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

581

9 March 1913

Lawrence John Smith
Eva Vincent Brogden

Lawrence John Smith
Eva Vincent
💍 1913/3224

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
5 years

Church of Christ, Dominion Rd, Mt Roskill

13/2777

Catherine Vincent, mother

9 March 1913

Rev. F.W. Greenwood

No	581
Date of Notice	9 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence John Smith	Eva Vincent Brogden
BDM Match (79%)	Lawrence John Smith	Eva Vincent
	💍 1913/3224
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Dominion Rd, Mt Roskill
Folio	13/2777
Consent	Catherine Vincent, mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F.W. Greenwood

582

10 March 1913

Ernest Harold McLean
May Sutcliffe Davies

Ernest Harold McLean
Ivry Sutcliffe
💍 1913/3010

Bachelor
Spinster

Drainer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 years

Home of Mrs McLean, Sherwood Avenue

13/2781

10 March 1913

Rev. J. Joephent

No	582
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Harold McLean	May Sutcliffe Davies
BDM Match (75%)	Ernest Harold McLean	Ivry Sutcliffe
	💍 1913/3010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drainer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs McLean, Sherwood Avenue
Folio	13/2781
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Joephent

583

10 March 1913

James Duff Hewett
Amy Ethelinda Brown

James Duff Hewett
Amy Ethelinda Brown
💍 1913/6521

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 months

R. Stephens, Bramley

13/6284

10 March 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	583
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Duff Hewett	Amy Ethelinda Brown
	💍 1913/6521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	R. Stephens, Bramley
Folio	13/6284
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

584

10 March 1913

Arthur Fitzwilliam
Bertha Aldred

Arthur Fritzwilliam
Bertha Aldred
💍 1913/449

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/2156

10 March 1913

Registrar

No	584
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Fitzwilliam	Bertha Aldred
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Fritzwilliam	Bertha Aldred
	💍 1913/449
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/2156
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

585

12 March 1913

Alfred Franz Dean Holbe
Millicent Winifred May Perry

Alfred Franz Degenkolbe
Millicent Winifred May Terry
💍 1913/450

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/2157

12 March 1913

Registrar

No	585
Date of Notice	12 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Franz Dean Holbe	Millicent Winifred May Perry
BDM Match (90%)	Alfred Franz Degenkolbe	Millicent Winifred May Terry
	💍 1913/450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/2157
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

586

12 March 1913

Frank Clifford Powell
Faith Florrie Oldfield

Frank Clifford Curel
Faith Flossie Oldfield
💍 1913/3379

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 days

Home of Mr Davies, Wellpark Avenue, Mt Roskill

13/2581

12 March 1913

Rev. A. Turner

No	586
Date of Notice	12 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Clifford Powell	Faith Florrie Oldfield
BDM Match (86%)	Frank Clifford Curel	Faith Flossie Oldfield
	💍 1913/3379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mr Davies, Wellpark Avenue, Mt Roskill
Folio	13/2581
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Turner

587

12 March 1913

Archibald Bartholomew Robertson
Christina Urquhart

Archibald Bartholomew Robertson
Christina Urquhart
💍 1913/451

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/2158

12 March 1913

Registrar

No	587
Date of Notice	12 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Bartholomew Robertson	Christina Urquhart
	💍 1913/451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/2158
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).