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

1380

29 November 1913

John Gogden
Johannah Palmer

John Fogden
Johannah Palmer
💍 1913/6730

Divorced
Widow

Labourer

55
40

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
9 months

Registrar's office

13/6439

29 November 1913

Registrar

No	1380
Date of Notice	29 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Gogden	Johannah Palmer
BDM Match (95%)	John Fogden	Johannah Palmer
	💍 1913/6730
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	55	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	13/6439
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1381

2 December 1913

William Armstrong Boucher
Gladys Lillian Hill

William Armstrong Boucher
Gladys Lillian Hill
💍 1913/7418

Bachelor
Spinster

Produce Broker

25
20

Auckland
Remuera

2 years
5 days

St. Mark's Church

13/6836

2 December 1913

Rev. W. Beatty

No	1381
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Armstrong Boucher	Gladys Lillian Hill
	💍 1913/7418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Produce Broker
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	2 years	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	13/6836
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty

1382

2 December 1913

William Augustus Joshua Holland
Susan Cameron

William Augustus Joshua Hollamby
Susan Cameron
💍 1913/6707

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

Registrar's office

13/6440

2 December 1913

Registrar

No	1382
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Augustus Joshua Holland	Susan Cameron
BDM Match (95%)	William Augustus Joshua Hollamby	Susan Cameron
	💍 1913/6707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	13/6440
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1383

2 December 1913

John Henry Eyre
Alexandria Muir

John Henry Eye
Alexandria Muir
💍 1913/9043

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 week

House of Bride's Father, Mangere

8745

2 December 1913

Rev. C. C. Parker

No	1383
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Eyre	Alexandria Muir
BDM Match (97%)	John Henry Eye	Alexandria Muir
	💍 1913/9043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Mangere
Folio	8745
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Parker

1384

2 December 1913

Herbert Theodore Halliwell
Mary Barnwell McFarland

Herbert Theodore Halliwell
Mary Barnwell McFarland
💍 1913/7231

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister & Solicitor

51
42

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
9 years

Presbyterian Church, Devonport

13/6993

2 December 1913

Rev. J. S. Bertram

No	1384
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Theodore Halliwell	Mary Barnwell McFarland
	💍 1913/7231
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister & Solicitor
Age	51	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Devonport
Folio	13/6993
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Bertram

1385

2 December 1913

David Henry Clarkson
Sibyl Pamell

David Henry Clarkson
Sybil Payne
💍 1913/7220

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Engineer

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
3 1/2 years

Congregational Church, Ponsonby

13/6956

2 December 1913

Rev. E. A. Bridger

No	1385
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Henry Clarkson	Sibyl Pamell
BDM Match (75%)	David Henry Clarkson	Sybil Payne
	💍 1913/7220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Engineer
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/6956
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridger

1386

2 December 1913

Henry Victor Peploe
Amy Lucy Marder

Henry Victor Peploe
Amy Lucy Marder
💍 1913/6708

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
9 months

Registrar's office

13/6441

2 December 1913

Registrar

No	1386
Date of Notice	2 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Victor Peploe	Amy Lucy Marder
	💍 1913/6708
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	13/6441
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).