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

525

28 April 1913

Alphonsus Oliver Cummins
Margaret Fee Minster

Alphonsus Oliver Cummins
Margaret Fee
💍 1913/411

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Assistant

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
11 years

Registrar's Office

13/2142

28 April 1913

Registrar

No	525
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alphonsus Oliver Cummins	Margaret Fee Minster
BDM Match (80%)	Alphonsus Oliver Cummins	Margaret Fee
	💍 1913/411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Assistant
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2142
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

526

28 April 1913

Francis Joseph Sailer
Jeanie McIntosh

Francis Joseph Bailey
Jeanie McIntosh
💍 1913/412

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
4 months

Registrar's Office

13/2143

28 April 1913

Registrar

No	526
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Sailer	Jeanie McIntosh
BDM Match (95%)	Francis Joseph Bailey	Jeanie McIntosh
	💍 1913/412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2143
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

527

28 April 1913

Mason Bromfield
Edna Louise Stephenson

Mason Brough
Edna Louise Stephenson
💍 1913/5267

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St

13/48

Stephenson, Father

28 April 1913

Rev. R. Ready

No	527
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mason Bromfield	Edna Louise Stephenson
BDM Match (80%)	Mason Brough	Edna Louise Stephenson
	💍 1913/5267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	13/48
Consent	Stephenson, Father
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready

528

28 April 1913

Rofe Frederick Hill
Muriel Evelyn Berghorn

George Frederick Hill
Muriel Evelyn Maud Bergan
💍 1913/2904

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
15 years

Holy Trinity Church

13/2670

28 April 1913

Rev. R. F. Leades

No	528
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rofe Frederick Hill	Muriel Evelyn Berghorn
BDM Match (75%)	George Frederick Hill	Muriel Evelyn Maud Bergan
	💍 1913/2904
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	13/2670
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Leades

529

28 April 1913

John Raymond Brownie
Kate Allen

John Raymond Morris
Kate Allen
💍 1913/2907

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Methodist Church

13/2653

28 April 1913

Rev. G. G. Beecroft

No	529
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Raymond Brownie	Kate Allen
BDM Match (88%)	John Raymond Morris	Kate Allen
	💍 1913/2907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/2653
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Beecroft

530

28 April 1913

Frederick Dunn Goldsworth
Ruby Teresa Deehan

Frederick Dunn Coldsworth
Ruby Teresa Beeham
💍 1913/2932

Widower
Spinster

Chief Postmaster

62
33

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church

13/2678

28 April 1913

Rev. J. P. Patterson

No	530
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Dunn Goldsworth	Ruby Teresa Deehan
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick Dunn Coldsworth	Ruby Teresa Beeham
	💍 1913/2932
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chief Postmaster
Age	62	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	13/2678
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Patterson

531

28 April 1913

John Hornby Bradshaw
Alice Violet Waite

John Hornby Bradshaw
Alice Violet Waite
💍 1913/4543

Bachelor
Divorced

Farmer

40
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 months

Methodist Church, Pitt St

13/4102

28 April 1913

Rev. R. Ready

No	531
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hornby Bradshaw	Alice Violet Waite
	💍 1913/4543
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	13/4102
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready

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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).