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 590

District of Owhango Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar J. Finch

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

29 July 1913

William Henry Reed
Rubina Jackson

Alexander David William Henry Reid
Rubena Jackson
💍 1913/5518

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
20

Manganui
Te Rahi

3 days
20 years

Presbyterian Church, Te Rahi

13/572

Charles Jackson

29 July 1913

Rev. J. G. Ward, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	29 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Reed	Rubina Jackson
BDM Match (71%)	Alexander David William Henry Reid	Rubena Jackson
	💍 1913/5518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Manganui	Te Rahi
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Rahi
Folio	13/572
Consent	Charles Jackson
Date of Certificate	29 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Ward, Presbyterian

18 August 1913

Neil Hemmingson
Lilian Mary Wood

Neil Hemmingson
Lilian Mary Wood
💍 1913/8624

Bachelor
Minor

Bushman
Domestic Duties

23
17

Te Rahi
Te Rahi

5 months
5 months

Registrar's Office, Owhango

8407

Joseph Wood

18 August 1913

J. Finch, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	18 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Hemmingson	Lilian Mary Wood
	💍 1913/8624
Condition	Bachelor	Minor
Profession	Bushman	Domestic Duties
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Te Rahi	Te Rahi
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Owhango
Folio	8407
Consent	Joseph Wood
Date of Certificate	18 August 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Finch, Registrar

23 August 1913

George Ernest Overton
Lucy Norma Eggers

George Ernest Overton
Lucy Norma Eggers
💍 1913/8936

Bachelor
Minor

School Teacher
Domestic Duties

25
19

Raumai
Raumai

1 year 10 months
1 year 10 months

Dwelling of Bride's parents

8316

Charles Otto Eggers

23 August 1913

Rev. J. G. Abbott

No	9
Date of Notice	23 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Overton	Lucy Norma Eggers
	💍 1913/8936
Condition	Bachelor	Minor
Profession	School Teacher	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Raumai	Raumai
Length of Residence	1 year 10 months	1 year 10 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Bride's parents
Folio	8316
Consent	Charles Otto Eggers
Date of Certificate	23 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Abbott

3 September 1913

Bertie McTheown
Charlotte Christine Lewis

Pretie McKeown
Charlotte Christine Lewis
💍 1913/6554

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic Duties

29
30

Owhango
Owhango

2 years 6 months
1 year 6 months

Residence of C. C. Lewis, Owhango

13/592

3 September 1913

Rev. J. R. Ward, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	3 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie McTheown	Charlotte Christine Lewis
BDM Match (83%)	Pretie McKeown	Charlotte Christine Lewis
	💍 1913/6554
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Owhango	Owhango
Length of Residence	2 years 6 months	1 year 6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of C. C. Lewis, Owhango
Folio	13/592
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Ward, Presbyterian

6 September 1913

Mark Brennan
Elizabeth Huett

Mark Brennan
Elizabeth Huett
💍 1913/8814

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Dressmaker

26
25

Te Rahi
Te Rahi

3 years
5 years

Residence of W. R. Huett, Te Rahi

8194

6 September 1913

Rev. Father Williams, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	6 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark Brennan	Elizabeth Huett
	💍 1913/8814
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Dressmaker
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Te Rahi	Te Rahi
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. R. Huett, Te Rahi
Folio	8194
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Williams, Roman Catholic

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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).