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 235

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1913

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

1493

22 December 1913

Richard Henry Newton Powder
Kathleen Duffy

Richard Henry Newton Bowden
Kathleen Duffy
💍 1914/422

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Registrar's Office

14/1143

2 January 1914

Registrar

No	1493
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Newton Powder	Kathleen Duffy
BDM Match (96%)	Richard Henry Newton Bowden	Kathleen Duffy
	💍 1914/422
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/1143
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1494

22 December 1913

Henry Francis Holder
Jane Rankin Brodie

Henry Francis Holder
Jane Rankin Brodie
💍 1913/7057

Bachelor
Spinster

Cart Mason Builder

46
38

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

House of Mrs. Ander, Durriew Road

13/6789

22 December 1913

R. A. Murray

No	1494
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Holder	Jane Rankin Brodie
	💍 1913/7057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cart Mason Builder
Age	46	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Ander, Durriew Road
Folio	13/6789
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	R. A. Murray

1495

22 December 1913

Ernest Albert Hampson
Edith Elsie Goldsmith

Ernest Albert Flanigan
Edith Elsie Goldsmith
💍 1914/421

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 years

Registrar's Office

14/112

5 January 1914

Registrar

No	1495
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Albert Hampson	Edith Elsie Goldsmith
BDM Match (86%)	Ernest Albert Flanigan	Edith Elsie Goldsmith
	💍 1914/421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/112
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1496

22 December 1913

Arthur Lindsay Robinson
Maude Estelle McEwan

Arthur Lindsay Robinson
Maude Estelle McEwan
💍 1914/6811

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

St. Andrew's Church

13/516

22 December 1913

R. A. Murray

No	1496
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lindsay Robinson	Maude Estelle McEwan
	💍 1914/6811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	13/516
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	R. A. Murray

1497

22 December 1913

Alfred Everton Ridler
Frances Bertha Dickson

Alfred Eperton Ridner
Frances Bertha Hickson
💍 1913/7435

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Engineer

32
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Christ Church, Ellerslie

13/6830

22 December 1913

Arch. W. Calder

No	1497
Date of Notice	22 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Everton Ridler	Frances Bertha Dickson
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Eperton Ridner	Frances Bertha Hickson
	💍 1913/7435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Engineer
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Ellerslie
Folio	13/6830
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Arch. W. Calder

1498

29 December 1913

Albert Edward Newell
Frieda Edna Braddell

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

19
17

Auckland
Auckland

1 year

Registrar's Office

14/1144

Father

6 January 1914

Registrar

No	1498
Date of Notice	29 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Newell	Frieda Edna Braddell
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence		1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/1144
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1499

23 December 1913

Matthew George Herdsman
Ida Evelyn Sayford

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi Cab Driver

23
17

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

Office of R. J. Howden, Customs Building

14/4431

R. J. Howden, father

6 January 1914

R. J. Howden

No	1499
Date of Notice	23 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew George Herdsman	Ida Evelyn Sayford
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi Cab Driver
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	Office of R. J. Howden, Customs Building
Folio	14/4431
Consent	R. J. Howden, father
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	R. J. Howden

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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).