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 Taumarunui Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar James Thorne

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

129

4 June 1913

Paul Nicklinson
Dorette Jane Meyenberg

Paul Nicklinson
Doretta Jane Meyenberg
💍 1913/3126

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

24
35

Kopaki
Taumarunui

2 months
2 years

Private residence of Mr W. F. Meyenberg

13/2971

4 June 1913

Rev J. E. Ward

No	129
Date of Notice	4 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Nicklinson	Dorette Jane Meyenberg
BDM Match (98%)	Paul Nicklinson	Doretta Jane Meyenberg
	💍 1913/3126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	24	35
Dwelling Place	Kopaki	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	2 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr W. F. Meyenberg
Folio	13/2971
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. E. Ward

130

13 June 1913

Edward Alfred Jacobson
Mabel Wackrow

Edward Alfred Jacobson
Mabel Wackrow
💍 1913/3104

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop assistant
Household duties

26
20

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

2 years
4 years

Church of England, Taumarunui

13/2948

W. H. Wackrow, Father

13 June 1913

Rev E. H. Gallop

No	130
Date of Notice	13 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Alfred Jacobson	Mabel Wackrow
	💍 1913/3104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop assistant	Household duties
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taumarunui
Folio	13/2948
Consent	W. H. Wackrow, Father
Date of Certificate	13 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev E. H. Gallop

131

16 June 1913

Albert Alfred Kappley
Ella Kathleen Frost

Albert Alfred Kappley
Ella Kathleen Frost
💍 1913/2693

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Domestic

25
22

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

15 months
15 months

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Taumarunui

13/2413

16 June 1913

R. Martin, Deputy Registrar

No	131
Date of Notice	16 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Alfred Kappley	Ella Kathleen Frost
	💍 1913/2693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	15 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Taumarunui
Folio	13/2413
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1913
Officiating Minister	R. Martin, Deputy Registrar

132

30 June 1913

Hugh McCambridge
Ellen Cooney

Hugh McCambridge
Ellen Cooney
💍 1913/6843

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher
Domestic

33
36

Taringamotu
Taumarunui

14 months
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Taumarunui

13/6379

30 June 1913

Rev J. Williams

No	132
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh McCambridge	Ellen Cooney
	💍 1913/6843
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher	Domestic
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Taringamotu	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	14 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Taumarunui
Folio	13/6379
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Williams

133

30 June 1913

Walter Hearse Thomas
Violet Mary Josephine Frances Nelson

Walter Hearse Thomas
Violet Mary Josephine Frances Nelson
💍 1913/3076

Bachelor
Spinster

Master River Steamer
Domestic

25
22

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

9 years
2 years

Private residence of Mr Otto Fitzsimmons, Taitua Street, Taumarunui

13/2895

30 June 1913

Rev J. B. Ward

No	133
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hearse Thomas	Violet Mary Josephine Frances Nelson
	💍 1913/3076
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master River Steamer	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr Otto Fitzsimmons, Taitua Street, Taumarunui
Folio	13/2895
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. B. Ward

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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).