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 Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar James Shiner Bond

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

9 June 1913

Lloyd Mandeno
Constance May Woodward

Lloyd Maudeno
Constance Mary Woodward
💍 1913/4581

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Domestic duties

24
24

Frankton Junction
Mangere

6 weeks
18 years

Anglican Church, Mangere Bridge

13/4034

9 June 1913

M. Kirkbride

No	64
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lloyd Mandeno	Constance May Woodward
BDM Match (94%)	Lloyd Maudeno	Constance Mary Woodward
	💍 1913/4581
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Mangere
Length of Residence	6 weeks	18 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Mangere Bridge
Folio	13/4034
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	M. Kirkbride

9 June 1913

Peter Henry Owens
Gladys Maude O'Neill

Peter Henry Owens
Gladys Maude O'Neill
💍 1913/6504

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas-fitter
Domestic Duties

27
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
21 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

13/6217

9 June 1913

Dean J. C. Darby

No	65
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Henry Owens	Gladys Maude O'Neill
	💍 1913/6504
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas-fitter	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	13/6217
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Dean J. C. Darby

9 June 1913

Arthur Beaumont Boyce
Alice Rogers

Arthur Beaumont Boyce
Alice Rogers
💍 1913/3652

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

31
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
24 years

St. Peters Anglican Church, Hamilton

13/2849

9 June 1913

Archdeacon Cowrie

No	66
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Beaumont Boyce	Alice Rogers
	💍 1913/3652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Anglican Church, Hamilton
Folio	13/2849
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Cowrie

11 June 1913

George John Baker
Mary Isabel Popham

George John Baxter
Mary Isabel Popham
💍 1913/3258

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home Duties

26
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

20 years
1 year

Wesleyan Church, Hamilton

13/2857

11 June 1913

J. W. Wrigley

No	67
Date of Notice	11 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George John Baker	Mary Isabel Popham
BDM Match (94%)	George John Baxter	Mary Isabel Popham
	💍 1913/3258
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	20 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Hamilton
Folio	13/2857
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1913
Officiating Minister	J. W. Wrigley

13 June 1913

Arthur Richard Baker
Louisa Langford Gavey

Arthur Richard Baker
Louisa Longford Gavey
💍 1913/5406

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic Duties

40
42

Hamilton
Onehunga

3 years
10 years

St. Peters Anglican Church, Onehunga

13/5038

13 June 1913

Canon Haselden

No	68
Date of Notice	13 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Richard Baker	Louisa Langford Gavey
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Richard Baker	Louisa Longford Gavey
	💍 1913/5406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic Duties
Age	40	42
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Anglican Church, Onehunga
Folio	13/5038
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Canon Haselden

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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).