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 31 March 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

399

31 March 1913

George Williams Branwell
Elizabeth Louisa Martin

George Mansel Williams
Elizabeth Louisa Martin
💍 1913/477

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
Life

Office

13/2209

31 March 1913

Registrar

No	399
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Williams Branwell	Elizabeth Louisa Martin
BDM Match (67%)	George Mansel Williams	Elizabeth Louisa Martin
	💍 1913/477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	Life
Marriage Place	Office
Folio	13/2209
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

400

31 March 1913

Allen Burns
Violet Cross

Allen Burns
Violet Cross
💍 1913/2914

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

Church

13/2676

31 March 1913

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	400
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allen Burns	Violet Cross
	💍 1913/2914
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church
Folio	13/2676
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

401

31 March 1913

Joseph Morrison
Cassie Alice Maria Mernham

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
33

Auckland
Northcote

3 years
30 years

St. John's Church

13/2663

31 March 1913

Rev. G. W. Young

No	401
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Morrison	Cassie Alice Maria Mernham
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	3 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church
Folio	13/2663
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Young

402

31 March 1913

William Hewson Whitelaw
Blanche Parsonage

William Henry Whitelaw
Blanche Parlonage
💍 1913/594

Widower
Widow

Labourer

28
32

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/2574

31 March 1913

Rev. F. Suckley

No	402
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hewson Whitelaw	Blanche Parsonage
BDM Match (88%)	William Henry Whitelaw	Blanche Parlonage
	💍 1913/594
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/2574
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Suckley

403

31 March 1913

Francis D'Oyley Brewis
Mary Frances Gertrude Everyleigh

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Paul's Church

13/2688

31 March 1913

Rev. C. A. B. Watson

No	403
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis D'Oyley Brewis	Mary Frances Gertrude Everyleigh
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	13/2688
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson

406

31 March 1913

Edward Farrant
Hilda Eva Neal

Edward Farrant
Hilda Eva Neal
💍 1913/595

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
20 years

St. Matthew's Church

13/2575

31 March 1913

Rev. W. E. Pillans

No	406
Date of Notice	31 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Farrant	Hilda Eva Neal
	💍 1913/595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/2575
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillans

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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).