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 Napier Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar William Buchanan

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

15 February 1913

Arthur Bryan Taylor
Minnie Margaret Parkinson

Arthur Bryan Taylor
Minnie Margaret Parkinson
💍 1913/1362

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Teacher

36
37

Frasertown
Ashley Clinton

20 years
10 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/873

15 February 1913

Rev. H. Collier

No	20
Date of Notice	15 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Bryan Taylor	Minnie Margaret Parkinson
	💍 1913/1362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Teacher
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Frasertown	Ashley Clinton
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/873
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Collier

20 February 1913

Charles Stuart
Jessie Wood

Charles Stuart
Jessie Wood
💍 1913/1375

Widower
Spinster

Retired Carpenter
Nurse

58
44

Napier
Napier

52 years
15 months

House of Mr. Barron, Napier

13/885

20 February 1913

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	21
Date of Notice	20 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Stuart	Jessie Wood
	💍 1913/1375
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Retired Carpenter	Nurse
Age	58	44
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	52 years	15 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Barron, Napier
Folio	13/885
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

21 February 1913

John Robert Callaghan
Eileen Melody

John Robert Callaghan
Eileen Melody
💍 1913/1368

Bachelor
Spinster

Post Office Clerk
Typist

27
23

Napier
Wanganui

6 months
16 years

St. Patrick's Church, Napier

13/879

21 February 1913

Rev. Father O'Connor

No	22
Date of Notice	21 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Callaghan	Eileen Melody
	💍 1913/1368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Post Office Clerk	Typist
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Napier	Wanganui
Length of Residence	6 months	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Napier
Folio	13/879
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Connor

24 February 1913

Arthur Dennis Sanderson
Phoebe Emma Lywood Jarvis

Arthur Dennis Sanderson
Phoebe Emma Lywood Jarvis
💍 1913/1379

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

25
25

Meeanee
Greenmeadows

25 years
25 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/867

24 February 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	23
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Dennis Sanderson	Phoebe Emma Lywood Jarvis
	💍 1913/1379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Meeanee	Greenmeadows
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/867
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

24 February 1913

Gordon Hill Grant
Elsie Margaret Kaye

Gordon Hill Grant
Elsie Margaret Kaye
💍 1913/1380

Bachelor
Spinster

Pharmacist
Domestic Duties

23
21

Hastings
Napier

7 years
21 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/868

24 February 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	24
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Hill Grant	Elsie Margaret Kaye
	💍 1913/1380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pharmacist	Domestic Duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Napier
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/868
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

26 February 1913

Henry Pockett
Rosa Pettifer

Henry Poekett
Rosa Pettifor
💍 1913/1381

Widower
Spinster

Book
Domestic Duties

37
34

Napier
Napier

4 1/2 years
16 months

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/869

26 February 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	25
Date of Notice	26 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Pockett	Rosa Pettifer
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Poekett	Rosa Pettifor
	💍 1913/1381
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Book	Domestic Duties
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	16 months
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/869
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

5 March 1913

Harry Montefiore Wilson
Winifred Gertrude Waterhouse

Harry Mountefioie Wilson
Winifred Gertrude Waterhouse
💍 1913/1382

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner
Domestic Duties

36
29

Napier, Hastings
Mangawhare

29 years
29 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/870

5 March 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	26
Date of Notice	5 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Montefiore Wilson	Winifred Gertrude Waterhouse
BDM Match (96%)	Harry Mountefioie Wilson	Winifred Gertrude Waterhouse
	💍 1913/1382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner	Domestic Duties
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Napier, Hastings	Mangawhare
Length of Residence	29 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/870
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

8 March 1913

James David Carswell
Janet Pizzie Canning

James David Carswell
Janet Pizzie Canning
💍 1913/1360

Bachelor
Widow

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

27
38

Mohaka District
Mohaka District

4 months
4 months

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/871

8 March 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	27
Date of Notice	8 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James David Carswell	Janet Pizzie Canning
	💍 1913/1360
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	27	38
Dwelling Place	Mohaka District	Mohaka District
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/871
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

10 March 1913

Reginald George Davidson Brodie
Nellie Brimicombe

Reginald George Davidson Brodie
Nellie Brimicombe
💍 1913/866

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Housemaid

21
20

Hastings
Westshore

3 years
20 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier

13/297

Rosanna Indison, mother

10 March 1913

H. Buchanan, Registrar

No	28
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald George Davidson Brodie	Nellie Brimicombe
	💍 1913/866
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Housemaid
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Westshore
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	13/297
Consent	Rosanna Indison, mother
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Buchanan, Registrar

10 March 1913

James Paul Gray
Sarah Rose Taylor

James Paul Gray
Sarah Rose Taylor
💍 1913/1383

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

22
32

Napier
Napier

4 years
7 years

The Manse, Lincoln Road, Napier

13/886

10 March 1913

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	29
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Paul Gray	Sarah Rose Taylor
	💍 1913/1383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	22	32
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	The Manse, Lincoln Road, Napier
Folio	13/886
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

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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).