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 Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar James S. Bond

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

2 January 1913

John Lees
Mary Christina Jonasen

John Lees
Mary Christina Jonasen
💍 1913/1211

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Servant

30
18

Hamilton
Hamilton

10 months
10 months

Primitive Methodist Church Hamilton

13/670

John Alfred Jonasen, the father

2 January 1913

J. C. Clover

No	1
Date of Notice	2 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lees	Mary Christina Jonasen
	💍 1913/1211
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Servant
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	10 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church Hamilton
Folio	13/670
Consent	John Alfred Jonasen, the father
Date of Certificate	2 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. C. Clover

6 January 1913

Frederick Brickle Pemberton Procter
Winifred Lowe Brewster

Fred Stickle Pemberton Procter
Winifred Lowe Brewster
💍 1913/2640

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

23
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

10 days
2 months

St. Peter's Church of England Hamilton

13/2260

6 January 1913

C. H. Strong

No	2
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Brickle Pemberton Procter	Winifred Lowe Brewster
BDM Match (90%)	Fred Stickle Pemberton Procter	Winifred Lowe Brewster
	💍 1913/2640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	10 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church of England Hamilton
Folio	13/2260
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	C. H. Strong

10 January 1913

Frederick George Mellers Keep
Fanny Brown

Frederick George Mellars Keep
Fanny Brown
💍 1913/2641

Cyril Alfred Rule
Fanny Brown
💍 1913/6860

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot and Shoemaker
Saleswoman

27
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

27 years
3 years

Church of England Hamilton

13/2261

10 January 1913

E. M. Bowie

No	3
Date of Notice	10 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Mellers Keep	Fanny Brown
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick George Mellars Keep	Fanny Brown
	💍 1913/2641
BDM Match (62%)	Cyril Alfred Rule	Fanny Brown
	💍 1913/6860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot and Shoemaker	Saleswoman
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	27 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Hamilton
Folio	13/2261
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1913
Officiating Minister	E. M. Bowie

13 January 1913

William Percival Cullen
Laura Eliza Beatrice Johnston

William Percival Cullen
Laura Elizabeth Beatrice Johnston
💍 1913/2642

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Domestic Duties

28
24

Komaharau
Komaharau

1 year
12 years

St. Peter's Church of England Hamilton

13/2262

13 January 1913

A. Drake

No	4
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Percival Cullen	Laura Eliza Beatrice Johnston
BDM Match (94%)	William Percival Cullen	Laura Elizabeth Beatrice Johnston
	💍 1913/2642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Komaharau	Komaharau
Length of Residence	1 year	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church of England Hamilton
Folio	13/2262
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	A. Drake

14 January 1913

Charles Scelly
Mary Hartnett

Charles Scilly
Mary Hartwell
💍 1913/3053

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Shop Assistant

25
21

Frankton Junction
Frankton Junction

4 days
18 months

Roman Catholic Church Hamilton

13/1972

14 January 1913

J. C. Darby

No	5
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Scelly	Mary Hartnett
BDM Match (85%)	Charles Scilly	Mary Hartwell
	💍 1913/3053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Shop Assistant
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	4 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Hamilton
Folio	13/1972
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. C. Darby

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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).