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 December 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

6 October 1913

George Orford Rush
Elizabeth Francis

George Orford Rush
Elizabeth Francis
💍 1913/3578

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

41
30

Whangarei
Whangarei

33 years
2 years

Church of England

13/7045

6 October 1913

Rev. R. P. Tavell

No	34
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Orford Rush	Elizabeth Francis
	💍 1913/3578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	41	30
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	33 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	13/7045
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Tavell

13 October 1913

John Baene Peters
Gladys Isabella Peters

John Dacre
Gladys Isabella Peters
💍 1913/6971

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

23
18

Whangarei
Whangarei

1 year
6 years

Registrar's Office

13/665

Jane Ann Peters, Mother

13 October 1913

F. Bird, Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	13 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Baene Peters	Gladys Isabella Peters
BDM Match (71%)	John Dacre	Gladys Isabella Peters
	💍 1913/6971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	1 year	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/665
Consent	Jane Ann Peters, Mother
Date of Certificate	13 October 1913
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

15 October 1913

Matthew James Sherwin
Agnes Brydon Sherwin

Matthew James Sherwin
Agnes Brydon
💍 1913/6972

Divorced
Spinster

Cook
Domestic

48
22

Whangarei
Whangarei

5 days
5 days

Registrar's Office

13/666

15 October 1913

F. Bird, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	15 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew James Sherwin	Agnes Brydon Sherwin
BDM Match (80%)	Matthew James Sherwin	Agnes Brydon
	💍 1913/6972
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic
Age	48	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/666
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1913
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

20 October 1913

Ivan John Vivian Judd
Elsie May Jackson

Ivan John Vivian Judd
Elsie May Jackson
💍 1913/7465

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic

23
17

Whangarei
Whangarei

7 months
4 years

Residence of Rev. R. P. Keall

13/7046

Edward Jackson, Father

20 October 1913

Rev. R. P. Keall

No	37
Date of Notice	20 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan John Vivian Judd	Elsie May Jackson
	💍 1913/7465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	7 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. P. Keall
Folio	13/7046
Consent	Edward Jackson, Father
Date of Certificate	20 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Keall

20 November 1913

Mutu Wiki Raniera
Lahatha Raniera

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic

23
35

Whangarei
Whangarei

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office

Not Sold

20 November 1913

F. Bird, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	20 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mutu Wiki Raniera	Lahatha Raniera
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	35
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	Not Sold
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1913
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

2 December 1913

Antoine Charles Burgeois
Margaret Ellen Pollock

Antoine Charles Burgeois
Margaret Ellen Pollock
💍 1913/3577

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator
Nurse

23
22

Whangarei
Whangarei

2 years
2 years

Church of England

13/7044

2 December 1913

Rev. R. P. Tavell

No	39
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Antoine Charles Burgeois	Margaret Ellen Pollock
	💍 1913/3577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator	Nurse
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	13/7044
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Tavell

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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).