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 063

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1913

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

328

19 March 1913

Alfred Theodore Sandston
Margaret Mary Robb

Alfred Theodore Sandston
Margaret Mary Robb
💍 1913/1111

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

43
47

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
15 years

All Souls Church

13/54

19 March 1913

Rev. T. Furlong

No	328
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Theodore Sandston	Margaret Mary Robb
	💍 1913/1111
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	43	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	15 years
Marriage Place	All Souls Church
Folio	13/54
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Furlong

329

19 March 1913

Roy John Hall
Louisa Agnes Drake

Roy John Selman Hall
Louisa Agnes Drake
💍 1913/1170

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer

39
34

Auckland
Auckland

Life
20 years

Church

13/581

19 March 1913

Rev. T. Beattie

No	329
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy John Hall	Louisa Agnes Drake
BDM Match (83%)	Roy John Selman Hall	Louisa Agnes Drake
	💍 1913/1170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	20 years
Marriage Place	Church
Folio	13/581
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Beattie

330

19 March 1913

Harold Sutcliffe
Margaret Wells

Harold Sutcliffs
Margaret Wells
💍 1913/4814

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
9 years

Baptist Tabernacle

13/4316

19 March 1913

Rev. T. R. Kempton

No	330
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Sutcliffe	Margaret Wells
BDM Match (97%)	Harold Sutcliffs	Margaret Wells
	💍 1913/4814
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle
Folio	13/4316
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. R. Kempton

331

19 March 1913

William Miller Higgs
Agnes Beatrice Higgs

William Miller
Agnes Beatrice Higgs
💍 1913/722

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
40 years

Registrar's Office

13/78

19 March 1913

Registrar

No	331
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Miller Higgs	Agnes Beatrice Higgs
BDM Match (85%)	William Miller	Agnes Beatrice Higgs
	💍 1913/722
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

332

19 March 1913

John Joseph Barrett
Jessie Pearle Barrett

John Joseph Barrett
Bessie Searles
💍 1913/966

Bachelor
Spinster

Trader

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/397

19 March 1913

Rev. T. Ormond

No	332
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Barrett	Jessie Pearle Barrett
BDM Match (76%)	John Joseph Barrett	Bessie Searles
	💍 1913/966
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trader
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/397
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Ormond

333

19 March 1913

Harold James Joseph Maloney
Hilda Isabella Mary Stewart

Harold James Joseph Maloney
Hilda Isabella Mary Stewart
💍 1913/368

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
10 years

House of Rev. T. Beggs, 31 Upper Queen Street

13/524

19 March 1913

Rev. T. Beggs

No	333
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold James Joseph Maloney	Hilda Isabella Mary Stewart
	💍 1913/368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. T. Beggs, 31 Upper Queen Street
Folio	13/524
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Beggs

334

19 March 1913

Richard Graham Marshall
Anne Alice Fuller

Richard Bertram Marshall
Annie Alice Fuller
💍 1913/1150

Bachelor
Spinster

Mercer

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
40 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

13/585

19 March 1913

Rev. A. Richards

No	334
Date of Notice	19 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Graham Marshall	Anne Alice Fuller
BDM Match (89%)	Richard Bertram Marshall	Annie Alice Fuller
	💍 1913/1150
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mercer
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	13/585
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

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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).