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

385

27 March 1913

Frithjof Gustav Ekman
Ethel Caroline Short

Frithjof Gustav Ekman
Ethel Caroline Short
💍 1913/1093

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Housekeeper

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Congregational Church, Beresford St

13/150

Carl Frithjof Ekman, father

27 March 1913

Rev. H. S. Braik

No	385
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frithjof Gustav Ekman	Ethel Caroline Short
	💍 1913/1093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Housekeeper
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St
Folio	13/150
Consent	Carl Frithjof Ekman, father
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Braik

386

27 March 1913

Robert Albert Aubin
Alice Augusta Schulze

George Talbot Aubin Ahier
Alice Augusta Schulze
💍 1913/1040

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop Assistant
Housekeeper

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
6 days

St. Matthew's Church

13/447

27 March 1913

Rev. R. E. Gillam

No	386
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Albert Aubin	Alice Augusta Schulze
BDM Match (68%)	George Talbot Aubin Ahier	Alice Augusta Schulze
	💍 1913/1040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop Assistant	Housekeeper
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	13/447
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Gillam

388

28 March 1913

William Mitchell
Maud Christina Petersen

William Mitchell Craig
Maud Christina Petersen
💍 1913/706

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Housekeeper

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

Registrar's Office

13/86

28 March 1913

Registrar

No	388
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mitchell	Maud Christina Petersen
BDM Match (86%)	William Mitchell Craig	Maud Christina Petersen
	💍 1913/706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Housekeeper
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

389

29 March 1913

Charles Sydney Brown
Emily Rose Marguerite Bacon

Charles Sydney Brown
Eunty Rose Marguerite Bacon
💍 1913/2083

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Housekeeper

36
30

Auckland
Parnell

6 years
6 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

13/1522

29 March 1913

Rev. P. H. H. Murray

No	389
Date of Notice	29 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Sydney Brown	Emily Rose Marguerite Bacon
BDM Match (94%)	Charles Sydney Brown	Eunty Rose Marguerite Bacon
	💍 1913/2083
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Housekeeper
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	13/1522
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. H. Murray

389

28 March 1913

Ernest Frederick Taylor
Kate Rule

Ernest Frederick Taylor
Kate Rule
💍 1913/357

Bachelor
Spinster

Cutter (Underclothing)
Housekeeper

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

13/514

28 March 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	389
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Frederick Taylor	Kate Rule
	💍 1913/357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cutter (Underclothing)	Housekeeper
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	13/514
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

390

28 March 1913

Elias Martin Waller
Florence

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk
Housekeeper

26
22

Te Kuiti
Auckland

-
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Te Kuiti

13/424

28 March 1913

Rev. J. F. Bertram

No	390
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elias Martin Waller	Florence
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk	Housekeeper
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Te Kuiti	Auckland
Length of Residence	-	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Kuiti
Folio	13/424
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Bertram

391

28 March 1913

Rosslyn God Hutchison
Beatrice Harford Montefiore

Rosslyn Hutchison Tod
Beatrice Harford Montefiore
💍 1913/707

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housekeeper

62
30

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
18 months

Registrar's Office

13/87

28 March 1913

Registrar

No	391
Date of Notice	28 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rosslyn God Hutchison	Beatrice Harford Montefiore
BDM Match (81%)	Rosslyn Hutchison Tod	Beatrice Harford Montefiore
	💍 1913/707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	62	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 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).