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 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

11 March 1913

Henry Edward Moore
Hilda Isabell Hortonce Jackson

Henry Edward Moore
Hilda Isabell Hortence Jackson
💍 1913/1285

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Domestic duties

25
19

Thames
Thames

5 days
19 years

Thames Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street

13/175

Agnes Louisa Stewart (Mother)

11 March 1913

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	11 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Moore	Hilda Isabell Hortonce Jackson
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Edward Moore	Hilda Isabell Hortence Jackson
	💍 1913/1285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Domestic duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Thames Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street
Folio	13/175
Consent	Agnes Louisa Stewart (Mother)
Date of Certificate	11 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

15 March 1913

Andrew Hughes
Isabella Hearn

Andrew Hughes
Isabella Hearn
💍 1913/805

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

23
27

Thames
Thames

4 years
9 months

In the Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

13/236

15 March 1913

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	13
Date of Notice	15 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Hughes	Isabella Hearn
	💍 1913/805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 years	9 months
Marriage Place	In the Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	13/236
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1913
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

15 March 1913

Wilfred George Dagger
Emma Guilliam

Wilfred George Dagger
Emma Gwilliam
💍 1913/1274

Bachelor
Spinster

Artesian Well Sinker
Domestic duties

30
20

Thames
Thames

3 years
20 years

In the house of Mr. J. W. Guilliam, Bella Street, Thames

13/176

John William Guilliam (Father)

15 March 1913

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	14
Date of Notice	15 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred George Dagger	Emma Guilliam
BDM Match (96%)	Wilfred George Dagger	Emma Gwilliam
	💍 1913/1274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artesian Well Sinker	Domestic duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. J. W. Guilliam, Bella Street, Thames
Folio	13/176
Consent	John William Guilliam (Father)
Date of Certificate	15 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

20 March 1913

John Henry Roberts
Ethel May Charlton

John Henry Roberts
Ethel May Charlton
💍 1913/315

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic duties

24
25

Thames
Thames

24 years
3 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Mackay Street, Thames

13/745

20 March 1913

Rev. G. P. Hunt, Methodist

No	15
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Roberts	Ethel May Charlton
	💍 1913/315
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	13/745
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Hunt, Methodist

20 March 1913

Charles Herbert Cameron
Kathleen Margaret McGuinn

Charles Herbert Cameron
Kathleen Margaret McGuinn
💍 1913/2355

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery hand
Domestic duties

26
26

Thames
Thames

26 years
8 years

In the house of Mr. McGuinn, Augustus Street, Thames

13/1921

20 March 1913

Rev. J. F. Dignam, Roman Catholic

No	16
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Cameron	Kathleen Margaret McGuinn
	💍 1913/2355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery hand	Domestic duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	26 years	8 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. McGuinn, Augustus Street, Thames
Folio	13/1921
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Dignam, Roman Catholic

20 March 1913

Albert Nixon
Prudence Ethel Maud Parsons

Albert Nixon
Prudence Ethel Maud Parsons
💍 1913/1295

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse driver
Domestic Servant

19
23

Thames
Parawai

4 months
23 years

In the house of Mr. L. H. Parsons, Parawai

13/768

Thomas Robinson Nixon (Father)

20 March 1913

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	20 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Nixon	Prudence Ethel Maud Parsons
	💍 1913/1295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse driver	Domestic Servant
Age	19	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Parawai
Length of Residence	4 months	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. L. H. Parsons, Parawai
Folio	13/768
Consent	Thomas Robinson Nixon (Father)
Date of Certificate	20 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).