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).

Page 069

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

357

25 March 1913

Herbert Story Mills
Phyllis Gertrude Mills

Herbert Bloy
Phyllis Gertrude Mills
💍 1913/1114

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician
Spinster

36
21

Wellington
Auckland

2 years
15 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

13/546

25 March 1913

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	357
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Story Mills	Phyllis Gertrude Mills
BDM Match (76%)	Herbert Bloy	Phyllis Gertrude Mills
	💍 1913/1114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician	Spinster
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/546
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

358

25 March 1913

John Joseph O'Connor
Mary Ellen Ranks

John Joseph O'Connor
Mary Kelly
💍 1913/1026

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller
Spinster

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

St. Michael's Church, Remuera

13/476

25 March 1913

Rev. O. Dayle

No	358
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph O'Connor	Mary Ellen Ranks
BDM Match (69%)	John Joseph O'Connor	Mary Kelly
	💍 1913/1026
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller	Spinster
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Church, Remuera
Folio	13/476
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Dayle

359

25 March 1913

Herbert Henry Smith
Mary Angela Smith

Henry Herbert Flewellyn
Mary Angela Smith
💍 1913/1094

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Spinster

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
10 months

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

13/478

25 March 1913

Rev. R. P. Finn

No	359
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Smith	Mary Angela Smith
BDM Match (63%)	Henry Herbert Flewellyn	Mary Angela Smith
	💍 1913/1094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Spinster
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	13/478
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Finn

360

25 March 1913

John Archibald Finlay
Marguerita Mary Rutledge

John Archibald Finlay
Marguerita May Rutledge
💍 1913/1101

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Spinster

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

House of J. Campbell Williamson, Avenal

13/526

25 March 1913

Rev. H. A. Heggs

No	360
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Archibald Finlay	Marguerita Mary Rutledge
BDM Match (98%)	John Archibald Finlay	Marguerita May Rutledge
	💍 1913/1101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Spinster
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Campbell Williamson, Avenal
Folio	13/526
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Heggs

361

25 March 1913

John Leyland Morris
Ethel Maria Welch

John Leyland Morris
Ethel Maria Whelch
💍 1913/1156

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Noxious Weeds
Spinster

38
29

Auckland
Devonport

5 days
2 years

Residence of Bride's Mother, Dominion Road

13/591

25 March 1913

Rev. R. Forbes Ewan

No	361
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leyland Morris	Ethel Maria Welch
BDM Match (97%)	John Leyland Morris	Ethel Maria Whelch
	💍 1913/1156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Noxious Weeds	Spinster
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	5 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Mother, Dominion Road
Folio	13/591
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Forbes Ewan

362

25 March 1913

Harold Francis Menzies
Margaret Crawford

Harold Francis Menzies
Margaret Crawford
💍 1913/4442

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist
Spinster

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
5 days

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

13/4069

25 March 1913

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	362
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Francis Menzies	Margaret Crawford
	💍 1913/4442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Spinster
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	13/4069
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

363

25 March 1913

Noel Harold Charles Caplen
Elsie Adelaide Short

Noel Harold Charles Caplen
Elsie Adelaide Short
💍 1913/372

Bachelor
Spinster

Importer
Spinster

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
50 days

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

13/5051

25 March 1913

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	363
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Noel Harold Charles Caplen	Elsie Adelaide Short
	💍 1913/372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Importer	Spinster
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	50 days
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/5051
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

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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).