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 Kaponga Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar M. M. Registrar

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 April 1913

Carl Joseph Schumacher
Mina Katherina Ettinger

Carl Joseph Schumacher
Mina Katrina Uttinger
💍 1913/5467

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
31

Kaponga
Kaponga

10 years
2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga

13/498

8 April 1913

Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

No	2
Date of Notice	8 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Joseph Schumacher	Mina Katherina Ettinger
BDM Match (94%)	Carl Joseph Schumacher	Mina Katrina Uttinger
	💍 1913/5467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	10 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga
Folio	13/498
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

18 April 1913

John Notter
Annie Schlumpt

John Notter
Annie Schlumpf
💍 1913/5468

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
29

Kaponga
Kaponga

3 years
9 months

Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga

13/499

18 April 1913

Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

No	3
Date of Notice	18 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Notter	Annie Schlumpt
BDM Match (96%)	John Notter	Annie Schlumpf
	💍 1913/5468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	3 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga
Folio	13/499
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

21 May 1913

Robert David Dagg
Ada Elizabeth Bentley

Robert David Dagg
Ada Elizabeth Bentley
💍 1913/3180

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
27

Kaponga
Kaponga

1 year
2 years

St. Mark's Church, Kaponga

13/302

21 May 1913

Rev. Oswald M. Stewart

No	4
Date of Notice	21 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert David Dagg	Ada Elizabeth Bentley
	💍 1913/3180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Kaponga
Folio	13/302
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Oswald M. Stewart

29 May 1913

Peter Hill
Margaret Lee

Peter Hill
Margaret Lee
💍 1913/3153

Bachelor
Spinster

Process Assistant
Dressmaker

24
22

Mangatoki
Kaponga

2 years
1 month

Dwelling of Mr. Phillip Fisher, Eltham Road, Kaponga

13/302

29 May 1913

Rev. Chas. A. Stewart

No	5
Date of Notice	29 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Hill	Margaret Lee
	💍 1913/3153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Process Assistant	Dressmaker
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Mangatoki	Kaponga
Length of Residence	2 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Phillip Fisher, Eltham Road, Kaponga
Folio	13/302
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Chas. A. Stewart

3 June 1913

John Kelly
Mary Winifred Power

John Kelly
Mary Winniefred Power
💍 1913/5469

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
23

Kaponga
Kaponga

3 days
8 years

Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga

13/500

3 June 1913

Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

No	6
Date of Notice	3 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Kelly	Mary Winifred Power
BDM Match (95%)	John Kelly	Mary Winniefred Power
	💍 1913/5469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga
Folio	13/500
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

3 June 1913

Archie Joseph Crockett
Elizabeth Mary Henry

Archie Joseph Crockett
Elizabeth Mary Henry
💍 1913/4576

Bachelor
Spinster

Waggoner
Domestic Duties

24
22

Kaponga
Matapu

3 days
22 years

Dwelling of Mr. Jas. Henry Guthrie, Rd

13/4029

3 June 1913

Rev. Frank W. Robertson

No	7
Date of Notice	3 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archie Joseph Crockett	Elizabeth Mary Henry
	💍 1913/4576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waggoner	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Matapu
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Jas. Henry Guthrie, Rd
Folio	13/4029
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frank W. Robertson

7 June 1913

John Michael Deegan
Mary Agnes Graney

John Michael Deegan
Mary Agnes McEneaney
💍 1913/5328

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
24

Oaonui
Riverlea

3 days
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga

13/501

10 June 1913

Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

No	8
Date of Notice	7 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Michael Deegan	Mary Agnes Graney
BDM Match (88%)	John Michael Deegan	Mary Agnes McEneaney
	💍 1913/5328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Oaonui	Riverlea
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga
Folio	13/501
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas J. Cahill

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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).