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 Waiapu Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Arthur Merritt Beale

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

133

4 January 1913

Hugh Percival Hewett
Edith Emily Gibbon Hill

Hugh Pierpont Hewitt
Edith Emily Gibson Hill
💍 1913/1281

Bachelor
Spinster

Bush Overseer
Nurse

27
29

Pakotero, Waipiro Bay
Te Puia, Waipiro Bay

1 year
1 year

Church Building, Waipiro Bay

13/765

4 January 1913

Rev. P. D. Wilson

No	133
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Percival Hewett	Edith Emily Gibbon Hill
BDM Match (80%)	Hugh Pierpont Hewitt	Edith Emily Gibson Hill
	💍 1913/1281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bush Overseer	Nurse
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Pakotero, Waipiro Bay	Te Puia, Waipiro Bay
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Church Building, Waipiro Bay
Folio	13/765
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. D. Wilson

134

7 January 1913

Raunire Taewa
Repetta te Rure

Rauwiri Taewa
Ripeka te Rure
💍 1913/808

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Hand
Domestic Duties

28
23

Hiruharama
Hiruharama

All life
1 year

Registrar's Office, Waipiro Bay

13/239

7 January 1913

Registrar

No	134
Date of Notice	7 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raunire Taewa	Repetta te Rure
BDM Match (82%)	Rauwiri Taewa	Ripeka te Rure
	💍 1913/808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Hiruharama	Hiruharama
Length of Residence	All life	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waipiro Bay
Folio	13/239
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

135

9 January 1913

James Horries
Maraea Waaka

James Morris
Maraea Walker
💍 1913/1297

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

24
24

Rangitukia
Rangitukia

2 years
All life

Maori Meeting House, Otewaiawa, Rangitukia

13/757

9 January 1913

Rev. Poihipi Kohere

No	135
Date of Notice	9 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Horries	Maraea Waaka
BDM Match (81%)	James Morris	Maraea Walker
	💍 1913/1297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Rangitukia	Rangitukia
Length of Residence	2 years	All life
Marriage Place	Maori Meeting House, Otewaiawa, Rangitukia
Folio	13/757
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Poihipi Kohere

136

24 January 1913

Donald McKenzie Hill
Ruby Priscilla Parnell

Donald McKenzie Hill
Ruby Priscilla Purnell
💍 1913/1280

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Duties

29
28

Waipiro Bay
Waipiro Bay

4 months
3 months

Church Building, Waipiro Bay

13/764

24 January 1913

Rev. S. D. Wilson

No	136
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald McKenzie Hill	Ruby Priscilla Parnell
BDM Match (98%)	Donald McKenzie Hill	Ruby Priscilla Purnell
	💍 1913/1280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Duties
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Waipiro Bay	Waipiro Bay
Length of Residence	4 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Church Building, Waipiro Bay
Folio	13/764
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. D. Wilson

137

7 March 1913

Edward Leonard Irving
Amy Helena Roper

Edward Leonard Irving
Amy Adena Roper
💍 1913/809

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockman
Domestic Duties

24
28

Taparoa
Taparoa

About 6 years
4 months

Registrar's Office, Waipiro Bay

13/240

7 March 1913

Registrar

No	137
Date of Notice	7 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Leonard Irving	Amy Helena Roper
BDM Match (91%)	Edward Leonard Irving	Amy Adena Roper
	💍 1913/809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockman	Domestic Duties
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Taparoa	Taparoa
Length of Residence	About 6 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waipiro Bay
Folio	13/240
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

138

17 March 1913

John Lynch Dalton
Hene Henare

Widower
Widow

Station Manager
Domestic Duties

45
46

Hiruharama
Hiruharama

5 or 6 years
About 3 years

Dwelling of Rev. Poihipi Kohere, Rangitukia

13/4030

17 March 1913

Rev. Poihipi Kohere

No	138
Date of Notice	17 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lynch Dalton	Hene Henare
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Station Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	45	46
Dwelling Place	Hiruharama	Hiruharama
Length of Residence	5 or 6 years	About 3 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Rev. Poihipi Kohere, Rangitukia
Folio	13/4030
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Poihipi Kohere

139

26 March 1913

Albert Edward Maddock
Leonora Rachel Jubb

Bachelor
Spinster

28
28

Waipiro Bay
Waipiro Bay

About 1 year
About 4 months

Registrar's Office, Waipiro Bay

13/241

26 March 1913

Registrar

No	139
Date of Notice	26 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Maddock	Leonora Rachel Jubb
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bachelor	Spinster
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Waipiro Bay	Waipiro Bay
Length of Residence	About 1 year	About 4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waipiro Bay
Folio	13/241
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).