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

981

23 June 1913

Paul Arthur Giles
Elizabeth Mary Aislabie

Stanley Arthur Miles
Elizabeth Mary Aislabie
💍 1913/6312

Bachelor
Widow

Plasterer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

13/6077

23 June 1913

Rev. J. Patterson

No	981
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Arthur Giles	Elizabeth Mary Aislabie
BDM Match (85%)	Stanley Arthur Miles	Elizabeth Mary Aislabie
	💍 1913/6312
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Plasterer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	13/6077
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Patterson

982

23 June 1913

Harry Pearl Leffett
Mabel Rouse

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

13/2735

23 June 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	982
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Pearl Leffett	Mabel Rouse
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	13/2735
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

983

23 June 1913

Arthur Porteous Pearce
Margaret

Arthur Porteous
Margaret Pearce
💍 1913/3380

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

Life
6 months

House of Mrs. Oakes, Ponsonby Avenue

13/2582

23 June 1913

Rev. R. Raine

No	983
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Porteous Pearce	Margaret
BDM Match (61%)	Arthur Porteous	Margaret Pearce
	💍 1913/3380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	6 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Oakes, Ponsonby Avenue
Folio	13/2582
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

984

23 June 1913

Harry Ernest Hepburn
Margaret Lilian Samuelson

Harry Ernest Hepburn
Margaret Lilian Hannigan
💍 1913/587

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

13/2568

23 June 1913

Rev. J. Ormond

No	984
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Ernest Hepburn	Margaret Lilian Samuelson
BDM Match (86%)	Harry Ernest Hepburn	Margaret Lilian Hannigan
	💍 1913/587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	13/2568
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ormond

985

23 June 1913

William James Masceman
Christabell Harriet Glenn

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
3 years

House of Bridegroom, Taylor St., Avondale

13/2706

23 June 1913

Rev. C. E. Seacroft

No	985
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Masceman	Christabell Harriet Glenn
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, Taylor St., Avondale
Folio	13/2706
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Seacroft

986

23 June 1913

Rake Rehana Grant
Ruahine Huri Walker

Mate Nehana Grant
Ruahinhui Walker
💍 1913/3216

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Church of the Latter Day Saints, Auckland

13/2770

Father

23 June 1913

Elder O. D. Romney

No	986
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rake Rehana Grant	Ruahine Huri Walker
BDM Match (81%)	Mate Nehana Grant	Ruahinhui Walker
	💍 1913/3216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Latter Day Saints, Auckland
Folio	13/2770
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Elder O. D. Romney

987

23 June 1913

Albert Christian Murray
Ellen Charlotte Olliff

Albert Christian Murray
Ellen Charlotte Olliff
💍 1913/5346

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

32
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

St. Luke's Church, Remuera

13/1503

Edwin Walker, father of bride

23 June 1913

Rev. J. B. Monro

No	987
Date of Notice	23 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Christian Murray	Ellen Charlotte Olliff
	💍 1913/5346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/1503
Consent	Edwin Walker, father of bride
Date of Certificate	23 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Monro

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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).