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

837

5 July 1913

James Ashforth
Eleanor Isabelle Pasparich

James Ashforth
Eleanor Isabelle Gasparich
💍 1913/5312

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 years

Methodist Church

13/4968

5 July 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	837
Date of Notice	5 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ashforth	Eleanor Isabelle Pasparich
BDM Match (98%)	James Ashforth	Eleanor Isabelle Gasparich
	💍 1913/5312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/4968
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

838

7 July 1913

Joseph William Wood
Ann Beatrice Paxton

Joseph William Curry Wood
Ann Beatrice Paxton
💍 1913/5305

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

13/4961

7 July 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	838
Date of Notice	7 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Wood	Ann Beatrice Paxton
BDM Match (88%)	Joseph William Curry Wood	Ann Beatrice Paxton
	💍 1913/5305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	13/4961
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

839

7 July 1913

Alfred Edward Saunders
Dora Pilkin

Alfred Edward Saunders
Cora Pitkin
💍 1913/5304

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
10 days

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

13/4960

7 July 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	839
Date of Notice	7 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Saunders	Dora Pilkin
BDM Match (91%)	Alfred Edward Saunders	Cora Pitkin
	💍 1913/5304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	10 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	13/4960
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

840

7 July 1913

Herbert Harry Thorne
Louisa Anone

Herbert Barr
Louisa Byrne
💍 1913/5306

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

Home of Bride's Father, Queen St. Onehunga

13/4962

7 July 1913

Rev. W. D. Scott

No	840
Date of Notice	7 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Harry Thorne	Louisa Anone
BDM Match (65%)	Herbert Barr	Louisa Byrne
	💍 1913/5306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, Queen St. Onehunga
Folio	13/4962
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. D. Scott

841

7 July 1913

William Collings
Alice Mildred Delbridge

William Collings
Alice Mildred Delbridge
💍 1913/5169

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
20 years

House of Bride's Mother, 21 Milton St. Richmond

13/4824

7 July 1913

Rev. W. Ready

No	841
Date of Notice	7 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Collings	Alice Mildred Delbridge
	💍 1913/5169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, 21 Milton St. Richmond
Folio	13/4824
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

842

7 July 1913

Joseph John Vincent
Florence Martha Nellie Silk

Joseph John Vincent
Florence Martha Nellie Silk
💍 1913/5314

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

13/4952

7 July 1913

Rev. J. Olphert

No	842
Date of Notice	7 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph John Vincent	Florence Martha Nellie Silk
	💍 1913/5314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	13/4952
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

843

7 July 1913

William Thomas Glennon
Ivy Walker

William Francis Keenan
Ivy Walker
💍 1913/5170

Bachelor
Spinster

Delivery Foreman

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. James Manse, Auckland

13/4825

7 July 1913

Rev. A. Beggs

No	843
Date of Notice	7 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Glennon	Ivy Walker
BDM Match (77%)	William Francis Keenan	Ivy Walker
	💍 1913/5170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Delivery Foreman
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. James Manse, Auckland
Folio	13/4825
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Beggs

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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).