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 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

810

27 June 1913

Frederick Joseph Edwards
Lilian Beatrice Austin

Frederick Joseph Edwards
Lillian Beatrice Austin
💍 1913/472

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
1 year

Registrar's Office

13/2204

27 June 1913

Registrar

No	810
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Joseph Edwards	Lilian Beatrice Austin
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Joseph Edwards	Lillian Beatrice Austin
	💍 1913/472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2204
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

811

27 June 1913

George Baker
Edith Riley

George Bater
Edith Riley
💍 1913/473

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
20 years

Registrar's Office

13/2205

27 June 1913

Registrar

No	811
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Baker	Edith Riley
BDM Match (96%)	George Bater	Edith Riley
	💍 1913/473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2205
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

812

27 June 1913

Samuel Smith Dunn
Jessie May Cunningham

Samuel Smith
Jessie Gray Cunningham
💍 1913/2836

Divorced
Spinster

Engine Driver

36
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

Home of Bride's Mother, Rocky Nook

13/2532

27 June 1913

Rev. J. Charteris

No	812
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Smith Dunn	Jessie May Cunningham
BDM Match (81%)	Samuel Smith	Jessie Gray Cunningham
	💍 1913/2836
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, Rocky Nook
Folio	13/2532
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Charteris

813

27 June 1913

Michael John Martin
Violet Mary Shepheard

Michael John Martin
Violet May Shepheard
💍 1913/590

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/2570

27 June 1913

Rev. J. Buckley

No	813
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael John Martin	Violet Mary Shepheard
BDM Match (98%)	Michael John Martin	Violet May Shepheard
	💍 1913/590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/2570
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Buckley

814

27 June 1913

James Oscar Robinson
Sophie Mary Margaret Priest

James Oscar Robin Hedlund
Evyline Mary Margaret Priest
💍 1913/6546

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/2569

Father

27 June 1913

Rev. P. O'Malley

No	814
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Oscar Robinson	Sophie Mary Margaret Priest
BDM Match (77%)	James Oscar Robin Hedlund	Evyline Mary Margaret Priest
	💍 1913/6546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/2569
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Malley

815

27 June 1913

Saleem Murray
Wadra Wakem

Saleem Murray
Wadia Wakem
💍 1913/591

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
10 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/2571

27 June 1913

Rev. P. Zoubra

No	815
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Saleem Murray	Wadra Wakem
BDM Match (95%)	Saleem Murray	Wadia Wakem
	💍 1913/591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/2571
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Zoubra

816

27 June 1913

Martin Luther King
Fanny Maybelle Swan

Martin Luther King
Fanny Myrtle Swan
💍 1913/2865

Bachelor
Spinster

Customs Officer

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
5 years

Church of Christ, West St, Newton

13/2635

27 June 1913

Rev. J. Aldridge

No	816
Date of Notice	27 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Luther King	Fanny Maybelle Swan
BDM Match (89%)	Martin Luther King	Fanny Myrtle Swan
	💍 1913/2865
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Customs Officer
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West St, Newton
Folio	13/2635
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge

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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).