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

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

10 January 1913

Alexander Harper Anderson
Jeanie Hamilton Urquhart Fraser

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager

59
29

Auckland
Blenheim

3 months
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Blenheim

10 January 1913

Rev. W. O. Robb

No	50
Date of Notice	10 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Harper Anderson	Jeanie Hamilton Urquhart Fraser
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager
Age	59	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Blenheim
Length of Residence	3 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Blenheim
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Robb

10 January 1913

Albert John Ford
Florence Agnes Todd

Albert John Ford
Florence Agnes Todd
💍 1913/1064

Bachelor
Spinster

Drapers Assistant

26
18

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

St. James Church, Auckland

13/472

25 January 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	51
Date of Notice	10 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Ford	Florence Agnes Todd
	💍 1913/1064
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drapers Assistant
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	13/472
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

11 January 1913

Rusham Frederick Kapple
Rachel Healey

Christian Frederick Kopke
Rachel Healey
💍 1913/2487

Widower
Widow

Farmer

58
52

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
30 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St

13/2031

11 January 1913

Rev. W. Ready

No	52
Date of Notice	11 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rusham Frederick Kapple	Rachel Healey
BDM Match (80%)	Christian Frederick Kopke	Rachel Healey
	💍 1913/2487
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	58	52
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	30 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	13/2031
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

11 January 1913

Thomas William Lindson
Caroline Hitley

Thomas William Lindsay
Caroline Little
💍 1913/961

Divorced
Spinster

Carrier

49
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

House of Mr. J. Bartles, 9 Rendell Place, Eden Terrace

13/393

11 January 1913

Rev. R. Sommerville

No	53
Date of Notice	11 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Lindson	Caroline Hitley
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas William Lindsay	Caroline Little
	💍 1913/961
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	49	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Bartles, 9 Rendell Place, Eden Terrace
Folio	13/393
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville

13 January 1913

Leslie Victor Nicholls
Frances Prest Thorburn

Leslie Victor Nicholls
Frances Guest Thorburn
💍 1913/2486

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Grower

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
10 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St

13/2030

13 January 1913

Rev. W. Ready

No	54
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Victor Nicholls	Frances Prest Thorburn
BDM Match (95%)	Leslie Victor Nicholls	Frances Guest Thorburn
	💍 1913/2486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Grower
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	13/2030
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

13 January 1913

Duncan Ross McRae
Mary Appelgren

Duncan George McKay
May Appelgren
💍 1913/1164

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
2 months

Church of the Epiphany, Newton

13/598

13 January 1913

Rev. E. Lush

No	55
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Ross McRae	Mary Appelgren
BDM Match (78%)	Duncan George McKay	May Appelgren
	💍 1913/1164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Newton
Folio	13/598
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Lush

13 January 1913

Isaac Ireland McWhirter
Georgina McWhirter

Isaac Ireland
Georgina McWhirter
💍 1913/5032

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
14 years

Residence of Bride's Father, 23 Melford St, Ponsonby

13/4176

13 January 1913

Rev. J. Jolly

No	56
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Ireland McWhirter	Georgina McWhirter
BDM Match (78%)	Isaac Ireland	Georgina McWhirter
	💍 1913/5032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Father, 23 Melford St, Ponsonby
Folio	13/4176
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

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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).