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 Chepan

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

1366

26 November 1913

Alfred George Little
Constance Louisa Prosser Buchanan

Alfred Goerge Little
Constance Louisa Prosser Buchanan
💍 1913/7454

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Agent

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

Methodist Church, Devonport

13/6947

26 November 1913

Rev. P. H. Mann

No	1366
Date of Notice	26 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Little	Constance Louisa Prosser Buchanan
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Goerge Little	Constance Louisa Prosser Buchanan
	💍 1913/7454
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	13/6947
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Mann

1367

27 November 1913

Reginald Delmage Bell Wood
Dora Christina Braddick

Reginald Delmagi Pell Woods
Dora Christina Madder
💍 1913/8863

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
11 years

Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu

8367

27 November 1913

Rev. P. H. Fillan

No	1367
Date of Notice	27 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Delmage Bell Wood	Dora Christina Braddick
BDM Match (84%)	Reginald Delmagi Pell Woods	Dora Christina Madder
	💍 1913/8863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu
Folio	8367
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Fillan

1368

27 November 1913

Lawrence Matthew Corbett
Nora Frances Seemparke

Lawrence Matthew Corbett
Norah Frances Beerparke
💍 1913/8439

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

St. Benedict's Church

8232

27 November 1913

Rev. P. H. Fillan

No	1368
Date of Notice	27 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Matthew Corbett	Nora Frances Seemparke
BDM Match (94%)	Lawrence Matthew Corbett	Norah Frances Beerparke
	💍 1913/8439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	8232
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Fillan

1369

27 November 1913

Eric Lovelock Crowe
Mabel Hilda Goldsmith

Eric Lovelock Crowe
Mabel Hilda Goldsmith
💍 1913/7456

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

19
17

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
7 years

House of Bride's Mother, Haslett St.

13/6949

George Crowe, father of groom; Kate Goldsmith, mother of bride

27 November 1913

Rev. D. A. Thompson

No	1369
Date of Notice	27 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Lovelock Crowe	Mabel Hilda Goldsmith
	💍 1913/7456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, Haslett St.
Folio	13/6949
Consent	George Crowe, father of groom; Kate Goldsmith, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	27 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. A. Thompson

1370

27 November 1913

Sealy Andrews
Laura Bertha Mumbey

Straty Andrews
Stauraula Berthembes
💍 1913/7208

Bachelor
Spinster

Restaurant Keeper

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
6 days

St. Matthew's Church

13/6952

27 November 1913

Rev. A. H. Seville

No	1370
Date of Notice	27 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sealy Andrews	Laura Bertha Mumbey
BDM Match (64%)	Straty Andrews	Stauraula Berthembes
	💍 1913/7208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Restaurant Keeper
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	6 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/6952
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Seville

1371

27 November 1913

Albert Oswald McLeod
Alice Maud Heap

Albert Oswald McLeod
Alice Maud Heap
💍 1913/6727

Bachelor
Spinster

Letterpress Machinist

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
16 years

Registrar's Office

13/6436

27 November 1913

Registrar

No	1371
Date of Notice	27 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Oswald McLeod	Alice Maud Heap
	💍 1913/6727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letterpress Machinist
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6436
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1372

27 November 1913

Walter Clark
Grace Ophelia Beon

Walter Clark
Grace Ophelia Seon
💍 1913/7216

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier

38
33

Rawene
Auckland

2 years
16 years

St. David's Church, Owhango

13/6954

27 November 1913

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	1372
Date of Notice	27 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Clark	Grace Ophelia Beon
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Clark	Grace Ophelia Seon
	💍 1913/7216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Rawene	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Owhango
Folio	13/6954
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

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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).