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 30 September 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

935

5 August 1913

George Victor Brown
Dulcie Blanche Brown

George Victor Brown
Dulcie Blanche Brown
💍 1913/5322

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

13/4954

5 August 1913

Rev. F. H. Murray

No	935
Date of Notice	5 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Victor Brown	Dulcie Blanche Brown
	💍 1913/5322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	13/4954
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Murray

936

6 August 1913

Frank William Keam
Mary Hickson

Frank William Kean
Mary Hickson
💍 1913/5242

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
9 months

Church of the Epiphany, Newton

13/4922

6 August 1913

Rev. P. H. Morse

No	936
Date of Notice	6 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank William Keam	Mary Hickson
BDM Match (97%)	Frank William Kean	Mary Hickson
	💍 1913/5242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	9 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Newton
Folio	13/4922
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Morse

937

6 August 1913

Samuel Birch Stoughton
Lizzie Olive Probert

Samuel Birchall Houghton
Lizzie Alice Probert
💍 1913/5190

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland

13/4845

6 August 1913

Rev. G. Ready

No	937
Date of Notice	6 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Birch Stoughton	Lizzie Olive Probert
BDM Match (85%)	Samuel Birchall Houghton	Lizzie Alice Probert
	💍 1913/5190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	13/4845
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Ready

938

6 August 1913

Harry Hatch Jones
Margaret Ellen Jones

Harry Hatch
Margaret Ellen Jones
💍 1913/5249

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

13/4906

6 August 1913

Rev. M. Edge

No	938
Date of Notice	6 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Hatch Jones	Margaret Ellen Jones
BDM Match (82%)	Harry Hatch	Margaret Ellen Jones
	💍 1913/5249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4906
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge

939

6 August 1913

Kenneth Howard Williams
Rita Vera Strong

Kenneth Howard Williams
Rita Vera Strong
💍 1913/4899

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
10 years

Registrar's Office

13/4500

Charles John Strong, Father

6 August 1913

Registrar

No	939
Date of Notice	6 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Howard Williams	Rita Vera Strong
	💍 1913/4899
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4500
Consent	Charles John Strong, Father
Date of Certificate	6 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

940

6 August 1913

Andrew Taylor Patrick
Ethel Mary Inners

Andrew Taylor Patrick
Ethel Mary Triner
💍 1913/5282

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
19 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

13/4888

6 August 1913

Rev. E. McFarland

No	940
Date of Notice	6 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Taylor Patrick	Ethel Mary Inners
BDM Match (88%)	Andrew Taylor Patrick	Ethel Mary Triner
	💍 1913/5282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	13/4888
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

941

7 August 1913

Frederick Perla Clarke
Violet Mary Clarke

Frederick Gerlach
Violet Mary Clarke
💍 1913/3435

Bachelor
Spinster

Range Maker

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

13/4501

7 August 1913

Registrar

No	941
Date of Notice	7 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Perla Clarke	Violet Mary Clarke
BDM Match (82%)	Frederick Gerlach	Violet Mary Clarke
	💍 1913/3435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Range Maker
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4501
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 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).