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 Foxton Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar A. D. Clemett

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

22 July 1913

Charles Andersen
Rose McAdam

Charles Nelson
Rose McAdam
💍 1913/5728

Widower
Widow

Gardener
Labourer

68
65

Foxton
Foxton

3 years
2 Weeks

Private house of Charles Andersen, Simon St Foxton

13/5390

22 July 1913

Rev J. W. Thomson, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	22 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Andersen	Rose McAdam
BDM Match (84%)	Charles Nelson	Rose McAdam
	💍 1913/5728
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Gardener	Labourer
Age	68	65
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 years	2 Weeks
Marriage Place	Private house of Charles Andersen, Simon St Foxton
Folio	13/5390
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. W. Thomson, Presbyterian

26 July 1913

Edward Charles Boyle
Myrtle Abegail Hartley

Edward Charles Boyle
Myrtle Abegail Hartley
💍 1913/5726

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

19
17

Oroua Downs
Oroua Downs

19 years
17 years

Roman Catholic Church Foxton

13/5388

Roman Catholic Hartley, Guardian

26 July 1913

Rev Father Dore, Roman Catholic

No	8
Date of Notice	26 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Boyle	Myrtle Abegail Hartley
	💍 1913/5726
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Oroua Downs	Oroua Downs
Length of Residence	19 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Foxton
Folio	13/5388
Consent	Roman Catholic Hartley, Guardian
Date of Certificate	26 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Dore, Roman Catholic

16 August 1913

Charles Edward Cummins
Mary Viola Langley

Charles Edward Cummerfield
Mary Voila Sophia Langley
💍 1913/5725

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Spinster

25
26

Foxton
Foxton

25 years
26 years

Langley Private Hotel, Manawatu Heads

13/5387

16 August 1913

Rev Thomas Coatsworth, Methodist

No	9
Date of Notice	16 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Cummins	Mary Viola Langley
BDM Match (72%)	Charles Edward Cummerfield	Mary Voila Sophia Langley
	💍 1913/5725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Spinster
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	25 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Langley Private Hotel, Manawatu Heads
Folio	13/5387
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Coatsworth, Methodist

25 August 1913

Warren Edward Williams
Elizabeth Telkie

Warren Edwards Williams
Elizabeth Telkie
💍 1913/5727

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Housemaid

19
21

Foxton
Foxton

9 years
1 year

Private residence of Rev J. Coatsworth, Foxton

13/5389

25 August 1913

Rev Thos Coatsworth, Methodist

No	10
Date of Notice	25 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Warren Edward Williams	Elizabeth Telkie
BDM Match (98%)	Warren Edwards Williams	Elizabeth Telkie
	💍 1913/5727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Housemaid
Age	19	21
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	9 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Private residence of Rev J. Coatsworth, Foxton
Folio	13/5389
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Thos Coatsworth, Methodist

26 September 1913

Mathias Simonson
Margaret Noesgaard

Mathias Simonsen
Margretha Noesgaard
💍 1913/5767

Bachelor
Spinster

Factor Manager
Domestic Duties

26
23

Bainesse
Palmerston North

7 Weeks
18 months

Lutheran Church, Church St West, Palmerston North

13/5425

26 September 1913

Rev Mads Christensen, Lutheran

No	11
Date of Notice	26 September 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mathias Simonson	Margaret Noesgaard
BDM Match (89%)	Mathias Simonsen	Margretha Noesgaard
	💍 1913/5767
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factor Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Bainesse	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	7 Weeks	18 months
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Church St West, Palmerston North
Folio	13/5425
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 September 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Mads Christensen, Lutheran

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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).