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 Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar G.W. Bennett

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 January 1913

Carven Eli Trott
Annie Frazer

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher

22
21

Ratapiko
Ratapiko

3 days
5 years

At the Residence of Mr. Angus Frazer at Ratapiko

13/791

2 January 1913

J. Richards

No	36
Date of Notice	2 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carven Eli Trott	Annie Frazer
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Ratapiko	Ratapiko
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Mr. Angus Frazer at Ratapiko
Folio	13/791
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Richards

29 January 1913

Thomas Lindsay Green
Una Ivy Leighton

Thomas Lindsay
Ella Ivy Leighton
💍 1913/1308

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

21
21

Inglewood
Inglewood

5 years
3 days

At the residence of Mr. A. Lindsay, Dudley Road, Moa District

13/792

29 January 1913

J. Richards

No	37
Date of Notice	29 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Lindsay Green	Una Ivy Leighton
BDM Match (76%)	Thomas Lindsay	Ella Ivy Leighton
	💍 1913/1308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	5 years	3 days
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. A. Lindsay, Dudley Road, Moa District
Folio	13/792
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Richards

10 February 1913

Henry Reginald Billing
Adelaide Lewis

Henry Reginald Billing
Adelaide Lewis
💍 1913/1533

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

30
30

Inglewood
Inglewood

4 years
4 years

At the Church of England at Tariki

13/1044

10 February 1913

C. Houchen

No	38
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Reginald Billing	Adelaide Lewis
	💍 1913/1533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	At the Church of England at Tariki
Folio	13/1044
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	C. Houchen

25 February 1913

Henry James Robertson
Minnie Alice Peters

Henry James Robertson
Minnie Alice Peters
💍 1913/1309

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
18

Inglewood
Inglewood

3 days
2 years

At the residence of James Peters, Standish St.

13/793

James Peters, father of Minnie Alice Peters

25 February 1913

J. Richards

No	39
Date of Notice	25 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Robertson	Minnie Alice Peters
	💍 1913/1309
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of James Peters, Standish St.
Folio	13/793
Consent	James Peters, father of Minnie Alice Peters
Date of Certificate	25 February 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Richards

19 March 1913

Albert Turner
Daisy Mary Coad

Albert Turner
Daisy Mary Coad
💍 1913/1311

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
18

Inglewood
Inglewood

21 years
18 years

At the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, Dudley Road, Moa District

13/794

William Henry Coad, father of Daisy Mary Coad

19 March 1913

J. Richards

No	40
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Turner	Daisy Mary Coad
	💍 1913/1311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, Dudley Road, Moa District
Folio	13/794
Consent	William Henry Coad, father of Daisy Mary Coad
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	J. 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).