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 30 September 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

108

23 August 1913

Carl Gustav William Louis Poll
Charlotte Golson

Carl Gustav William Louis Poll
Charlotte Golson
💍 1913/5108

Divorced
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

37
24

Awatoto
Awatoto

10 years
4 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier

13/4739

23 August 1913

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	108
Date of Notice	23 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Gustav William Louis Poll	Charlotte Golson
	💍 1913/5108
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Awatoto	Awatoto
Length of Residence	10 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	13/4739
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

109

25 August 1913

Arthur Albert Edward Hardcastle
Millicent Gibbs

Arthur Albert Edward Hardcastle
Millicent Gibbs
💍 1913/5109

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward
Domestic Duties

38
31

Napier
Napier

4 days
4 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier

13/4740

25 August 1913

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	109
Date of Notice	25 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Albert Edward Hardcastle	Millicent Gibbs
	💍 1913/5109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward	Domestic Duties
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	13/4740
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

110

28 August 1913

Stephen Williams
Margaret Bull

Stephen Williams
Margaret Cull
💍 1913/6432

Samuel Frederick Williams
Margaret Newell
💍 1914/6721

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Housemaid

27
24

Napier
Napier

6 years
9 months

House of Rev. J. Tait, Napier

13/5334

28 August 1913

Rev. Thos. Tait

No	110
Date of Notice	28 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Williams	Margaret Bull
BDM Match (96%)	Stephen Williams	Margaret Cull
	💍 1913/6432
BDM Match (61%)	Samuel Frederick Williams	Margaret Newell
	💍 1914/6721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Housemaid
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	6 years	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Tait, Napier
Folio	13/5334
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Tait

111

1 September 1913

James David Leitch
Ada Bartlett

James David Leitch
Ada Bartlett
💍 1913/5663

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

31
24

Napier
Napier

4 years
24 years

Wesleyan Church, Napier

13/5335

1 September 1913

Rev. H. L. Blamires

No	111
Date of Notice	1 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James David Leitch	Ada Bartlett
	💍 1913/5663
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Napier
Folio	13/5335
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires

112

2 September 1913

William Herbert Gordon McGlashan
Ethel May Barnes

William Herbert Gordon McGlashan
Ethel May Barnes
💍 1913/6410

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

24
19

Te Haroto
Napier

24 years
6 weeks

Congregational Church, Napier

13/5336

Mr. Barnes, Father

2 September 1913

Rev. Charles Connor

No	112
Date of Notice	2 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Gordon McGlashan	Ethel May Barnes
	💍 1913/6410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Te Haroto	Napier
Length of Residence	24 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Napier
Folio	13/5336
Consent	Mr. Barnes, Father
Date of Certificate	2 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles Connor

113

4 September 1913

John Frederick Bowler
Margaret Agnes London

John Frederick Bowler
Margaret Agnes Condon
💍 1913/5671

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic Duties

33
28

Napier
Napier

9 months
28 years

St. Patrick's Church, Napier

13/5354

4 September 1913

Rev. Father O'Sullivan

No	113
Date of Notice	4 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Bowler	Margaret Agnes London
BDM Match (98%)	John Frederick Bowler	Margaret Agnes Condon
	💍 1913/5671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	9 months	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Napier
Folio	13/5354
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Sullivan

114

4 September 1913

George Edminstone Jeffery
Shelah Ellen Taylor

George Edminstone Jeffery
Shelah Ellen Taylor
💍 1913/6409

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Weaver

34
20

Westshore
Westshore

3 1/2 years
20 years

House of C. E. Taylor, Westshore

13/5338

Charles Edward Taylor, Father

4 September 1913

Rev. Thos. Tait

No	114
Date of Notice	4 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edminstone Jeffery	Shelah Ellen Taylor
	💍 1913/6409
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Weaver
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Westshore	Westshore
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of C. E. Taylor, Westshore
Folio	13/5338
Consent	Charles Edward Taylor, Father
Date of Certificate	4 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Tait

115

5 September 1913

Frank Rupert Burnley
Louie Mayo

Frank Rupert Burnley
Louie Mayo
💍 1913/6420

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Surveyor
Domestic Duties

24
32

Napier
Napier

3 days
32 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/5345

5 September 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	115
Date of Notice	5 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Rupert Burnley	Louie Mayo
	💍 1913/6420
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Surveyor	Domestic Duties
Age	24	32
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/5345
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

116

8 September 1913

Leslie Manning Goodger
Agnes Sara Clemas

Leslie Manning Goodger
Agnes Sara Clemas
💍 1913/7530

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer
Domestic Duties

22
25

Napier
Napier

6 years
16 days

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/7258

8 September 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	116
Date of Notice	8 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Manning Goodger	Agnes Sara Clemas
	💍 1913/7530
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	6 years	16 days
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/7258
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

117

9 September 1913

Michael James McAshin
Annie Elizabeth Jeffares

Michael James McCashin
Annie Elizabeth Jeffares
💍 1913/5676

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic Duties

24
29

Taradale
Taradale

4 days
29 years

St. Mary's Church, Meeanee

13/5359

9 September 1913

Rev. Father Goggan

No	117
Date of Notice	9 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael James McAshin	Annie Elizabeth Jeffares
BDM Match (95%)	Michael James McCashin	Annie Elizabeth Jeffares
	💍 1913/5676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Taradale
Length of Residence	4 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Meeanee
Folio	13/5359
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Goggan

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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).