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

893

23 July 1913

Thomas Francis Willis
Irene Murray

Thomas Francis Willis
Irene Murray
💍 1913/4906

Thomas Hislop
Florence Murray
💍 1913/9025

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
4 months

Registrar's Office

13/4464

Mary Ann Murray, Mother

23 July 1913

Registrar

No	893
Date of Notice	23 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Willis	Irene Murray
	💍 1913/4906
BDM Match (60%)	Thomas Hislop	Florence Murray
	💍 1913/9025
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4464
Consent	Mary Ann Murray, Mother
Date of Certificate	23 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

894

23 July 1913

Philip William Peake
Olive Mauricia Cambridge

Philip William Peate
Olive Mauricia Cambridge
💍 1913/5280

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
7 years

St Barnabas' Church

13/4886

23 July 1913

Rev. E. McFarland

No	894
Date of Notice	23 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip William Peake	Olive Mauricia Cambridge
BDM Match (98%)	Philip William Peate	Olive Mauricia Cambridge
	💍 1913/5280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas' Church
Folio	13/4886
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

895

23 July 1913

James Edward Lucey
Maud Mabel Gorfield

James Edward Mancy
Maud Mabel Corfield
💍 1913/4883

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Maker

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
8 years

Registrar's Office

13/4485

23 July 1913

Registrar

No	895
Date of Notice	23 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Lucey	Maud Mabel Gorfield
BDM Match (86%)	James Edward Mancy	Maud Mabel Corfield
	💍 1913/4883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Maker
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4485
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

896

24 July 1913

Arthur Edward Kynaston Stanford
Ethel Maud Ambrose

Arthur Bernard Kynaston Stanford
Ethel May Ambrose
💍 1913/5179

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
15 months

St Matthew's Church

13/4835

24 July 1913

Rev. R. E. Gillam

No	896
Date of Notice	24 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Kynaston Stanford	Ethel Maud Ambrose
BDM Match (88%)	Arthur Bernard Kynaston Stanford	Ethel May Ambrose
	💍 1913/5179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	15 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church
Folio	13/4835
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Gillam

897

24 July 1913

Samuel James Carey
Alice Hancock

Samuel James Carey
Alice Hancock
💍 1913/4884

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 months

Registrar's Office

13/4466

James Hancock, Father

24 July 1913

Registrar

No	897
Date of Notice	24 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel James Carey	Alice Hancock
	💍 1913/4884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4466
Consent	James Hancock, Father
Date of Certificate	24 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

898

25 July 1913

Charles Victor Robertson
Ida Baron

Charles Victor Robertson
Ida Caron
💍 1913/5180

Widower
Spinster

Accountant

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St Andrew's Church

13/4836

25 July 1913

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	898
Date of Notice	25 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Victor Robertson	Ida Baron
BDM Match (94%)	Charles Victor Robertson	Ida Caron
	💍 1913/5180
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church
Folio	13/4836
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

899

25 July 1913

Herbert Ambrose Miles
Mary Evington

Herbert Ambrose Miles
May Ewington
💍 1913/5313

Widower
Spinster

Clerk

38
30

Auckland
Devonport

4 years
6 years

Holy Trinity Church

13/4969

25 July 1913

Rev. F. J. Smalley

No	899
Date of Notice	25 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Ambrose Miles	Mary Evington
BDM Match (92%)	Herbert Ambrose Miles	May Ewington
	💍 1913/5313
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	38	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	13/4969
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Smalley

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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).