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 934

District of Stratford Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar J. S. James

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

16 July 1913

Ernest Frederick Huse
Mary Beatrice Latham

Ernest Frederick Huse
Mary Beatrice Latham
💍 1913/5428

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager

27
28

Midhurst
Midhurst

2 years
17 years

Methodist Church, Midhurst

13/5160

16 July 1913

Rev. Edward Bandy, Methodist

No	39
Date of Notice	16 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Frederick Huse	Mary Beatrice Latham
	💍 1913/5428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Midhurst	Midhurst
Length of Residence	2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Midhurst
Folio	13/5160
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Bandy, Methodist

31 July 1913

Percival Bond
Olive Mona Childs

Percival Bond
Olive Mona Childs
💍 1913/6221

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy factory assistant

24
21

Eltham
Stratford

4 years
19 years

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford

13/5956

31 July 1913

Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

No	40
Date of Notice	31 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Bond	Olive Mona Childs
	💍 1913/6221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy factory assistant
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Stratford
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Folio	13/5956
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

2 August 1913

Michael Aloysius Kelly
Johanna Christina Breen

Michael Aloysius Kelly
Johanna Christina Breen
💍 1913/5435

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
22

Otakeho
Stratford

2 weeks
12 years

Roman Catholic Church, Stratford

13/5167

2 August 1913

Rev. Father J. J. Maples, Roman Catholic

No	41
Date of Notice	2 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Aloysius Kelly	Johanna Christina Breen
	💍 1913/5435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Otakeho	Stratford
Length of Residence	2 weeks	12 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Stratford
Folio	13/5167
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father J. J. Maples, Roman Catholic

4 August 1913

Howard Rushley Wickham
Gladys Ellen Neal

Howard Rushley Wickham
Gladys Ellen Neal
💍 1913/5436

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
22

Kaponga
Stratford

3 months
12 years

Residence of John Neal, Opunake Road, Stratford

13/5168

4 August 1913

Rev. C. Bandy, Methodist

No	42
Date of Notice	4 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Howard Rushley Wickham	Gladys Ellen Neal
	💍 1913/5436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Stratford
Length of Residence	3 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Neal, Opunake Road, Stratford
Folio	13/5168
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Bandy, Methodist

4 August 1913

Stanley Wilson Hill
Elsie Florence James

Stanley Wilson Hill
Elsie Florence James
💍 1913/6222

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
28

Ngaere
Ngaere

1 year
1 month

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford

13/5957

4 August 1913

Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

No	43
Date of Notice	4 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Wilson Hill	Elsie Florence James
	💍 1913/6222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Ngaere	Ngaere
Length of Residence	1 year	1 month
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Folio	13/5957
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

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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).