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 Whangarei Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar Frank Bird

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

13 May 1913

James George Alexander Fraser
Gladys Ada Fetherston Griffen

James George Alexander Fraser
Gladys Ada Fetherston Griffin
💍 1913/4567

Bachelor
Spinster

Stone-Keeper
Domestic

25
23

Maungatapere
Maungatapere

23 years
3 months

Residence of W.M. Fraser, Maungatapere

13/4044

13 May 1913

Rev. G. Calar

No	21
Date of Notice	13 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James George Alexander Fraser	Gladys Ada Fetherston Griffen
BDM Match (98%)	James George Alexander Fraser	Gladys Ada Fetherston Griffin
	💍 1913/4567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stone-Keeper	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Maungatapere	Maungatapere
Length of Residence	23 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of W.M. Fraser, Maungatapere
Folio	13/4044
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Calar

21 May 1913

Vladimus Kokich
Myra Ellen Dent

Hadimer Kokich
Myria Hin Dent
💍 1913/4573

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
21

Kaitaia
Kaitaia

9 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei

13/4049

21 May 1913

Rev. Jensen

No	22
Date of Notice	21 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vladimus Kokich	Myra Ellen Dent
BDM Match (70%)	Hadimer Kokich	Myria Hin Dent
	💍 1913/4573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Kaitaia	Kaitaia
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei
Folio	13/4049
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jensen

28 May 1913

Philip James Western
Marie Jane Wilson

Philip James Western
Marie Jane Wilson
💍 1913/4572

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic

27
22

Whangarei
Otaika

6 months
24 years

Residence of A. Wilson, Otaika

13/4048

28 May 1913

Rev. R.P. Heall

No	23
Date of Notice	28 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip James Western	Marie Jane Wilson
	💍 1913/4572
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Otaika
Length of Residence	6 months	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of A. Wilson, Otaika
Folio	13/4048
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.P. Heall

31 May 1913

Frederick Reynolds
Mary Whitelaw McPhee

Frederick Reynolds
Mary Whitelaw McPhee
💍 1913/4570

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

24
23

Whangarei
Kamo

5 years
23 years

Residence of J. Forthysh, Kamo

13/4046

31 May 1913

Rev. W. Day

No	24
Date of Notice	31 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Reynolds	Mary Whitelaw McPhee
	💍 1913/4570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Kamo
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Forthysh, Kamo
Folio	13/4046
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day

18 June 1913

Arthur John Ferguson
Elizabeth Adelaide Thompson

Arthur John Ferguson
Elizabeth Adelaide Thompson
💍 1913/5378

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
21

Kaitaia
Whangarei

24 years
9 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

13/5084

18 June 1913

Rev. W. Day

No	25
Date of Notice	18 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Ferguson	Elizabeth Adelaide Thompson
	💍 1913/5378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Kaitaia	Whangarei
Length of Residence	24 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	13/5084
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day

23 June 1913

Louis Alfred Langford
Edith Annie Tebbutt

Louis Alfred Langford
Edith Annie Tebbutt
💍 1913/611

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic

31
20

Kioreroa
Towai

1 year
20 years

Residence of Mr. Frank Tebbutt, Towai

13/2917

Frank Tebbutt, father of bride

23 June 1913

Rev. Heall

No	26
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Alfred Langford	Edith Annie Tebbutt
	💍 1913/611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Kioreroa	Towai
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Frank Tebbutt, Towai
Folio	13/2917
Consent	Frank Tebbutt, father of bride
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Heall

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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).