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 30 June 1913 Registrar S. Grant C. Bira

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

2 April 1913

David Sankey Brigham
Dorothy Irene Ramsbottam

David Sankey Brigham
Dorothy Irene Ramsbottom
💍 1913/4565

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

23
20

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
20 years

Church of England, Whangarei

13/4042

William Barder, father

2 April 1913

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

No	15
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Sankey Brigham	Dorothy Irene Ramsbottam
BDM Match (98%)	David Sankey Brigham	Dorothy Irene Ramsbottom
	💍 1913/4565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	13/4042
Consent	William Barder, father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

2 April 1913

Arthur Fielding
Helen Chisholm

Arthur Fielding Yates
Helen Chisholm
💍 1913/4569

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

40
42

Whangarei
Whangarei

7 days
7 days

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

13/4045

2 April 1913

Rev. Wm Day

No	16
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Fielding	Helen Chisholm
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Fielding Yates	Helen Chisholm
	💍 1913/4569
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	40	42
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	13/4045
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Day

9 April 1913

Hector Owen Baile
Christina Mary Thomas

Hector Owen Vaile
Christina Mary Thomas
💍 1913/3075

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
21

Kamo
Kamo

5 days
5 days

Church of England, Whangarei

13/2877

9 April 1913

Rev. F. Sampson

No	17
Date of Notice	9 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Owen Baile	Christina Mary Thomas
BDM Match (97%)	Hector Owen Vaile	Christina Mary Thomas
	💍 1913/3075
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Kamo
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	13/2877
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Sampson

21 April 1913

William Alex Robertson
Eva Winifred Munro

William Alexander Robertson
Eva Winifred Munro
💍 1913/4566

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic

25
23

Kawakawa
Onerahi

1 month
22 years

Church of England, Kawakawa

13/4043

21 April 1913

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

No	18
Date of Notice	21 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alex Robertson	Eva Winifred Munro
BDM Match (91%)	William Alexander Robertson	Eva Winifred Munro
	💍 1913/4566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Kawakawa	Onerahi
Length of Residence	1 month	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Kawakawa
Folio	13/4043
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

21 April 1913

Herbert William Bince
Agnes Howard

Herbert William Vince
Agnes Howard
💍 1913/3082

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic

24
25

Limestone
Limestone

1 year 3 months
4 months

Methodist Church, Whangarei

13/2878

21 April 1913

Rev. R. P. Heall

No	19
Date of Notice	21 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert William Bince	Agnes Howard
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert William Vince	Agnes Howard
	💍 1913/3082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Limestone	Limestone
Length of Residence	1 year 3 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Whangarei
Folio	13/2878
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Heall

28 April 1913

Edwin Thomas Preston
Jessie Morgan

Edwin Thomas Preston
Jessie Morgan
💍 1913/4571

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

26
23

Kiripaka
Whangarei

7 years
23 years

Residence of Mr. P. Morgan, Whangarei

13/4047

28 April 1913

Rev. Wm Day

No	20
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Thomas Preston	Jessie Morgan
	💍 1913/4571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Kiripaka	Whangarei
Length of Residence	7 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. P. Morgan, Whangarei
Folio	13/4047
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Day

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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).