Intentions to Marry, 1913 Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840452, 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 Dannevirke Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar George Thorburn

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

4 April 1913

Samuel George Armstrong Millen
Olive Jane Kidd Black

Samuel George Armstrong Millen
Olive Jane Kidd Black
💍 1913/6328

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Draper's Assistant

35
22

Wanganui
Dannevirke

7 years
3 months

House of Sergeant James Black, High Street, Dannevirke

13/6064

4 April 1913

Rev. A. Grant

No	15
Date of Notice	4 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel George Armstrong Millen	Olive Jane Kidd Black
	💍 1913/6328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Draper's Assistant
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	7 years	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Sergeant James Black, High Street, Dannevirke
Folio	13/6064
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

9 April 1913

Joseph Mitchell Junior
Caroline Martha Friis

Joseph Mitchell
Caroline Martha Friis
💍 1913/2778

Bachelor
Widow

Engine Driver
Domestic Duties

48
48

Dannevirke
Piri Piri, Dannevirke

over 10 years
over 10 years

Registrar's Office

13/2447

9 April 1913

Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	9 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Mitchell Junior	Caroline Martha Friis
BDM Match (84%)	Joseph Mitchell	Caroline Martha Friis
	💍 1913/2778
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	48	48
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Piri Piri, Dannevirke
Length of Residence	over 10 years	over 10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2447
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

25 April 1913

George Adsett
Maggie Alding

George Adsett
Maggie Alding
💍 1913/6329

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

24
19

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

13 years
19 years

William Gilmour's house, Rawhiti Street, Dannevirke

13/6060

William Alding

25 April 1913

Rev. A. Grant

No	17
Date of Notice	25 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Adsett	Maggie Alding
	💍 1913/6329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	13 years	19 years
Marriage Place	William Gilmour's house, Rawhiti Street, Dannevirke
Folio	13/6060
Consent	William Alding
Date of Certificate	25 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

25 April 1913

Peter Campbell Hay
Minnie May

Peter Campbell Hay
Minnie May
💍 1913/8593

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home Duties

27
23

Dannevirke
Te Rehunga

3 days
3 years

Anglican Church

13/6011

25 April 1913

Rev. E. Robertshawe

No	18
Date of Notice	25 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Campbell Hay	Minnie May
	💍 1913/8593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Te Rehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	13/6011
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshawe

17 May 1913

George Hooker
Millicent Wilson

George Hooker
Millicent Wilson
💍 1913/3729

George Hounsell
Helen Wilson
💍 1914/377

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

28
27

Rua Roa
Te Rehunga

10 years
6 years

Roman Catholic Church

13/3103

17 May 1913

Rev. P. W. Tymons

No	19
Date of Notice	17 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hooker	Millicent Wilson
	💍 1913/3729
BDM Match (65%)	George Hounsell	Helen Wilson
	💍 1914/377
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Rua Roa	Te Rehunga
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	13/3103
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Tymons

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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).