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

134

30 January 1913

Joseph John Soden
Ellen Gwendoline Davies

Widower
Divorced

Linotype Operator

42
38

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
2 years

Registrar's Office

13/30

30 January 1913

Registrar

No	134
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph John Soden	Ellen Gwendoline Davies
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	42	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/30
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

135

30 January 1913

Charles Malcolm Grane
Florence Isabella Fornidge

Charles Malcolm Crane
Florence Isabella Gorringe
💍 1913/987

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

49
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

House of Mrs. Side, Takapuna

13/419

30 January 1913

Rev. E. Bertram

No	135
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Malcolm Grane	Florence Isabella Fornidge
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Malcolm Crane	Florence Isabella Gorringe
	💍 1913/987
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	49	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Side, Takapuna
Folio	13/419
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bertram

136

30 January 1913

Thomas Hewett Dawson Crawford
Florence Rae Kenning

Thomas Henry Dawson Crawford
Florence Rae Kenning
💍 1913/376

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
29

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
10 years

St. Peter's Church, Ponsonby

13/509

30 January 1913

Rev. J. A. Thompson

No	136
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hewett Dawson Crawford	Florence Rae Kenning
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Henry Dawson Crawford	Florence Rae Kenning
	💍 1913/376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	13/509
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson

137

30 January 1913

Angus Hewett McKinnon
Henrietta Heleigh Holden

Angus Stewart McKinnon
Henrietta Eveleigh Holden
💍 1913/675

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

13/30

William Rose, father

30 January 1913

Registrar

No	137
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Hewett McKinnon	Henrietta Heleigh Holden
BDM Match (87%)	Angus Stewart McKinnon	Henrietta Eveleigh Holden
	💍 1913/675
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	13/30
Consent	William Rose, father
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

138

31 January 1913

Thomas James Wilkinson
Charlotte Edna Impey Harris

Thomas James Wilkinson
Charlotte Edna Myra Harris
💍 1913/1174

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 years

Church of the Epiphany, Newton

13/601

31 January 1913

Rev. E. Rush

No	138
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Wilkinson	Charlotte Edna Impey Harris
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas James Wilkinson	Charlotte Edna Myra Harris
	💍 1913/1174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Newton
Folio	13/601
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Rush

139

31 January 1913

Arthur James Dacey
Laura Hillleph Johnson

Arthur James Facey
Laura Littlejohn
💍 1913/354

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

33
39

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

House of Mrs. Sinclair, Albion Street, Parnell

13/511

31 January 1913

Rev. J. A. Thompson

No	139
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Dacey	Laura Hillleph Johnson
BDM Match (74%)	Arthur James Facey	Laura Littlejohn
	💍 1913/354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	33	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Sinclair, Albion Street, Parnell
Folio	13/511
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson

140

31 January 1913

William Eden Stephenson
Alice Lavinia Johnson

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
19 years

House of Bride's Mother, Union Street, Auckland

13/402

Johnson, mother

31 January 1913

Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

No	140
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Eden Stephenson	Alice Lavinia Johnson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, Union Street, Auckland
Folio	13/402
Consent	Johnson, mother
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

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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).