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 042

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Thomas Oupan

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

190

13 February 1913

William John Humphreys
Ivie Kate Maude Britton

William John Humphreys
Ivie Kate Maude Britton
💍 1913/3047

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
5 years

St. Davids Church Auckland

13/196

Mande Britton, mother of bride

13 February 1913

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	190
Date of Notice	13 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Humphreys	Ivie Kate Maude Britton
	💍 1913/3047
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Davids Church Auckland
Folio	13/196
Consent	Mande Britton, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	13 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

191

13 February 1913

Angus Ernest McLeod
Ida Isabel Forbes

Angus Ernest McLeod
Ida Isabel Forbes
💍 1913/662

Divorced, Decree Absolute June 1912
Spinster

Painter

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
12 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

13/42

13 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	191
Date of Notice	13 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Ernest McLeod	Ida Isabel Forbes
	💍 1913/662
Condition	Divorced, Decree Absolute June 1912	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	13/42
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

192

14 February 1913

George Archibald Murray
Dorothy Harriet Gardner

George Archibald Murray
Dorothy Harriet Gardner
💍 1913/1194

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
9 months

Trinity Church Kingsland Auckland

13/605

Rosa Blanke Gardner, mother

14 February 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	192
Date of Notice	14 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Archibald Murray	Dorothy Harriet Gardner
	💍 1913/1194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Trinity Church Kingsland Auckland
Folio	13/605
Consent	Rosa Blanke Gardner, mother
Date of Certificate	14 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

193

14 February 1913

Albert Fuller Ellis
Widower 5 October 1909
Nellie Isabel Stewart

Albert Fuller Ellis
Nellie Isabel Stewart
💍 1913/5046

Widower
Spinster

Company Director

43
35

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
Life

House of Mr. R. L. Stewart, Pari Moana, Waitangi Road, Ponsonby, Auckland

13/4178

14 February 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	193
Date of Notice	14 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Fuller Ellis Widower 5 October 1909	Nellie Isabel Stewart
	💍 1913/5046
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Company Director
Age	43	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. L. Stewart, Pari Moana, Waitangi Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	13/4178
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

194

14 February 1913

Henry White Hawthorn
Elizabeth Eileen Sharburn

Henry White Hawthorne
Elizabeth Eileen Thorburn
💍 1913/37

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
5 years

House of Bride's mother, Burnley Terrace, Kingsland, Auckland

13/66

Millicent Sharburn, mother

14 February 1913

Rev. C. C. Harrison

No	194
Date of Notice	14 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry White Hawthorn	Elizabeth Eileen Sharburn
BDM Match (94%)	Henry White Hawthorne	Elizabeth Eileen Thorburn
	💍 1913/37
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's mother, Burnley Terrace, Kingsland, Auckland
Folio	13/66
Consent	Millicent Sharburn, mother
Date of Certificate	14 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison

195

15 February 1913

Michel John Gealic
Charlotte Jane Craig

Michel John Gealic
Charlotte Jane Craig
💍 1913/663

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

13/43

15 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	195
Date of Notice	15 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michel John Gealic	Charlotte Jane Craig
	💍 1913/663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	13/43
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

196

15 February 1913

John McKernan
Blanche Beatrice Hawkins

John McKernan
Blanche Beatrice Hawkins
💍 1913/667

Widower, June 1912
Spinster

General Dealer

33
34

Auckland
Auckland

2 3/4 months
2 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

Cancelled (see no 203.)

15 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	196
Date of Notice	15 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McKernan	Blanche Beatrice Hawkins
	💍 1913/667
Condition	Widower, June 1912	Spinster
Profession	General Dealer
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 3/4 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	Cancelled (see no 203.)
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Deputy 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).