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 319

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

5 June 1913

William Sydwell Burt

Widower

Chief

Gisborne

10 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/2360

5 June 1913

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	92
Date of Notice	5 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sydwell Burt
Condition	Widower
Profession	Chief
Age	36
Dwelling Place	Gisborne
Length of Residence	10 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/2360
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

5 June 1913

George Fyfe Sick
Hoelaw Curtin

Bachelor
Widow

Accountant & Agent
Housekeeper

26
42

Gisborne
Gisborne

5 years
25 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/2361

5 June 1913

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	93
Date of Notice	5 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Fyfe Sick	Hoelaw Curtin
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Accountant & Agent	Housekeeper
Age	26	42
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 years	25 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/2361
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

5 June 1913

Thomas Union Preston
Alice Wilson

David Taylor
Alice Wilson
💍 1913/4259

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Milliner

22
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 years
3 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/2362

5 June 1913

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	94
Date of Notice	5 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Union Preston	Alice Wilson
BDM Match (60%)	David Taylor	Alice Wilson
	💍 1913/4259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Milliner
Age	22	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/2362
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

6 June 1913

England Howe Chow
Ellen Budge

Thomas Union Bristow
Ellen Budge
💍 1913/531

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

25
20

Tahora, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

Life
4 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/2363

6 June 1913

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	95
Date of Notice	6 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	England Howe Chow	Ellen Budge
BDM Match (60%)	Thomas Union Bristow	Ellen Budge
	💍 1913/531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Tahora, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/2363
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

6 June 1913

Charles Emil Loudrup
Tollau Sarah Fredwig

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachdriver
Domestic Servant

20
22

Murwai, Poverty Bay
Tahora

2 years
About 5 years

Private residence of Bridegroom's father, Murwai

13/2364

Annie Clawson (Mother)

6 June 1913

Rev. Henry Thos. Rawnsley, Church of England

No	96
Date of Notice	6 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Emil Loudrup	Tollau Sarah Fredwig
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachdriver	Domestic Servant
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Murwai, Poverty Bay	Tahora
Length of Residence	2 years	About 5 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Bridegroom's father, Murwai
Folio	13/2364
Consent	Annie Clawson (Mother)
Date of Certificate	6 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Thos. Rawnsley, Church of England

9 June 1913

Charles Harvey O'Brien
Vera May Hudson

Charles Harvey O'Brien
Rosa Bateman Bateman
💍 1913/533

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Domestic Servant

35
17

Waihora, Poverty Bay
Tiniroto, Poverty Bay

10 years
17 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/2364

Annie Clawson (Mother) (Patutahi)

9 June 1913

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	97
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Harvey O'Brien	Vera May Hudson
BDM Match (63%)	Charles Harvey O'Brien	Rosa Bateman Bateman
	💍 1913/533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Domestic Servant
Age	35	17
Dwelling Place	Waihora, Poverty Bay	Tiniroto, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	10 years	17 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/2364
Consent	Annie Clawson (Mother) (Patutahi)
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

9 June 1913

Thomas Bruce Spence
Rosa Bateman Coleman

Thomas Bruce Spence
Sarah Emma Jane Marshall
💍 1913/534

Widower
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

44
19

Gisborne
Kaiteratahi, Poverty Bay

20 years
2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

13/2365

Rosalind Bateman (Mother)

9 June 1913

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	98
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Bruce Spence	Rosa Bateman Coleman
BDM Match (63%)	Thomas Bruce Spence	Sarah Emma Jane Marshall
	💍 1913/534
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	44	19
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Kaiteratahi, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	20 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	13/2365
Consent	Rosalind Bateman (Mother)
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

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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).