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

106

24 January 1913

Aquila Wilson
Elizabeth Currie Bunker

Aquila Wilson
Elizabeth Currie
💍 1913/1125

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Kingsland

13/534

24 January 1913

Rev. R. F. Harrison

No	106
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aquila Wilson	Elizabeth Currie Bunker
BDM Match (85%)	Aquila Wilson	Elizabeth Currie
	💍 1913/1125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	13/534
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Harrison

107

24 January 1913

Thomas Dent
Jennie Gertrude Young

Thomas Dent
Jennie Gertrude Young
💍 1913/1162

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
6 years

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

13/596

24 January 1913

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	107
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Dent	Jennie Gertrude Young
	💍 1913/1162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	13/596
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

108

24 January 1913

William Tuff
Elsie Jean Sapham Probert

William Hugh McKinney
Elsie Jean Bagshaw Probert
💍 1913/3046

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
11 years

St. David's Church

13/966

24 January 1913

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	108
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Tuff	Elsie Jean Sapham Probert
BDM Match (64%)	William Hugh McKinney	Elsie Jean Bagshaw Probert
	💍 1913/3046
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	13/966
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

109

24 January 1913

Frederick Samuel Victor Scott
Grace Evelyn Doran

Frederick Samuel Victor Scott
Grace Evelyn Foran
💍 1913/995

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

20 months
20 months

Home of Mr. J. Doran, Hobson Street

13/405

Mr. J. Doran, father of bride

24 January 1913

Ven. Arch. H. J. Brodie

No	109
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Samuel Victor Scott	Grace Evelyn Doran
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Samuel Victor Scott	Grace Evelyn Foran
	💍 1913/995
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 months	20 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. J. Doran, Hobson Street
Folio	13/405
Consent	Mr. J. Doran, father of bride
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. H. J. Brodie

110

25 January 1913

Charles Edward Toak
Selina Maud Gray

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

35
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
life

Residence of Mr. R. Hogg, Armadale

13/495

25 January 1913

Rev. C. E. Neecroft

No	110
Date of Notice	25 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Toak	Selina Maud Gray
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. R. Hogg, Armadale
Folio	13/495
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Neecroft

111

25 January 1913

Walter Herbert Collins
Eastey Maud Julian

Walter Herbert Collins
Easter Mary Julian
💍 1913/1168

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

30
30

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
1 year

St. Barnabas Church, Remuera

13/579

25 January 1913

Rev. R. Beattie

No	111
Date of Notice	25 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Herbert Collins	Eastey Maud Julian
BDM Match (92%)	Walter Herbert Collins	Easter Mary Julian
	💍 1913/1168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Remuera
Folio	13/579
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Beattie

112

25 January 1913

John Joseph Byrne
Clare Farrell

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Messenger

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

All Souls Church, Devonport

13/543

25 January 1913

Rev. J. Furlong

No	112
Date of Notice	25 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Byrne	Clare Farrell
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Messenger
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	All Souls Church, Devonport
Folio	13/543
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Furlong

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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).