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 September 1913 Registrar P. E. Ward

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 July 1913

Maurice Norman Stanley Rogers
Gwendoline Davies

Maurice Norman Stanley Rogers
Gwendoline Davies
💍 1913/5527

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
22

Mangatoki
Mahoe

24 years
6 years

Wesleyan Church

13/5196

12 July 1913

Rev. H. White

No	9
Date of Notice	2 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Norman Stanley Rogers	Gwendoline Davies
	💍 1913/5527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Mangatoki	Mahoe
Length of Residence	24 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	13/5196
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. White

4 July 1913

Frederick Gordon Bailey
Lilian Amy Prestage

Frederick Gordon Bailey
Lilian Amy Prestidge
💍 1913/5539

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Housekeeper

22
23

Okaiawa
Matapu

16 years
16 years

Residence of Prestage Duthie Rd

13/5195

14 July 1913

V. N. McKenzie

No	10
Date of Notice	4 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Gordon Bailey	Lilian Amy Prestage
BDM Match (95%)	Frederick Gordon Bailey	Lilian Amy Prestidge
	💍 1913/5539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Housekeeper
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Okaiawa	Matapu
Length of Residence	16 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Prestage Duthie Rd
Folio	13/5195
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1913
Officiating Minister	V. N. McKenzie

4 July 1913

James Edward Ebbett
Ellen Dawbin

James Edward Tebbutt
Ellen Dawbin
💍 1913/5793

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

35
25

Kaponga
Mangatoki

3 months
3 days

Presbyterian Church Mangatoki

13/5133

14 July 1913

F. W. Robertson

No	11
Date of Notice	4 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Ebbett	Ellen Dawbin
BDM Match (93%)	James Edward Tebbutt	Ellen Dawbin
	💍 1913/5793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Mangatoki
Length of Residence	3 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Mangatoki
Folio	13/5133
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1913
Officiating Minister	F. W. Robertson

11 August 1913

Cornelius Patrick Crowley
Alice May Primmer

Cornelius Patrick Crowley
Alice May Primmer
💍 1913/5545

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
21

Kaponga
Mangatoki

31 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church Kaponga

13/5178

11 August 1913

Rev. Thos. F. Cahill

No	12
Date of Notice	11 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cornelius Patrick Crowley	Alice May Primmer
	💍 1913/5545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Mangatoki
Length of Residence	31 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Kaponga
Folio	13/5178
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. F. Cahill

1 September 1913

Charles Henry Cole
Isabel Caroline Anderson

Charles Henry Cole
Isabel Caroline Anderson
💍 1913/6553

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Domestic Duties

22
25

Tekiri
Auroa

1 week
5 years

Wesleyan Church

13/5921

1 September 1913

Rev. Robt. B. Speirs

No	13
Date of Notice	1 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Cole	Isabel Caroline Anderson
	💍 1913/6553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Tekiri	Auroa
Length of Residence	1 week	5 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	13/5921
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robt. B. Speirs

5 September 1913

William Paterson
Evelyn Maude Lee

William Paterson
Evelyn Maude Lee
💍 1913/5060

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Duties

24
18

Kaponga
Eltham

7 weeks
5 months

Office of the Registrar Eltham

13/4766

The father

15 September 1913

The Registrar of Marriages Eltham

No	14
Date of Notice	5 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Paterson	Evelyn Maude Lee
	💍 1913/5060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Eltham
Length of Residence	7 weeks	5 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar Eltham
Folio	13/4766
Consent	The father
Date of Certificate	15 September 1913
Officiating Minister	The Registrar of Marriages Eltham

22 September 1913

Horace Frank Mellott
Mary Melville

Horace Frank Mellow
Mary Catherine Melville
💍 1913/5546

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
24

Kaponga
Kaponga

17 years
24 years

Roman Catholic Church

13/5179

22 September 1913

Rev. Thomas F. Cahill

No	15
Date of Notice	22 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Frank Mellott	Mary Melville
BDM Match (73%)	Horace Frank Mellow	Mary Catherine Melville
	💍 1913/5546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	17 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	13/5179
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas F. 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).