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 Ulpan

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

851

9 July 1913

Ross Thomas Walters
Margaret Leon

George Thomas Walters
Margaret McKeon
💍 1913/6547

Bachelor
Spinster

Keeper

32
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 years 9 months
2 years 9 months

St Patrick's Cathedral

13/5938

9 July 1913

Rev. J. Ormond

No	851
Date of Notice	9 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ross Thomas Walters	Margaret Leon
BDM Match (78%)	George Thomas Walters	Margaret McKeon
	💍 1913/6547
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Keeper
Age	32	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years 9 months	2 years 9 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/5938
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ormond

852

9 July 1913

William Eastfield Jermain
Violet Nicholas Speight

William Eastfield Jerram
Violet Nicholas Speight
💍 1913/5301

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
15 months

St Mark's Church, Remuera

13/4883

9 July 1913

Rev. G. Seattl

No	852
Date of Notice	9 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Eastfield Jermain	Violet Nicholas Speight
BDM Match (94%)	William Eastfield Jerram	Violet Nicholas Speight
	💍 1913/5301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	15 months
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/4883
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Seattl

853

9 July 1913

Sydney Frederick Saunders
Agnes Kate Ferguson Lennox

Sydney Frederick Saunders
Agnes Kate Ferguson Lennox
💍 1913/5380

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

35
35

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Ellerslie

13/5086

9 July 1913

Rev. G. Johnston

No	853
Date of Notice	9 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Frederick Saunders	Agnes Kate Ferguson Lennox
	💍 1913/5380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ellerslie
Folio	13/5086
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Johnston

854

9 July 1913

William Scott
Mabel Catherine Lowden

William Scott
Nellie Elizabeth Isabella Rutherford
💍 1913/8302

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
18 months

Residence of Bride's Brother, Vermont Road, Birkdale

13/4937

9 July 1913

Rev. G. Jones

No	854
Date of Notice	9 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Scott	Mabel Catherine Lowden
BDM Match (61%)	William Scott	Nellie Elizabeth Isabella Rutherford
	💍 1913/8302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Brother, Vermont Road, Birkdale
Folio	13/4937
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Jones

855

9 July 1913

John Walter Hinsley
Mabel Elizabeth Watson

John Walker Hinsley
Mabel Elizabeth Watson
💍 1913/5206

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
10 months

Methodist Church, Penrose

13/4937

9 July 1913

Rev. J. Dukes

No	855
Date of Notice	9 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Hinsley	Mabel Elizabeth Watson
BDM Match (97%)	John Walker Hinsley	Mabel Elizabeth Watson
	💍 1913/5206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Penrose
Folio	13/4937
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dukes

856

10 July 1913

Peter Campling
Jennie Brown

Peter Campling
Jennie Brown
💍 1913/5189

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
Life

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

13/4827

10 July 1913

Archdeacon W. Calder

No	856
Date of Notice	10 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Campling	Jennie Brown
	💍 1913/5189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4827
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon W. Calder

857

10 July 1913

Theodore Sterling Cole
Mina Marguerite Todd

Theodore Sterling Cole
Mina Margaret Todd
💍 1913/5196

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

28
19

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
4 months

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

13/4828

Eva Alice Todd, Mother

10 July 1913

Archdeacon W. Calder

No	857
Date of Notice	10 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theodore Sterling Cole	Mina Marguerite Todd
BDM Match (90%)	Theodore Sterling Cole	Mina Margaret Todd
	💍 1913/5196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	4 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4828
Consent	Eva Alice Todd, Mother
Date of Certificate	10 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon W. Calder

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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).