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

709

9 June 1913

Robert Henry Watson
Madge Jones

Robert Henry Watson
Gladys Jones
💍 1913/580

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
2 years

St. Matthew's Church

13/2561

9 June 1913

Rev. R. E. Pillans

No	709
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Watson	Madge Jones
BDM Match (83%)	Robert Henry Watson	Gladys Jones
	💍 1913/580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/2561
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Pillans

710

9 June 1913

Ernest Stephen Eaton
Nora Alice Reynolds

Ernest Stephen Eaton
Flora Alice Reynolds
💍 1913/581

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St. Matthew's Church

13/2562

9 June 1913

Rev. R. E. Pillans

No	710
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Stephen Eaton	Nora Alice Reynolds
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest Stephen Eaton	Flora Alice Reynolds
	💍 1913/581
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/2562
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Pillans

711

9 June 1913

Alexander Montagu Ronald MacDonald
Ellen Pantaleon MacDonald

Alexander Montague Ronald MacDonald
Ellen Pantaleone MacDonald
💍 1913/2873

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

36
34

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
10 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby Road

13/2643

9 June 1913

Rev. M. Edge

No	711
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Montagu Ronald MacDonald	Ellen Pantaleon MacDonald
BDM Match (97%)	Alexander Montague Ronald MacDonald	Ellen Pantaleone MacDonald
	💍 1913/2873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby Road
Folio	13/2643
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge

712

9 June 1913

David Bookman
Kitty Rees

David Bookman
Kitty Lees
💍 1913/4689

Bachelor
Spinster

Picture Framer

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
8 years

Hebrew Synagogue

13/4291

9 June 1913

Rev. S. A. Goldstein

No	712
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Bookman	Kitty Rees
BDM Match (95%)	David Bookman	Kitty Lees
	💍 1913/4689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Picture Framer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Hebrew Synagogue
Folio	13/4291
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein

713

9 June 1913

Beecher Thomas Fuller
Alice Isabel Rule

Beecher Sherrar Bullen
Alice Isabel Rule
💍 1913/3226

Bachelor
Spinster

Union Secretary

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
10 years

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

13/2773

9 June 1913

Rev. J. Haselden

No	713
Date of Notice	9 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Beecher Thomas Fuller	Alice Isabel Rule
BDM Match (84%)	Beecher Sherrar Bullen	Alice Isabel Rule
	💍 1913/3226
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Union Secretary
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	13/2773
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

714

10 June 1913

John Havelock Sarben
Alice Heron

John Havelock Barben
Alice Heron
💍 1913/2590

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24
16

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

13/2180

Father

10 June 1913

Registrar

No	714
Date of Notice	10 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Havelock Sarben	Alice Heron
BDM Match (98%)	John Havelock Barben	Alice Heron
	💍 1913/2590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2180
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	10 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

715

10 June 1913

Charles Henry Chapman
Emily Mary Farquhar

Charles Henry Chapman
Emily Mary Farquhar
💍 1913/3374

Bachelor
Widow

Typist

37
37

Auckland
50 Roslyn Avenue, Devonport

3 months
4 years

Home of John Moore

13/2599

10 June 1913

Rev. M. Furlong

No	715
Date of Notice	10 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Chapman	Emily Mary Farquhar
	💍 1913/3374
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Typist
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	50 Roslyn Avenue, Devonport
Length of Residence	3 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Home of John Moore
Folio	13/2599
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Furlong

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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).