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 826

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar J. Grand 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

21 July 1913

Joseph Frederick Henry Hayward
Lizzie Neelson

Joseph Frederick Henry Hayward
Lizzie Nelson
💍 1913/5398

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman
Domestic

23
23

Whangarei
Whangarei

1 year 11 months
2 years

Christ Church Whangarei

13/5080

21 July 1913

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

No	28
Date of Notice	21 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Frederick Henry Hayward	Lizzie Neelson
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph Frederick Henry Hayward	Lizzie Nelson
	💍 1913/5398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman	Domestic
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	1 year 11 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church Whangarei
Folio	13/5080
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

30 July 1913

Frederick Patience
Evelyn Gertrude Parree

Frederick Patience
Evelyn Gertrude Parrell
💍 1913/5401

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster
Schoolteacher

22
23

Whangarei
Whangarei

2 weeks
2 weeks

Roman Catholic Church Whangarei

13/5080

30 July 1913

Rev. H. G. Hedges

No	29
Date of Notice	30 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Patience	Evelyn Gertrude Parree
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Patience	Evelyn Gertrude Parrell
	💍 1913/5401
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster	Schoolteacher
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Whangarei
Folio	13/5080
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Hedges

30 July 1913

Samuel Thomas Olive
Elinor Jean Montgomery Gibbons

Samuel Thomas Olive
Elinor Jean Montgomery Gibbons
💍 1913/5399

Widower
Spinster

Loco Engine Driver
Clerk

30
23

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
3 days

Roman Catholic Church Whangarei

13/5081

30 July 1913

Rev. H. G. Hedges

No	30
Date of Notice	30 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Thomas Olive	Elinor Jean Montgomery Gibbons
	💍 1913/5399
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Loco Engine Driver	Clerk
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Whangarei
Folio	13/5081
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Hedges

20 August 1913

Everard Froude Brady
Mary Jane Cadman

Everard Froude Brady
Mary Jane Cadman
💍 1913/5400

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

28
29

Whangarei
Whangarei

5 days
4 years

Residence of Mary Jane Cadman

13/5083

20 August 1913

Rev. R. P. Heale

No	31
Date of Notice	20 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Everard Froude Brady	Mary Jane Cadman
	💍 1913/5400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	5 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mary Jane Cadman
Folio	13/5083
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Heale

25 August 1913

Arthur Hawkey Oberlin Brown
Annabelle Margaret Fineayson

Arthur Hawtrey Oberlin Brown
Annabella Margaret Finlayson
💍 1913/8578

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
23

Whangarei
Kamo

4 days
23 years

Residence of Angus Fineayson Kamo

8497

25 August 1913

Rev. G. L. Pattullo

No	32
Date of Notice	25 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Hawkey Oberlin Brown	Annabelle Margaret Fineayson
BDM Match (93%)	Arthur Hawtrey Oberlin Brown	Annabella Margaret Finlayson
	💍 1913/8578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Kamo
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Angus Fineayson Kamo
Folio	8497
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. L. Pattullo

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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).