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 Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1913 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

1437

12 December 1913

Samuel Bradley
Lena Sarvig

Bachelor
Spinster

Tanner

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 months

Registrar's Office

Not Sold

12 December 1913

Registrar

No	1437
Date of Notice	12 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Bradley	Lena Sarvig
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tanner
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	Not Sold
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1438

13 December 1913

Ernest Thomas Nicholls
Grace McDonald

Ernest Thomas Nicholls
May McDonald
💍 1913/3561

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 years

St. Matthews Church

13/7021

13 December 1913

Rev. A. Holville

No	1438
Date of Notice	13 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Thomas Nicholls	Grace McDonald
BDM Match (86%)	Ernest Thomas Nicholls	May McDonald
	💍 1913/3561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	13/7021
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Holville

1439

13 December 1913

William Victor Johnson
Evelyn Tucker

William Victor Johnson
Evelyn Tucker
💍 1913/7233

Bachelor
Spinster

Table Porter

26
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Home of R. R. Infant, 8 Harbour St.

13/6977

13 December 1913

Rev. R. Raine

No	1439
Date of Notice	13 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Victor Johnson	Evelyn Tucker
	💍 1913/7233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Table Porter
Age	26	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of R. R. Infant, 8 Harbour St.
Folio	13/6977
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

1440

13 December 1913

William Joseph Swindells
Nellie Louise Knaab

William Joseph Swindells
Nellie Louisa Schaab
💍 1913/7081

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

34
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/6813

13 December 1913

Rev. P. O'Malley

No	1440
Date of Notice	13 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Swindells	Nellie Louise Knaab
BDM Match (90%)	William Joseph Swindells	Nellie Louisa Schaab
	💍 1913/7081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/6813
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Malley

1441

13 December 1913

Walter Charles Hicks
Florence Henn Ander

Walter Charles Hicks
Florence Henn
💍 1913/8451

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St.

8267

Florence Henn, Mother

13 December 1913

Rev. R. Ready

No	1441
Date of Notice	13 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Hicks	Florence Henn Ander
BDM Match (84%)	Walter Charles Hicks	Florence Henn
	💍 1913/8451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St.
Folio	8267
Consent	Florence Henn, Mother
Date of Certificate	13 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready

1442

13 December 1913

Abel Harris Fraser
Rebecca Hodgen

Abel Barris Fraser
Rebecca Hodgson
💍 1913/7253

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 years

St. Matthews Church

13/7016

13 December 1913

Rev. A. T. Robjohns

No	1442
Date of Notice	13 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Abel Harris Fraser	Rebecca Hodgen
BDM Match (91%)	Abel Barris Fraser	Rebecca Hodgson
	💍 1913/7253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	13/7016
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. T. Robjohns

1443

15 December 1913

Frederick William Sutherland
Alice Mary Osborne

Frederick William Butterfield
Alice Mary Osborne
💍 1913/7439

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
2 years

St. Barnabas Church

13/6834

15 December 1913

Rev. S. Heatley

No	1443
Date of Notice	15 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Sutherland	Alice Mary Osborne
BDM Match (90%)	Frederick William Butterfield	Alice Mary Osborne
	💍 1913/7439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church
Folio	13/6834
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Heatley

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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).