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

1282

4 November 1913

Oliver John Duck
Hester Amy Tracknell

Oliver John Tuck
Hester Amy Cracknall
💍 1913/7444

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

35
32

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
4 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Queen Street, Auckland

13/6993

8 November 1913

Rev. H. K. Kempton

No	1282
Date of Notice	4 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver John Duck	Hester Amy Tracknell
BDM Match (92%)	Oliver John Tuck	Hester Amy Cracknall
	💍 1913/7444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Queen Street, Auckland
Folio	13/6993
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. K. Kempton

1283

4 November 1913

Francis Daniel Poole
Isabella Catherine Cowen Lochead

Francis Daniel Poole
Isabella Catherine Cowen Lochead
💍 1913/7757

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

33
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 month

St. Luke's Church, Remuera

13/7524

4 November 1913

Rev. J. S. Monro

No	1283
Date of Notice	4 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Daniel Poole	Isabella Catherine Cowen Lochead
	💍 1913/7757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/7524
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Monro

1284

4 November 1913

William Davidson Reed
Frances Muriel Reed

George William Davidson
Frances Muriel Reed
💍 1913/6687

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

13/6420

Harriet Crowell, Mother

4 November 1913

Registrar

No	1284
Date of Notice	4 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Davidson Reed	Frances Muriel Reed
BDM Match (74%)	George William Davidson	Frances Muriel Reed
	💍 1913/6687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6420
Consent	Harriet Crowell, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1285

4 November 1913

William Anderson Smith
Norah Louisa Smith (otherwise Martin)

William Anderson
Norah Louisa Smith
💍 1913/6688

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Vendor

24
17

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 months

Registrar's Office

13/6421

Mary Jane Smith, Mother

4 November 1913

Registrar

No	1285
Date of Notice	4 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Anderson Smith	Norah Louisa Smith (otherwise Martin)
BDM Match (61%)	William Anderson	Norah Louisa Smith
	💍 1913/6688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Vendor
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6421
Consent	Mary Jane Smith, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1286

4 November 1913

Percy Evans Pasta
Rosa Blanche Pasta

Percy Evans
Rosa Blanche Vasta
💍 1913/7450

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

36
29

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
10 years

St. Matthew's Church

13/6944

4 November 1913

Rev. H. F. Robjohns

No	1286
Date of Notice	4 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Evans Pasta	Rosa Blanche Pasta
BDM Match (80%)	Percy Evans	Rosa Blanche Vasta
	💍 1913/7450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/6944
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Robjohns

1287

4 November 1913

William Forrest Anderson
Harriett Rosetta Anderson

William Forrest
Harriett Rosetta Anderson
💍 1913/6689

Bachelor
Widow

Waterside Worker

46
36

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office

13/6422

4 November 1913

Registrar

No	1287
Date of Notice	4 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Forrest Anderson	Harriett Rosetta Anderson
BDM Match (81%)	William Forrest	Harriett Rosetta Anderson
	💍 1913/6689
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Waterside Worker
Age	46	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6422
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1288

5 November 1913

Percy Herbert Mason
Edith Mellam Mason

Percy Herbert Mason
Edith Mettam
💍 1913/7104

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

The Church, Swanson

13/6861

5 November 1913

Rev. J. Aissett

No	1288
Date of Notice	5 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Herbert Mason	Edith Mellam Mason
BDM Match (78%)	Percy Herbert Mason	Edith Mettam
	💍 1913/7104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	The Church, Swanson
Folio	13/6861
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aissett

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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).