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 Pukekohe Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar Robert Lellowes Webster

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

1 August 1913

Herbert Andrew Monk
Alice Mary Bealing

Herbert Andrew Monk
Alice Mary Bealing
💍 1913/8972

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Domestic duties

27
23

Present Buckland, usual Feilding
Present Buckland, usual Feilding

3 days Residence of M. Bealing
7 years Residence of M. Bealing

Buckland

8453

1 August 1913

J. P. Blamires

No	25
Date of Notice	1 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Andrew Monk	Alice Mary Bealing
	💍 1913/8972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Domestic duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Present Buckland, usual Feilding	Present Buckland, usual Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days Residence of M. Bealing	7 years Residence of M. Bealing
Marriage Place	Buckland
Folio	8453
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1913
Officiating Minister	J. P. Blamires

30 August 1913

David McGill
Jessie Elizabeth Harris

David McGill
Jessie Elizabeth Harris
💍 1913/8677

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
18

Pokeno
Pokeno

2 years Pokeno
2 years Pokeno

8609

David Harris, father

30 August 1913

Samuel Nixon

No	26
Date of Notice	30 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David McGill	Jessie Elizabeth Harris
	💍 1913/8677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Pokeno	Pokeno
Length of Residence	2 years Pokeno	2 years Pokeno
Marriage Place
Folio	8609
Consent	David Harris, father
Date of Certificate	30 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Samuel Nixon

3 September 1913

Sidney Herbert Kay
Jane Stokes

Sidney Herbert Kay
Jane Stokes
💍 1913/8965

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
21

Present Bombay, usual Maungatawhiri
Bombay

3 days Residence of J. Stokes
4 months Bombay

8452

3 September 1913

E. P. Blamires

No	27
Date of Notice	3 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Herbert Kay	Jane Stokes
	💍 1913/8965
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Present Bombay, usual Maungatawhiri	Bombay
Length of Residence	3 days Residence of J. Stokes	4 months Bombay
Marriage Place
Folio	8452
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1913
Officiating Minister	E. P. Blamires

10 September 1913

Henry William Driver
Ellen Loudon Brown

Henry William Driver
Ellen Lonsdale Brown
💍 1913/5393

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Domestic duties

32
26

Buckland
Pukekohe

13 years St. Andrews Church
8 years Pukekohe

St. Andrews Church

13/5098

10 September 1913

Frank B. Dobson

No	28
Date of Notice	10 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Driver	Ellen Loudon Brown
BDM Match (88%)	Henry William Driver	Ellen Lonsdale Brown
	💍 1913/5393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Domestic duties
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Buckland	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	13 years St. Andrews Church	8 years Pukekohe
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church
Folio	13/5098
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Frank B. Dobson

12 September 1913

James Fraser Anderson
Jemima Ann Anderson

James Fraser
Jemima Ann Anderson
💍 1913/8769

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

30
27

Pokeno
Pokeno

10 months Residence of W. R. Fraser
14 days Pokeno

8598

12 September 1913

Chas. R. Porter

No	29
Date of Notice	12 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Fraser Anderson	Jemima Ann Anderson
BDM Match (79%)	James Fraser	Jemima Ann Anderson
	💍 1913/8769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Pokeno	Pokeno
Length of Residence	10 months Residence of W. R. Fraser	14 days Pokeno
Marriage Place
Folio	8598
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Chas. R. Porter

13 September 1913

George Edwin Svendsen
Hilda Margaret Svendsen

George Edwin Fawsett
Hilda Margaret Amelia Svendsen
💍 1913/5392

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
21

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

26 years St. Andrews Church
3 weeks Pukekohe

St. Andrews Church

13/5097

13 September 1913

Frank B. Dobson

No	30
Date of Notice	13 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edwin Svendsen	Hilda Margaret Svendsen
BDM Match (72%)	George Edwin Fawsett	Hilda Margaret Amelia Svendsen
	💍 1913/5392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	26 years St. Andrews Church	3 weeks Pukekohe
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church
Folio	13/5097
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Frank B. Dobson

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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).