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 354

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar James Shiner 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

1 April 1913

Joseph Dunn
Catherine O'Connor

Joseph Dunn
Catherine O'Connor
💍 1913/6502

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic Duties

27
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
2 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

13/6215

1 April 1913

J. C. Darby

No	39
Date of Notice	1 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Dunn	Catherine O'Connor
	💍 1913/6502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	13/6215
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1913
Officiating Minister	J. C. Darby

12 April 1913

Felix Hunger
Jane Ann Ellen Bell

Felix Hunger
Jane Ann Ellen Bell
💍 1913/3236

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
24

Ngahinapouri
Ngahinapouri

3 days
9 weeks

Residence of Mr. W. M. J. Bell, Ngahinapouri

13/2851

12 April 1913

C. Crisp Brown

No	40
Date of Notice	12 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Felix Hunger	Jane Ann Ellen Bell
	💍 1913/3236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Ngahinapouri	Ngahinapouri
Length of Residence	3 days	9 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. M. J. Bell, Ngahinapouri
Folio	13/2851
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1913
Officiating Minister	C. Crisp Brown

14 April 1913

Clarence Stanley Moffatt
Margaret Amery Davies

Clarence Stanley Moffatt
Margaret Imery Davies
💍 1913/2994

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic Duties

21
24

Ngaruawahia
Kirikiriroa

12 months
24 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East

13/2789

14 April 1913

Alex Gow

No	41
Date of Notice	14 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Stanley Moffatt	Margaret Amery Davies
BDM Match (98%)	Clarence Stanley Moffatt	Margaret Imery Davies
	💍 1913/2994
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic Duties
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Kirikiriroa
Length of Residence	12 months	24 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East
Folio	13/2789
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Alex Gow

14 April 1913

David Allan Swann
Margaret Florence McCandlish

David Allan Swann
Margaret Florence McCavdlish
💍 1913/2995

Bachelor
Spinster

No occupation
Shop Assistant

29
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 months
5 years

Residence of J. McCandlish, Hamilton

13/2790

14 April 1913

Alex Gow

No	42
Date of Notice	14 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Allan Swann	Margaret Florence McCandlish
BDM Match (98%)	David Allan Swann	Margaret Florence McCavdlish
	💍 1913/2995
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	No occupation	Shop Assistant
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. McCandlish, Hamilton
Folio	13/2790
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Alex Gow

14 April 1913

Robert James Benness
Rewa Johnson

Robert James Bennett
Rewa Johnson
💍 1913/535

Bachelor
Spinster

Signal Erector N.Z.R.
Domestic Duties

27
23

Frankton Junction
Frankton Junction

4 weeks
10 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

13/2366

14 April 1913

J. S. Bond

No	43
Date of Notice	14 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Benness	Rewa Johnson
BDM Match (95%)	Robert James Bennett	Rewa Johnson
	💍 1913/535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Signal Erector N.Z.R.	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	4 weeks	10 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	13/2366
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1913
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond

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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).