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 034

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

148

3 February 1913

Arthur Edward Howard
Mary Anne Harding

Arthur Edward Howard
Mary Anne Harding
💍 1913/1116

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood-turner

21
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
6 years

Church of the Assumption, Onehunga

13/548

3 February 1913

The Ven. Rev. W. H. Mahoney

No	148
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Howard	Mary Anne Harding
	💍 1913/1116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood-turner
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Assumption, Onehunga
Folio	13/548
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	The Ven. Rev. W. H. Mahoney

149

3 February 1913

Francis Edward Howard
Mary Catherine Slattery

Francis Edward Howard
Mary Katherine Slattery
💍 1913/998

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse-trainer

32
32

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
8 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/406

3 February 1913

Rev. W. J. Ormond

No	149
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Edward Howard	Mary Catherine Slattery
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Edward Howard	Mary Katherine Slattery
	💍 1913/998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse-trainer
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/406
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Ormond

150

3 February 1913

Albert George Smith
Edith Simmons

Albert George Smith
Edith Simmons
💍 1913/1108

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

28
25

Auckland
Devonport

2 years
22 years

House of Bride's Father, 5 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport

13/541

3 February 1913

Rev. H. M. Forbes-Ewan

No	150
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert George Smith	Edith Simmons
	💍 1913/1108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, 5 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport
Folio	13/541
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. M. Forbes-Ewan

151

3 February 1913

Walter Gales Bentley
Beatrice Shaw

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
24 years

House of Bride's Father, Whitford

13/708

3 February 1913

Rev. M. D. Boyes

No	151
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Gales Bentley	Beatrice Shaw
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Whitford
Folio	13/708
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. D. Boyes

152

3 February 1913

Herbert Lee Johnston
Louisa Godfrey

Herbert Lee Johnston
Louisa Godfrey
💍 1913/1134

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

13/562

Christopher Jacob, father of bride

19 February 1913

Rev. Mark Sutton

No	152
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Lee Johnston	Louisa Godfrey
	💍 1913/1134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	13/562
Consent	Christopher Jacob, father of bride
Date of Certificate	19 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mark Sutton

153

4 February 1913

Evan Trevor Hughes
Beatrice Camelia Coates

Evan Trevor Hughes
Beatrice Camelia Coates
💍 1913/2086

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Rabbits & Noxious Weeds

40
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 days

St. Mary's Cathedral

13/1525

4 February 1913

Rev. E. E. Malden

No	153
Date of Notice	4 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Evan Trevor Hughes	Beatrice Camelia Coates
	💍 1913/2086
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Rabbits & Noxious Weeds
Age	40	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	13/1525
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. E. Malden

154

4 February 1913

Frank Brown Ross
Elizabeth Marks

Frank Brown-Ross
Elizabeth Marks
💍 1913/678

Widower
Married, not heard of husband for seven years

Horse-trainer

51
42

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
5 days

Registrar's Office

13/34

4 February 1913

Deputy Registrar

No	154
Date of Notice	4 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Brown Ross	Elizabeth Marks
BDM Match (97%)	Frank Brown-Ross	Elizabeth Marks
	💍 1913/678
Condition	Widower	Married, not heard of husband for seven years
Profession	Horse-trainer
Age	51	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/34
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 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).