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

3 January 1913

Reginald William Verry
Helen Pace Brown

Reginald William Verry
Helen Grace Brown
💍 1913/2516

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

House of Bride's Brother, "The Point", Northcote

13/207

3 January 1913

Rev. W. Trotter

No	8
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald William Verry	Helen Pace Brown
BDM Match (94%)	Reginald William Verry	Helen Grace Brown
	💍 1913/2516
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Brother, "The Point", Northcote
Folio	13/207
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter

3 January 1913

Andrew Forsyth Elder
Jeannie Currie Munro

Andrew Forsyth Elder
Jeannie Currie
💍 1913/999

Widower
Spinster

Inspector, Public Works Department

53
36

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
6 months

Residence of W. or A. Scott, 12 Burgoyne Rd, Epsom

13/404

3 January 1913

Registrar B. Munro

No	9
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Forsyth Elder	Jeannie Currie Munro
BDM Match (85%)	Andrew Forsyth Elder	Jeannie Currie
	💍 1913/999
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Inspector, Public Works Department
Age	53	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of W. or A. Scott, 12 Burgoyne Rd, Epsom
Folio	13/404
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar B. Munro

3 January 1913

Edward Herbert Hankins
Edith Constance Murdock

Edward Herbert Hankins
Edith Constance Murdock
💍 1913/648

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

50
28

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
5 days

Registrar's Office

13/4

3 January 1913

Registrar

No	10
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Herbert Hankins	Edith Constance Murdock
	💍 1913/648
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	50	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

4 January 1913

Arthur Franz Brackebush
Helen Prowell

Arthur Franz Brackebush
Helen Snoswell
💍 1913/649

Bachelor
Spinster

Masseur

21
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office

13/5

4 January 1913

Registrar

No	11
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Franz Brackebush	Helen Prowell
BDM Match (89%)	Arthur Franz Brackebush	Helen Snoswell
	💍 1913/649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Masseur
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/5
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

4 January 1913

Robert Horace Surrell
Mary Jane Moore

Robert Horace Burrell
Mary Jane Moon
💍 1913/650

Robert Hall
Mary Jane Davies
💍 1914/484

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

45
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

13/6

4 January 1913

Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Horace Surrell	Mary Jane Moore
BDM Match (91%)	Robert Horace Burrell	Mary Jane Moon
	💍 1913/650
BDM Match (61%)	Robert Hall	Mary Jane Davies
	💍 1914/484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	45	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/6
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

4 January 1913

John Andrew Dobson
Mabel Ethel Mills

John Andrew Dobson
Mabel Ethel Miller
💍 1913/651

Bachelor
Widow

Hairdresser
Adjuster

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
3 years

Registrar's Office

13/7

4 January 1913

Registrar

No	13
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Andrew Dobson	Mabel Ethel Mills
BDM Match (94%)	John Andrew Dobson	Mabel Ethel Miller
	💍 1913/651
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Hairdresser	Adjuster
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/7
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

4 January 1913

Thomas Clement O'Connor
Margaret Holbrook

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

32
38

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
9 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

13/446

4 January 1913

Rev. A. Holbrook

No	14
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Clement O'Connor	Margaret Holbrook
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	13/446
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Holbrook

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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).