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).

Page 943

District of Waimate Plains Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar Horace Dixon

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

14 May 1913

James Edward Phillips
Gladys Elizabeth McHugh

James Edward Phillips
Gladys Elizabeth McHugh
💍 1913/3206

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic

34
27

Manaia
Manaia

3 days
8 years

St Cuthbert's Church

13/2979

14 May 1913

Rev. W. F. Stent

No	5
Date of Notice	14 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Phillips	Gladys Elizabeth McHugh
	💍 1913/3206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	St Cuthbert's Church
Folio	13/2979
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Stent

4 June 1913

James Albert Paterson Boothen
Ivy Grace Ricketts

James Albert Paterson Bootten
Ivy Grace Ricketts
💍 1913/3163

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
21

Manaia
Manaia

4 days
3 years

Methodist Church

13/3026

4 June 1913

Rev. A. R. Speirs

No	6
Date of Notice	4 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Albert Paterson Boothen	Ivy Grace Ricketts
BDM Match (98%)	James Albert Paterson Bootten	Ivy Grace Ricketts
	💍 1913/3163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/3026
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Speirs

16 June 1913

Leonard Charles Harrison
Selina Meredith

Leonard Charles Harrison
Selina Meredith
💍 1913/3192

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

26
26

Matapu
Matapu

2 years
3 weeks

Residence of Arthur

13/2989

16 June 1913

Rev. J. B. Davies

No	7
Date of Notice	16 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Charles Harrison	Selina Meredith
	💍 1913/3192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Matapu	Matapu
Length of Residence	2 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Arthur
Folio	13/2989
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Davies

21 June 1913

Arthur Fenwick Maude
Anne Constance Young

Arthur Fenwick Maude
Annie Constance Young
💍 1913/3207

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager
Domestic

38
33

Ota Keho
Ota Keho

7 days
30 years

St John's the Divine

13/2980

21 June 1913

Rev. W. F. Stent

No	8
Date of Notice	21 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Fenwick Maude	Anne Constance Young
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Fenwick Maude	Annie Constance Young
	💍 1913/3207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager	Domestic
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Ota Keho	Ota Keho
Length of Residence	7 days	30 years
Marriage Place	St John's the Divine
Folio	13/2980
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Stent

23 June 1913

George Patrick Ryan
Anastasia Harrington

George Patrick Ryan
Anastasia Harrington
💍 1913/3156

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
24

Matapu
Ota Kaiawa

3 days
8 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ota Kaiawa

13/3003

23 June 1913

Rev. W. J. Saunderson

No	9
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Patrick Ryan	Anastasia Harrington
	💍 1913/3156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Matapu	Ota Kaiawa
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ota Kaiawa
Folio	13/3003
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Saunderson

24 June 1913

John Henry White
Mabel Amelia Johnstone

John Henry White
Mabel Amelia Johnstone
💍 1913/3208

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
36

O Kaiawa
O Kaiawa

3 days
17 years

Church of England, O Kaiawa

13/2981

24 June 1913

Rev. W. F. Stent

No	10
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry White	Mabel Amelia Johnstone
	💍 1913/3208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	36
Dwelling Place	O Kaiawa	O Kaiawa
Length of Residence	3 days	17 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, O Kaiawa
Folio	13/2981
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Stent

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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).