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

665

30 April 1913

James Harl Purvis
Agnes Cameron Purvis

James Hare
Agnes Cameron Purvis
💍 1913/3219

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

Presbyterian Church, Avondale

13/2767

30 May 1913

Rev. W. Marshall

No	665
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Harl Purvis	Agnes Cameron Purvis
BDM Match (76%)	James Hare	Agnes Cameron Purvis
	💍 1913/3219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Avondale
Folio	13/2767
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Marshall

666

30 April 1913

Sidney Charles Blahore
Rose Katherine Canham

Sidney Charles Mahon
Rose Katherine Cauham
💍 1913/6817

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
16 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

13/16237

30 May 1913

Arch. W. Calder

No	666
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Charles Blahore	Rose Katherine Canham
BDM Match (89%)	Sidney Charles Mahon	Rose Katherine Cauham
	💍 1913/6817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	16 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/16237
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Arch. W. Calder

667

30 April 1913

Walter Langford Pavey
Mabel Hilda Thorpe

Walter Langford Gavey
Mabel Hilda Thorpe
💍 1913/3632

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

36
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
15 years

Christ Church, Ellerslie

13/2731

30 May 1913

Rev. F. W. Walker

No	667
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Langford Pavey	Mabel Hilda Thorpe
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Langford Gavey	Mabel Hilda Thorpe
	💍 1913/3632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Ellerslie
Folio	13/2731
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker

668

31 April 1913

John Dow Snash
Margaret Ryle Snash

John Dow
Margaret Lyle Brash
💍 1913/3620

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
9 months

Residence of Bride's brother, Herbert Rd, Mount Eden

13/2743

31 May 1913

Rev. A. Miller

No	668
Date of Notice	31 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dow Snash	Margaret Ryle Snash
BDM Match (71%)	John Dow	Margaret Lyle Brash
	💍 1913/3620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	9 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's brother, Herbert Rd, Mount Eden
Folio	13/2743
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Miller

669

31 April 1913

William Derrett Allan
Ruth Allan

William Derrett
Ruth Allan
💍 1913/4476

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

60
38

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
6 months

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

13/4079

31 May 1913

Rev. A. Murray

No	669
Date of Notice	31 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Derrett Allan	Ruth Allan
BDM Match (86%)	William Derrett	Ruth Allan
	💍 1913/4476
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	60	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/4079
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Murray

670

31 April 1913

Edward John Wright
Eileen Pelham Burris

Edward John Wright
Eileen Pelham
💍 1913/3373

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Smith

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
8 months

Roman Catholic Church, Remuera

13/2596

31 May 1913

Rev. O. Doyle

No	670
Date of Notice	31 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Wright	Eileen Pelham Burris
BDM Match (83%)	Edward John Wright	Eileen Pelham
	💍 1913/3373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Smith
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Remuera
Folio	13/2596
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Doyle

671

31 April 1913

Thomas McPowan Williamson
Helen Williamson

Thomas McGowan
Helen Williamson
💍 1913/597

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

44
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 months

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

13/2554

31 May 1913

Rev. E. Pillan

No	671
Date of Notice	31 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas McPowan Williamson	Helen Williamson
BDM Match (76%)	Thomas McGowan	Helen Williamson
	💍 1913/597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	44	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	13/2554
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Pillan

672

31 April 1913

Edward Drompool Little
Jessie Monica Little

Edward Dromgool
Jessie Monica Little
💍 1913/598

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

13/2555

31 May 1913

Rev. F. Skinner

No	672
Date of Notice	31 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Drompool Little	Jessie Monica Little
BDM Match (82%)	Edward Dromgool	Jessie Monica Little
	💍 1913/598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	13/2555
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Skinner

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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).