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 Whangarei Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Frank Bird

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

4 January 1913

Albert Edward Evans
Jessie Isabella Foster

Albert Edward Evans
Jessie Isabella Foster
💍 1913/1291

Widower
Spinster

Marine Engineer
Domestic

30
19

Whangarei
Whangarei

15 months
6 months

Church of England, Whangarei

13/774

Elizabeth Dawson Foster, Mother

4 January 1913

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Evans	Jessie Isabella Foster
	💍 1913/1291
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer	Domestic
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	15 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	13/774
Consent	Elizabeth Dawson Foster, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank, Church of England

10 January 1913

Henry Driver
Alice May Pearson

Henry Driver
Alice May Pearson
💍 1913/1283

Henry Pocock
Hilda May Pearson
💍 1914/8273

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Farmer
School Teacher

40
24

Whangarei
Whangarei

2 months
3 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Whangarei

13/767

10 January 1913

Rev. Wm. Day, Presbyterian Minister

No	2
Date of Notice	10 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Driver	Alice May Pearson
	💍 1913/1283
BDM Match (60%)	Henry Pocock	Hilda May Pearson
	💍 1914/8273
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Farmer	School Teacher
Age	40	24
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	2 months	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Whangarei
Folio	13/767
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Day, Presbyterian Minister

20 January 1913

Henry Grayson Wright
Daisy Von Hartung

Henry Graysen Wright
Daisy Von Harting
💍 1913/1284

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
21

Whangarei
Kamo

4 days
4 days

Mr. McRae's Residence

13/768

20 January 1913

Rev. Wm. Day, Presbyterian Minister

No	3
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Grayson Wright	Daisy Von Hartung
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Graysen Wright	Daisy Von Harting
	💍 1913/1284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Kamo
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Mr. McRae's Residence
Folio	13/768
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Day, Presbyterian Minister

28 January 1913

Bertie Isaac Hayward
Olive Eage

Bertie Isaac Hayward
Olive Edge
💍 1913/806

Bachelor
Spinster

Laundryman
Laundress

36
22

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

13/237

28 January 1913

F. Bird, Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	28 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Isaac Hayward	Olive Eage
BDM Match (95%)	Bertie Isaac Hayward	Olive Edge
	💍 1913/806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laundryman	Laundress
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	13/237
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1913
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

31 January 1913

William Henry Allen
Mereana Teruhi Nehua

William Henry Allen
Mereana Teruhi Nehua
💍 1913/807

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

25
27

Whangarei
Whangarei

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

13/238

31 January 1913

F. Bird, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Allen	Mereana Teruhi Nehua
	💍 1913/807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	13/238
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, 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).