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

412

2 April 1913

James Breat Middleton
Winifred Adah Middleton

James Mear
Winifred Adah Middleton
💍 1913/2875

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
19 years

St Paul's Church, Auckland

13/2627

Father

2 April 1913

Rev. A. R. Pecks

No	412
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Breat Middleton	Winifred Adah Middleton
BDM Match (69%)	James Mear	Winifred Adah Middleton
	💍 1913/2875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/2627
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Pecks

413

2 April 1913

William Pough Webb
Harriet Morris

William Gough Webb
Harriet Morris
💍 1913/4445

Bachelor
Spinster

Mine Manager

41
35

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
4 years

St Andrew's Church, Auckland

13/4071

2 April 1913

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	413
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Pough Webb	Harriet Morris
BDM Match (97%)	William Gough Webb	Harriet Morris
	💍 1913/4445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mine Manager
Age	41	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/4071
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

414

2 April 1913

Samuel Smith
Irene Blanch Pearce

Samuel Smith
Irene Flanche Pearce
💍 1913/2898

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
19 years

Home of Bride's mother, 47 Hayden St, Auckland

13/2668

Mother

2 April 1913

Rev. J. Charters

No	414
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Smith	Irene Blanch Pearce
BDM Match (95%)	Samuel Smith	Irene Flanche Pearce
	💍 1913/2898
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's mother, 47 Hayden St, Auckland
Folio	13/2668
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Charters

415

2 April 1913

James Herbert Walker
Ruth Walker

James Herbert Walker
Ruth Walker
💍 1913/403

Bachelor
Spinster

Flax Mill Hand

25
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
7 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/2126

2 April 1913

Registrar

No	415
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Herbert Walker	Ruth Walker
	💍 1913/403
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flax Mill Hand
Age	25	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/2126
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

416

2 April 1913

Ernest William Tain
Selina Maud Taylor

Ernest William Bain
Selina Maud Taylor
💍 1913/2892

Bachelor
Spinster

Clicker

38
33

Auckland
Devonport

Life
8 years

House of Bride's Father, In Victoria St, Devonport

13/2662

Bride's Father

2 April 1913

Rev. H. Forbes Ewan

No	416
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Tain	Selina Maud Taylor
BDM Match (97%)	Ernest William Bain	Selina Maud Taylor
	💍 1913/2892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clicker
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	Life	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, In Victoria St, Devonport
Folio	13/2662
Consent	Bride's Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Forbes Ewan

417

2 April 1913

Daniel Hearns Keys
Mary Jane Keys

Daniel Kearns
Mary Jane Keys
💍 1913/2877

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
33

Auckland
Ponsonby

7 years
Life

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

13/2646

2 April 1913

Rev. P. O'Malley

No	417
Date of Notice	2 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Hearns Keys	Mary Jane Keys
BDM Match (83%)	Daniel Kearns	Mary Jane Keys
	💍 1913/2877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	13/2646
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Malley

418

3 April 1913

George Alfred Walker
Eleanor Nellie Hills

George Alfred Walker
Eleanor Nellie Hills
💍 1913/2878

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
25

Auckland
Ponsonby

30 years
18 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

13/2647

3 April 1913

Rev. R. P. Dunn

No	418
Date of Notice	3 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alfred Walker	Eleanor Nellie Hills
	💍 1913/2878
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	30 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	13/2647
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Dunn

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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).