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 Morrinsville Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar B. Barlows

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

16 January 1913

Ernest Edward Hirst
Mary Keogh

Ernest Edward Hirst
Mary Keogh
💍 1913/4783

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic

24
30

Morrinsville
Morrinsville

3 days
4 weeks

Nottingham Castle Hotel

13/4385

16 January 1913

James McInness

No	1
Date of Notice	16 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Hirst	Mary Keogh
	💍 1913/4783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Morrinsville
Length of Residence	3 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Nottingham Castle Hotel
Folio	13/4385
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1913
Officiating Minister	James McInness

22 January 1913

Josiah Howard Lawry
Vera Beatrice Garland

Josiah Howard Lawry
Vera Beatrice Garland
💍 1913/1240

Bachelor
Spinster

Surgeon
Domestic

27
26

Turangaomoana
Turangaomoana

5 days
4 years

Anglican Church

13/699

22 January 1913

Jas. Col. Fussell

No	2
Date of Notice	22 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Josiah Howard Lawry	Vera Beatrice Garland
	💍 1913/1240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surgeon	Domestic
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Turangaomoana	Turangaomoana
Length of Residence	5 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	13/699
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Jas. Col. Fussell

3 February 1913

Charles Frederick Bond
Athel Mary King

Charles Frederick Bond
Ethel Mary Ring
💍 1913/2646

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer
Domestic

29
29

Hamilton
Hinuera

10 years
6 months

Residence of W. Ring Hinuera

13/2266

3 February 1913

C. M. Cowie

No	3
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Bond	Athel Mary King
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Frederick Bond	Ethel Mary Ring
	💍 1913/2646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Domestic
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hinuera
Length of Residence	10 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of W. Ring Hinuera
Folio	13/2266
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	C. M. Cowie

18 March 1913

Frederick Arthur Hanan
Ida Helen Dewes

Frederick Arthur Hanan
Ida Helen Dewes
💍 1913/2038

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic

30
25

Morrinsville
Parnell

4 months
25 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

13/528

18 March 1913

Archd. H. A. Hawkins

No	4
Date of Notice	18 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Arthur Hanan	Ida Helen Dewes
	💍 1913/2038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Parnell
Length of Residence	4 months	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	13/528
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Archd. H. A. Hawkins

22 March 1913

Henry James Rogers
Isabella Shafto

Henry James Rogers
Isabella Shafts
💍 1913/4681

Bachelor
Divorced

Laborer
Storekeeper

32
34

Morrinsville
Morrinsville

12 years
6 years

Presbyterian Church

13/4259

22 March 1913

Joseph Butler

No	5
Date of Notice	22 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Rogers	Isabella Shafto
BDM Match (97%)	Henry James Rogers	Isabella Shafts
	💍 1913/4681
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Laborer	Storekeeper
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Morrinsville
Length of Residence	12 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/4259
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Joseph Butler

31 March 1913

Herbert John Louden
Maud Jane Legros

Herbert John Louden
Maud Jane Cross
💍 1913/4662

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

24
19

Morrinsville
Morrinsville

2 years
7 years

Residence of Thomas Legros

13/4265

31 March 1913

Joseph Butler

No	6
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Louden	Maud Jane Legros
BDM Match (88%)	Herbert John Louden	Maud Jane Cross
	💍 1913/4662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Morrinsville
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Legros
Folio	13/4265
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Joseph Butler

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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).