay	Taruheru, Gisborne
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/6639
Consent	Nicholas Peters (Father)
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Gisborne

198

29 December 1913

Henry Michael O'Connell
Edith May Bishop

Henry Michael ODonnell
Edith May Bishop
💍 1914/7058

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dentist's Assistant

35
21

Gisborne
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

2 years
14 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

914

29 December 1913

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	198
Date of Notice	29 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Michael O'Connell	Edith May Bishop
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Michael ODonnell	Edith May Bishop
	💍 1914/7058
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dentist's Assistant
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	914
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

199

29 December 1913

Allan Woodberry
May Mere Tuiakori Gordon

Allan Woodberry
May Mere Tinakori Gordon
💍 1913/7291

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
23

Mangapapa
Mangapapa, Poverty Bay

4 years
Life

Presbyterian Church Manse, St. Andrew's, Gisborne

13/7071

29 December 1913

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	199
Date of Notice	29 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Woodberry	May Mere Tuiakori Gordon
BDM Match (96%)	Allan Woodberry	May Mere Tinakori Gordon
	💍 1913/7291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Mangapapa	Mangapapa, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Manse, St. Andrew's, Gisborne
Folio	13/7071
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

200

30 December 1913

Herbert Hovis Southam
Annie Gallagher

Herbert Louis Houltham
Annie Gallagher
💍 1914/7121

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Driver
Domestic Duties

23
23

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Patutahi, Poverty Bay

7 years
Life

Private Residence of the Bride's Parents, Patutahi

1914/829

30 December 1913

Rev. Reginald P. Finn, Roman Catholic Minister

No	200
Date of Notice	30 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Hovis Southam	Annie Gallagher
BDM Match (91%)	Herbert Louis Houltham	Annie Gallagher
	💍 1914/7121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	Private Residence of the Bride's Parents, Patutahi
Folio	1914/829
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Reginald P. Finn, 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).