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 30 June 1913 Registrar George Davie You

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

Matthew John Molloy
Beatrice Elizabeth Foden

Matthew John Malloy
Beatrice Elizabeth Foden
💍 1913/3140

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic Duties

22
24

Rotokare
Eltham

4 months
4 months

All Saints Church, Eltham

13/3011

2 April 1913

Rev. W. Dent

No	38
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew John Molloy	Beatrice Elizabeth Foden
BDM Match (97%)	Matthew John Malloy	Beatrice Elizabeth Foden
	💍 1913/3140
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Rotokare	Eltham
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Eltham
Folio	13/3011
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Dent

26 April 1913

Robert John McDonald
Mary Ann Agnes Magill

Robert John McDonald
Mary Ann Agnes Mafill
💍 1913/3203

Bachelor
Spinster

Milking Machine Expert
Domestic Duties

41
34

Eltham
Eltham

1 year
1 year

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

13/2999

26 April 1913

Rev. F. W. Robertson

No	39
Date of Notice	26 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John McDonald	Mary Ann Agnes Magill
BDM Match (98%)	Robert John McDonald	Mary Ann Agnes Mafill
	💍 1913/3203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milking Machine Expert	Domestic Duties
Age	41	34
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	At the residence of the Bride's mother, Bridge Street, Eltham
Folio	13/2999
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson

6 May 1913

William David Taylor
Winifred Beaton

William David Taylor
Winifred Beatson
💍 1913/3204

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
28

Eltham
Eltham

4 days
3 years

Knox Presbyterian Church, Eltham

13/3000

6 May 1913

Rev. F. W. Robertson

No	40
Date of Notice	6 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William David Taylor	Winifred Beaton
BDM Match (97%)	William David Taylor	Winifred Beatson
	💍 1913/3204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Knox Presbyterian Church, Eltham
Folio	13/3000
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson

12 May 1913

Francis Thomas Pollard
Margaret Eliza See

Francis Thomas Pollard
Margaret Eliza See
💍 1913/3139

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
35

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church, Eltham

13/3010

12 May 1913

Rev. W. Dent

No	41
Date of Notice	12 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Thomas Pollard	Margaret Eliza See
	💍 1913/3139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	35
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Eltham
Folio	13/3010
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Dent

7 June 1913

Darcy May
Ella Maud Hawke

Durcy May
Ella Maude Hawke
💍 1913/3138

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dentist's Assistant

25
19

Eltham
Eltham

12 years
19 years

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

13/3004

James William Hawke, Father

7 June 1913

Rev. F. W. Robertson

No	42
Date of Notice	7 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Darcy May	Ella Maud Hawke
BDM Match (91%)	Durcy May	Ella Maude Hawke
	💍 1913/3138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dentist's Assistant
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	12 years	19 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of the Bride's Parents, High Street, Eltham
Folio	13/3004
Consent	James William Hawke, Father
Date of Certificate	7 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson

9 June 1913

Philip Alma Bulmer
Annie Sutherland

Philip Alona Bulmer
Annie Sutherland Coates
💍 1913/3149

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
26

Hastings Road
Lowgarth

15 years
5 years

Knox Presbyterian Church, Eltham

13/3002

9 June 1913

Rev. F. W. Robertson

No	43
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Alma Bulmer	Annie Sutherland
BDM Match (80%)	Philip Alona Bulmer	Annie Sutherland Coates
	💍 1913/3149
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings Road	Lowgarth
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Knox Presbyterian Church, Eltham
Folio	13/3002
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson

14 June 1913

William Archibald Bush
Ada Dawson

William Archibald Bush Cleaver
Ada Dawson
💍 1913/3161

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
23

Te Roti
Te Roti

24 years
10 years

St. Luke's Church, Te Roti

13/3008

14 June 1913

Rev. W. Dent

No	44
Date of Notice	14 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Archibald Bush	Ada Dawson
BDM Match (87%)	William Archibald Bush Cleaver	Ada Dawson
	💍 1913/3161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Te Roti	Te Roti
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Te Roti
Folio	13/3008
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Dent

18 June 1913

George Henry Seed
Annie Ellen Elizabeth Benning

George Henry Seed
Annie Ellen Elizabeth Benning
💍 1913/3158

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Tailoress

31
27

Eltham
Eltham

4 days
18 months

Methodist Church, Eltham

13/3005

18 June 1913

Rev. Job Benning

No	45
Date of Notice	18 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Seed	Annie Ellen Elizabeth Benning
	💍 1913/3158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Tailoress
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	4 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eltham
Folio	13/3005
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Job Benning

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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).