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 430

District of Kaitaia Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar S. M. Matthew

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

139

5 August 1913

Ivan Duzerich
Annie Ryder

Ivan Dwgevich
Annie Ryder
💍 1913/6595

Bachelor
Spinster

Gumdigger
Domestic duties

23
17

Awanui
Pamapuria

2 years
14 years

Native Church, Pamapuria

13/655

Ryder, Father

5 August 1913

Home Karaka, Church of England

No	139
Date of Notice	5 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Duzerich	Annie Ryder
BDM Match (88%)	Ivan Dwgevich	Annie Ryder
	💍 1913/6595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gumdigger	Domestic duties
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Awanui	Pamapuria
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Native Church, Pamapuria
Folio	13/655
Consent	Ryder, Father
Date of Certificate	5 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Home Karaka, Church of England

140

18 August 1913

George Martin
Stella Jane Purcell Smith

George Martin
Stella June Purcell Smith
💍 1913/6594

Bachelor
Spinster

Gumdigger
Domestic duties

19
17

Awanui
Awanui

3 years
12 years

Private Residence, Bride's Father

13/654

Effie Smith, Mother; Joseph H. Smith, Father

18 August 1913

Home Karaka, Church of England

No	140
Date of Notice	18 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Martin	Stella Jane Purcell Smith
BDM Match (98%)	George Martin	Stella June Purcell Smith
	💍 1913/6594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gumdigger	Domestic duties
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Awanui	Awanui
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence, Bride's Father
Folio	13/654
Consent	Effie Smith, Mother; Joseph H. Smith, Father
Date of Certificate	18 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Home Karaka, Church of England

141

18 August 1913

Egerton Hales
Mabel Reid

Egerton Yates
Mabel Reid
💍 1913/8576

Bachelor
Widow

Bushman
Domestic duties

30
35

Ahupara
Ahupara

30 years
35 years

Registrar's Office

8495

18 August 1913

S. M. Matthew, Registrar Kaitaia

No	141
Date of Notice	18 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Egerton Hales	Mabel Reid
BDM Match (92%)	Egerton Yates	Mabel Reid
	💍 1913/8576
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Ahupara	Ahupara
Length of Residence	30 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	8495
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1913
Officiating Minister	S. M. Matthew, Registrar Kaitaia

142

29 August 1913

Albert Edward Bastard
Grace Maud Warner

Albert Edward Bastard
Grace Maude Warner
💍 1913/6591

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
20

Takahue
Takahue

1 1/2 years
5 years

Private Residence, Mr. Warner

13/635

Wm. Warner, Father

29 August 1913

R. L. Connolly, Church of England

No	142
Date of Notice	29 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Bastard	Grace Maud Warner
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Edward Bastard	Grace Maude Warner
	💍 1913/6591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Takahue	Takahue
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence, Mr. Warner
Folio	13/635
Consent	Wm. Warner, Father
Date of Certificate	29 August 1913
Officiating Minister	R. L. Connolly, Church of England

143

19 September 1913

Nicholas Croich
Anadaia Peri

Bachelor
Spinster

Gumdigger
Domestic duties

24
16

Awanui
Awanui

8 years
5 weeks

Registrar's Office

Not sold

Peri, Father

19 September 1913

S. M. Matthew, Registrar Kaitaia

No	143
Date of Notice	19 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nicholas Croich	Anadaia Peri
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gumdigger	Domestic duties
Age	24	16
Dwelling Place	Awanui	Awanui
Length of Residence	8 years	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	Not sold
Consent	Peri, Father
Date of Certificate	19 September 1913
Officiating Minister	S. M. Matthew, Registrar Kaitaia

144

23 September 1913

Edward James Doak
Bertha Madeline Stanton

Edward James Doak
Bertha Madeline Stanton
💍 1913/8

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

53
29

Takahue
Takahue

10 years
22 years

Private Residence, Mr. Johns Takahue

13/633

23 September 1913

R. L. Connolly, Church of England

No	144
Date of Notice	23 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Doak	Bertha Madeline Stanton
	💍 1913/8
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	53	29
Dwelling Place	Takahue	Takahue
Length of Residence	10 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence, Mr. Johns Takahue
Folio	13/633
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1913
Officiating Minister	R. L. Connolly, Church of England

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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).