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).

Page 137

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

824

30 June 1913

Arthur Curtis Moore
Margaret Stephenson Forrest

Arthur Curtis Moore
Margaret Stephenson Forrest
💍 1913/5218

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
9 months

Somervell Memorial Church, Remuera

13/4948

30 June 1913

Rev. R. R. Lean

No	824
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Curtis Moore	Margaret Stephenson Forrest
	💍 1913/5218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Somervell Memorial Church, Remuera
Folio	13/4948
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. Lean

825

30 June 1913

Daniel Bradley Patterson
June Edith Patterson

Daniel Bradley
Edith Patterson
💍 1913/5262

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
34

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life

St. Matthew's Church

13/4868

30 June 1913

Rev. H. E. Gillam

No	825
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Bradley Patterson	June Edith Patterson
BDM Match (67%)	Daniel Bradley	Edith Patterson
	💍 1913/5262
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/4868
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Gillam

826

30 June 1913

Sydney Munro Vernon
Ruby Hanley Charley

Sydney Munro Vernon
Ruby Shanley
💍 1913/3618

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
12 years

Methodist 3rd Johnson Hall, East St.

13/2740

John Hanley, father

30 June 1913

Rev. R. Turner

No	826
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Munro Vernon	Ruby Hanley Charley
BDM Match (76%)	Sydney Munro Vernon	Ruby Shanley
	💍 1913/3618
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist 3rd Johnson Hall, East St.
Folio	13/2740
Consent	John Hanley, father
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Turner

827

30 June 1913

William Hopetoun MacDonald
Ethel Alice Younger

William Hope May MacDonald
Ethel Alice Younger
💍 1913/474

Bachelor
Spinster

Finisher

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
8 years

Registrar's Office

13/2206

John Younger, father

30 June 1913

Registrar

No	827
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hopetoun MacDonald	Ethel Alice Younger
BDM Match (92%)	William Hope May MacDonald	Ethel Alice Younger
	💍 1913/474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Finisher
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2206
Consent	John Younger, father
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

828

30 June 1913

Sydney Hammond Rickett
Lizzie Sarah Rickett

Sydney Harmond Bennett
Lizzie Sarah Rickett
💍 1913/475

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
9 months

Registrar's Office

13/2207

30 June 1913

Registrar

No	828
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Hammond Rickett	Lizzie Sarah Rickett
BDM Match (89%)	Sydney Harmond Bennett	Lizzie Sarah Rickett
	💍 1913/475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2207
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

829

30 June 1913

Archibald Russell Coltman
Lynda Isabel Hodgson

Archibald Russell Coltman
Lynda Isabel Hodgson
💍 1913/6356

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

House of Bride's mother, Brighton Rd, Parnell

13/6094

30 June 1913

Rev. R. R. Lean

No	829
Date of Notice	30 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Russell Coltman	Lynda Isabel Hodgson
	💍 1913/6356
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's mother, Brighton Rd, Parnell
Folio	13/6094
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. Lean

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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).