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 721

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

1 January 1913

George Edwin James Meettam
Violet Muriel Phillips

George Edwin James Mettam
Violet Muriel Phillips
💍 1913/1293

Bachelor
Spinster

Caretaker, Bowling Green
Domestic duties

29
28

Thames
Thames

4 days
28 years

In the house of Mr. Phillips, Mackay Street, Thames

13/753

1 January 1913

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	1 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edwin James Meettam	Violet Muriel Phillips
BDM Match (98%)	George Edwin James Mettam	Violet Muriel Phillips
	💍 1913/1293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Caretaker, Bowling Green	Domestic duties
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Phillips, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	13/753
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

4 January 1913

James Charles Kidd
Mary Martha Young

James Charles Kidd
Mary Martha Young
💍 1913/316

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

32
23

Thames
Thames

32 years
23 years

Church of England, Mackay Street, Thames

13/746

6 January 1913

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Charles Kidd	Mary Martha Young
	💍 1913/316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	32 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	13/746
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

4 January 1913

George McInnes Hendry
Lily Felicia Boxhead

George McInnes Hendry
Lily Felicia Coxhead
💍 1913/1294

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher
Domestic duties

26
24

Thames
Thames

5 days
8 months

Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

13/754

11 January 1913

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George McInnes Hendry	Lily Felicia Boxhead
BDM Match (98%)	George McInnes Hendry	Lily Felicia Coxhead
	💍 1913/1294
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher	Domestic duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	8 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	13/754
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

14 January 1913

Arthur John Newman
Evelyn Mary Davis

Arthur John Newman
Evelyn Mary Davies
💍 1913/310

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Tailoress

32
28

Thames
Thames

4 days
28 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Mackay Street, Thames

13/741

14 January 1913

Rev. G. R. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

No	4
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Newman	Evelyn Mary Davis
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur John Newman	Evelyn Mary Davies
	💍 1913/310
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Tailoress
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	13/741
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. R. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

24 January 1913

Daniel Redwood
Dorothy Snowball

Daniel Redwood
Dorothy Snowball
💍 1913/318

Bachelor
Widow

Gardener
Domestic duties

64
52

Thames
Thames

6 years
13 months

Church of England, Mackay Street, Thames

13/748

24 January 1913

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Redwood	Dorothy Snowball
	💍 1913/318
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gardener	Domestic duties
Age	64	52
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 years	13 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	13/748
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, 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).