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 Eltham Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar George Davie Gow

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

8 January 1913

Wilbert John Dillon
Elizabeth Crosby

Wilbert John Dillon
Elizabeth Crosby
💍 1913/1320

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

28
20

Eltham
Eltham

5 years
20 years

Knox Presbyterian Church, Eltham

13/780

Louisa Partridge, mother

8 January 1913

Rev. D. N. McKenzie

No	31
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilbert John Dillon	Elizabeth Crosby
	💍 1913/1320
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Knox Presbyterian Church, Eltham
Folio	13/780
Consent	Louisa Partridge, mother
Date of Certificate	8 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. N. McKenzie

8 January 1913

Arthur Henry Palmer
Ella Grieve

Arthur Henry Palmer
Ella Grieve
💍 1913/1319

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic Duties

21
23

Te Roti
Te Roti

3 weeks
3 weeks

At private residence of Mr. McKeown, Te Roti

13/779

8 January 1913

Rev. D. N. McKenzie

No	32
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Palmer	Ella Grieve
	💍 1913/1319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic Duties
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Te Roti	Te Roti
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	At private residence of Mr. McKeown, Te Roti
Folio	13/779
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. N. McKenzie

14 January 1913

Henry McNeil de Lyger
Elizabeth Knox McMenamin

Henry McNeil Flyger
Elizabeth Knox McMenamin
💍 1913/8518

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

24
21

Eltham
Eltham

4 years
4 years

St. Joseph's Church, Eltham

13/2018

Father J. E. Ainsworth

14 January 1913

No	33
Date of Notice	14 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry McNeil de Lyger	Elizabeth Knox McMenamin
BDM Match (91%)	Henry McNeil Flyger	Elizabeth Knox McMenamin
	💍 1913/8518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Eltham
Folio	13/2018
Consent	Father J. E. Ainsworth
Date of Certificate	14 January 1913
Officiating Minister

20 January 1913

Arthur Samuel Preece
Phoebe Mabel Bootten

Arthur Samuel Preece
Phoebe Mabel Bootten
💍 1913/1318

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

29
24

Eltham
Rawhitiroa, Eltham

9 months
11 years

At the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eltham

13/778

20 January 1913

The Registrar

No	34
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Samuel Preece	Phoebe Mabel Bootten
	💍 1913/1318
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Rawhitiroa, Eltham
Length of Residence	9 months	11 years
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eltham
Folio	13/778
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

4 March 1913

William Hounslow
Sarah Frichton

William Hounslow
Sarah Crichton
💍 1913/1322

Divorced
Widow

Farmer
Dressmaker

43
48

Hutt
Wanganui

1 week
10 days

At the residence of H. G. Bourke, Mountain Road, Eltham

13/782

4 March 1913

Rev. J. W. Robertson

No	35
Date of Notice	4 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hounslow	Sarah Frichton
BDM Match (96%)	William Hounslow	Sarah Crichton
	💍 1913/1322
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	43	48
Dwelling Place	Hutt	Wanganui
Length of Residence	1 week	10 days
Marriage Place	At the residence of H. G. Bourke, Mountain Road, Eltham
Folio	13/782
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Robertson

24 March 1913

Leonard George Mercer
Marie Augusta Louisa Hoberstein

Leonard George Mercer
Marie Augusta Louisa Koberstein
💍 1913/1321

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Domestic Duties

22
18

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
4 months

At the residence of the Bride's Parents, Bridge Street, Eltham

13/781

Amel Paul Hoberstein, father

24 March 1913

Rev. Raymond Richards

No	36
Date of Notice	24 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard George Mercer	Marie Augusta Louisa Hoberstein
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard George Mercer	Marie Augusta Louisa Koberstein
	💍 1913/1321
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of the Bride's Parents, Bridge Street, Eltham
Folio	13/781
Consent	Amel Paul Hoberstein, father
Date of Certificate	24 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Raymond Richards

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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).