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 Mahurangi Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar John Ramsay

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

6 March 1913

John Henry Birdsall
Beatrice Emma Ashton

John Henry Birdsall
Beatrice Emma Ashton
💍 1913/1231

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

19
21

Whangateau
Warkworth

19 years
9 months

At the residence of Mr George Ashton, Karper St, Warkworth

13/691

Sarah Ashton (Mother) of Omaha

6 March 1913

Rev Percy R Paris

No	1
Date of Notice	6 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Birdsall	Beatrice Emma Ashton
	💍 1913/1231
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	19	21
Dwelling Place	Whangateau	Warkworth
Length of Residence	19 years	9 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr George Ashton, Karper St, Warkworth
Folio	13/691
Consent	Sarah Ashton (Mother) of Omaha
Date of Certificate	6 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Percy R Paris

8 March 1913

Charles Thomas Harding
Margaret Jane Emtage

Charles Thomas Harding
Margaret Jane Emtage
💍 1913/1236

Bachelor
Spinster

Prospecting Engineer
Dressmaker

33
18

Warkworth
Warkworth

2 years
11 years

At Christ Church, Warkworth

13/692

Samuel Emtage (Father)

8 March 1913

Rev R A Macdonald

No	2
Date of Notice	8 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Harding	Margaret Jane Emtage
	💍 1913/1236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Prospecting Engineer	Dressmaker
Age	33	18
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	At Christ Church, Warkworth
Folio	13/692
Consent	Samuel Emtage (Father)
Date of Certificate	8 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev R A Macdonald

17 March 1913

Harry James Flynn
Grace Nancy Anderson

Harry James Flynn
Grace Nancy Sanderson
💍 1913/1233

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Dressmaker

23
25

Ahuroa
Ahuroa

11 months
25 years

At the residence of Mr William Lowe Anderson, Ahuroa

13/693

17 March 1913

Rev R A Macdonald

No	3
Date of Notice	17 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry James Flynn	Grace Nancy Anderson
BDM Match (95%)	Harry James Flynn	Grace Nancy Sanderson
	💍 1913/1233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Dressmaker
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Ahuroa	Ahuroa
Length of Residence	11 months	25 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr William Lowe Anderson, Ahuroa
Folio	13/693
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev R A Macdonald

17 March 1913

George Ferguson Clark
Camilla Josephine Eversen

George Ferguson Clark
Camilla Josephine Eversen
💍 1913/1232

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
19

Warkworth
Warkworth

4 weeks
4 weeks

At the dwelling of Mrs Matilda Clark, Alnwick Street, Warkworth

13/697

Augusta Maria Eversen (Mother)

17 March 1913

Rev Percy R Paris

No	4
Date of Notice	17 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ferguson Clark	Camilla Josephine Eversen
	💍 1913/1232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	4 weeks	4 weeks
Marriage Place	At the dwelling of Mrs Matilda Clark, Alnwick Street, Warkworth
Folio	13/697
Consent	Augusta Maria Eversen (Mother)
Date of Certificate	17 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Percy R Paris

24 March 1913

Alexander Edgar
Mary Lucy Zoe Thomson

Alexander Edgar
Mary Lucy Zoe Thomson
💍 1913/1234

Bachelor
Spinster

Slatelayer, New Zealand Railways
Domestic duties

31
21

Kaipara Flats
Kaipara Flats

4 days
21 years

At the dwelling house of Mr John Thomson, Kaipara Flats

13/694

24 March 1913

Rev Oscar Blundell

No	5
Date of Notice	24 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Edgar	Mary Lucy Zoe Thomson
	💍 1913/1234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slatelayer, New Zealand Railways	Domestic duties
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Kaipara Flats	Kaipara Flats
Length of Residence	4 days	21 years
Marriage Place	At the dwelling house of Mr John Thomson, Kaipara Flats
Folio	13/694
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Oscar Blundell

25 March 1913

Frank Goodall
Jane Phillips

Frank Goodall
Jane Phillips
💍 1913/1230

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

52
21

Matakana Lower
Matakana Lower

3 days
2 years

In the dwelling house of Mr William Henry Phillips, Anells Beach, Matakana Lower

13/690

25 March 1913

Rev John D Jory

No	6
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Goodall	Jane Phillips
	💍 1913/1230
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	52	21
Dwelling Place	Matakana Lower	Matakana Lower
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	In the dwelling house of Mr William Henry Phillips, Anells Beach, Matakana Lower
Folio	13/690
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev John D Jory

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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).