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 348

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

28 January 1913

Michael Joseph Small
Eileen Coral Wheeler

Michael Joseph Small
Eileen Coral Wheeler
💍 1913/839

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician
Domestic Duties

25
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

13/253

28 January 1913

J. S. Bond

No	11
Date of Notice	28 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Joseph Small	Eileen Coral Wheeler
	💍 1913/839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	13/253
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond

31 January 1913

Charles Frederick Bond
Ethel Mary Ring

Charles Frederick Bond
Ethel Mary Ring
💍 1913/2646

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer
Home Duties

29
29

Hamilton
Hinuera

10 years
6 months

House of Mr. W. C. Ring, Hamilton

13/226

31 January 1913

E. M. Cowie

No	12
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Bond	Ethel Mary Ring
	💍 1913/2646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Home Duties
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hinuera
Length of Residence	10 years	6 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. W. C. Ring, Hamilton
Folio	13/226
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	E. M. Cowie

3 February 1913

Laurence Roy Greenslade
Hannah Keogh

Lawrence Roy Greenslade
Hanna Keogh
💍 1913/3055

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer
Domestic Duties

23
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

10 years
8 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

13/1974

3 February 1913

J. C. Darby

No	13
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Laurence Roy Greenslade	Hannah Keogh
BDM Match (94%)	Lawrence Roy Greenslade	Hanna Keogh
	💍 1913/3055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	10 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	13/1974
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	J. C. Darby

5 February 1913

Gregor Malcolm Laing Meason
Ellen Louise Heddersen Grau

Gregor Malcolm Laing Meason
Ellen Louise Fedderson Graan
💍 1913/2089

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Home Duties

29
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
6 weeks

Almadale House of Mr. Grau, Hamilton

13/1505

5 February 1913

C. A. Gow

No	14
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gregor Malcolm Laing Meason	Ellen Louise Heddersen Grau
BDM Match (93%)	Gregor Malcolm Laing Meason	Ellen Louise Fedderson Graan
	💍 1913/2089
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Home Duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Almadale House of Mr. Grau, Hamilton
Folio	13/1505
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	C. A. Gow

5 February 1913

Herbert Haddock
Rose Edith Smith

Herbert Haddock
Rose Edith Smith
💍 1913/2088

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
19

Karamu
Karamu

10 years
17 years

Residence of Rev. C. A. Gow, Hamilton East

13/1504

George Smith, the father

5 February 1913

C. A. Gow

No	15
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Haddock	Rose Edith Smith
	💍 1913/2088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Karamu	Karamu
Length of Residence	10 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. C. A. Gow, Hamilton East
Folio	13/1504
Consent	George Smith, the father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	C. A. Gow

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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).