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 Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1913 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

15 November 1913

William Frederick Johnstone
Emily Winifred Jones

William Frederick Johnstone
Emily Winifred Jones
💍 1913/7307

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
26

Paeroa
Wharepoa

16 months
6 years

In the house of Mrs Wallace Jones, Wharepoa

13/7094

15 November 1913

Rev John Patterson, Church of England

No	49
Date of Notice	15 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Johnstone	Emily Winifred Jones
	💍 1913/7307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	16 months	6 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Wallace Jones, Wharepoa
Folio	13/7094
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev John Patterson, Church of England

3 December 1913

George Davis
Frances Wilhelmina Herivel

George Davis
Frances Wilhelmina Herivel
💍 1913/7739

Bachelor
Spinster

Cinematograph Operator
Dressmaker

23
18

Waihi
Thames

1 month
18 years

In the house of Mrs Herivel, Paranu Road, Thames

13/7526

Father

3 December 1913

Rev H. Wallace, Baptist & Congregational

No	50
Date of Notice	3 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Davis	Frances Wilhelmina Herivel
	💍 1913/7739
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cinematograph Operator	Dressmaker
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Thames
Length of Residence	1 month	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Herivel, Paranu Road, Thames
Folio	13/7526
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	3 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev H. Wallace, Baptist & Congregational

15 December 1913

John Knox Lamb
Mary Caroline Muir

John Knox Lamb
Mary Caroline Muir
💍 1913/7284

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Merchant
Tailoress

42
32

Thames
Thames

40 years
32 years

Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

13/7098

15 December 1913

Rev J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	51
Date of Notice	15 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Knox Lamb	Mary Caroline Muir
	💍 1913/7284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Merchant	Tailoress
Age	42	32
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	40 years	32 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	13/7098
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Milne, Presbyterian

16 December 1913

George Meikle
Sarah Jessie Robina Rodgers

George Meikle
Sarah Jessie Robina Rodgers
💍 1913/7285

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman
Domestic duties

29
21

Wharepoa
Wharepoa

3 months
21 years

St James's Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

13/7099

16 December 1913

Rev J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	16 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Meikle	Sarah Jessie Robina Rodgers
	💍 1913/7285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman	Domestic duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Wharepoa	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	3 months	21 years
Marriage Place	St James's Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	13/7099
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Milne, Presbyterian

16 December 1913

Roy Arthur Stephenson
Sara Halligan

Roy Arthur Stephenson
Sara Halligan
💍 1913/7288

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Engineer
Shop Assistant

22
26

Thames
Thames

9 years
12 months

In the house of Mrs E. Hardman, Sealey Street, Thames

13/7102

16 December 1913

Rev G. H. J. Spence, Methodist

No	53
Date of Notice	16 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Arthur Stephenson	Sara Halligan
	💍 1913/7288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Engineer	Shop Assistant
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	9 years	12 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs E. Hardman, Sealey Street, Thames
Folio	13/7102
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev G. H. J. Spence, Methodist

22 December 1913

Thomas Robert Phelan
Evaline Ada Kirk

Thomas Robert Phelan
Evaline Ada Kirk
💍 1913/7289

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

37
23

Thames
Thames

5 days
2 weeks

St George's Church of England, MacKay Street, Thames

13/7103

22 December 1913

Rev J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	54
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Robert Phelan	Evaline Ada Kirk
	💍 1913/7289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	37	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St George's Church of England, MacKay Street, Thames
Folio	13/7103
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. O'Callaghan, 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).