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

6 January 1913

Alexander Robert McNeil
Joanna Lewis Redwill Dermer

Alexander Robert McNeil
Joanna Lewis Ledwill Dermer
💍 1913/1097

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

49
33

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
7 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

13/481

6 January 1913

Rev. E. McFarland

No	22
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Robert McNeil	Joanna Lewis Redwill Dermer
BDM Match (98%)	Alexander Robert McNeil	Joanna Lewis Ledwill Dermer
	💍 1913/1097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	49	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	13/481
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

6 January 1913

Albert Reginald Fisher
Linda Scott Spinks

Albert Reginald Fisher
Linda Scott
💍 1913/1059

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
4 years

St. James Church

13/467

6 January 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	23
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Reginald Fisher	Linda Scott Spinks
BDM Match (81%)	Albert Reginald Fisher	Linda Scott
	💍 1913/1059
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	13/467
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

6 January 1913

Walter Spicer Smith
Cecilia Shilford Spinks

Walter Spicer
Cecilia Whitford
💍 1913/1086

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 year

St. Sepulchre's Church

12/494

6 January 1913

Rev. A. D. Jones

No	24
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Spicer Smith	Cecilia Shilford Spinks
BDM Match (65%)	Walter Spicer	Cecilia Whitford
	💍 1913/1086
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	12/494
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Jones

6 January 1913

William John Duffin
Margaret Amy Friar Ellery

William John Duffin
Margaret Amy Friar Ellery
💍 1913/1060

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
5 years

House of Messrs. E. Daniels, Grosvenor St.

13/468

6 January 1913

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	25
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Duffin	Margaret Amy Friar Ellery
	💍 1913/1060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Messrs. E. Daniels, Grosvenor St.
Folio	13/468
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

6 January 1913

Frank Henry Robinson
Helena Weigham

George Henry Robinson
Helena Meighan
💍 1913/653

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
11 months

Registrar's Office

13/9

6 January 1913

Registrar

No	26
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Henry Robinson	Helena Weigham
BDM Match (79%)	George Henry Robinson	Helena Meighan
	💍 1913/653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	11 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/9
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

6 January 1913

Thomas Henry Flavell
Mona Marianne Hassan Molesworth

Thomas Henry Flavell
Mona Marianne Nassan Molesworth
💍 1913/630

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

1/2 year
3 years

Registrar's Office

13/10

Margaret Molesworth, mother

6 January 1913

Registrar

No	27
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Flavell	Mona Marianne Hassan Molesworth
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Henry Flavell	Mona Marianne Nassan Molesworth
	💍 1913/630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1/2 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/10
Consent	Margaret Molesworth, mother
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

6 January 1913

Edward Victor David
Ida Pemberton

Edward Victor Baird
Ida Pemberton
💍 1913/631

Bachelor
Spinster

Maltster

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 years

Registrar's Office

13/11

6 January 1913

Registrar

No	28
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Victor David	Ida Pemberton
BDM Match (92%)	Edward Victor Baird	Ida Pemberton
	💍 1913/631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maltster
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	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).