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).

Page 265

District of Levin Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar William Charles Nation

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

149

10 March 1913

Francis Charles Livingston
Alice Lavina Spencer

Francis Charles Livingstone
Alice Lavina Spencer
💍 1913/1426

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Home duties

24
24

Levin
Levin

Eighteen months
Two years

Anglican Church, Levin

13/937

10 March 1913

Rev. S. C. Compton

No	149
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Charles Livingston	Alice Lavina Spencer
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Charles Livingstone	Alice Lavina Spencer
	💍 1913/1426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Eighteen months	Two years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Levin
Folio	13/937
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. C. Compton

174

12 January 1913

Robert Reginald Wheeter
Charlotte Emily Barnett

Robert Reginald Wheeler
Charlotte Emily Barnett
💍 1913/1427

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Home duties

25
30

Levin
Levin

Four days
Five years

Residence of Mr. M. E. Barnett, Levin

13/938

12 January 1913

Brigadier Carmichael

No	174
Date of Notice	12 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Reginald Wheeter	Charlotte Emily Barnett
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Reginald Wheeler	Charlotte Emily Barnett
	💍 1913/1427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Home duties
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Four days	Five years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. M. E. Barnett, Levin
Folio	13/938
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Brigadier Carmichael

175

20 January 1913

John Pringle
Maud May Remington

John Pringle
Maud May Remington
💍 1913/1428

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Home duties

21
19

Levin
Levin

Ten years
Two years

Residence of Mr. J. C. Remington, Levin

13/939

J. C. Remington, father

20 January 1913

Rev. A. C. Rounderson

No	175
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Pringle	Maud May Remington
	💍 1913/1428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Home duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Ten years	Two years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. C. Remington, Levin
Folio	13/939
Consent	J. C. Remington, father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Rounderson

177

24 February 1913

John Schofield
Alice Myrtle Maud Masters

John Schofield
Alice Myrtle Maud Masters
💍 1913/1008

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Home duties

23
16

Levin
Levin

Three days
Five days

Registrar's Office, Levin

13/366

Jonas Masters, father

24 February 1913

W. C. Nation, Registrar

No	177
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Schofield	Alice Myrtle Maud Masters
	💍 1913/1008
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Home duties
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Three days	Five days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Levin
Folio	13/366
Consent	Jonas Masters, father
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	W. C. Nation, Registrar

178

7 March 1913

Edward John Dotson
Kate Frances Downey

Edward John Dotson
Kate Frances Downey
💍 1913/1447

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Home duties

25
25

Levin
Levin

Two years
Two years

Anglican Church, Levin

13/934

7 March 1913

Rev. S. C. Compton

No	178
Date of Notice	7 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Dotson	Kate Frances Downey
	💍 1913/1447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Home duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Two years	Two years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Levin
Folio	13/934
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. C. Compton

180

13 March 1913

Robert Dunbar
Phoebe Watson

Robert Dunbar
Phoebe Watson
💍 1913/1446

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Home duties

30
20

Koputaroa
Koputaroa

Three months
Five months

Presbyterian Church, Levin

13/933

David Watson, father

13 March 1913

Rev. A. C. Rounderson

No	180
Date of Notice	13 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Dunbar	Phoebe Watson
	💍 1913/1446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Home duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Koputaroa	Koputaroa
Length of Residence	Three months	Five months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Levin
Folio	13/933
Consent	David Watson, father
Date of Certificate	13 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Rounderson

181

13 March 1913

John Henry Parker
Ivy Lily Ginger

John Henry Parker
Inez Lily Guiger
💍 1913/1424

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Home duties

28
30

Levin
Levin

Three days
Three months

Residence of Mr. Barton Henry Ginger, Levin

13/935

Barton Henry Ginger, father

13 March 1913

Rev. J. F. Jones

No	181
Date of Notice	13 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Parker	Ivy Lily Ginger
BDM Match (84%)	John Henry Parker	Inez Lily Guiger
	💍 1913/1424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Home duties
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Three days	Three months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Barton Henry Ginger, Levin
Folio	13/935
Consent	Barton Henry Ginger, father
Date of Certificate	13 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Jones

182

13 March 1913

Frederick Davies
Beryl Cameron Hansen

Frederick Davies
Beryl Cameron Hansen
💍 1913/1445

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
School Mistress

31
22

Koputaroa
Levin

Thirty one years
Five years

Presbyterian Church, Levin

13/932

13 March 1913

Rev. A. C. Rounderson

No	182
Date of Notice	13 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Davies	Beryl Cameron Hansen
	💍 1913/1445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	School Mistress
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Koputaroa	Levin
Length of Residence	Thirty one years	Five years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Levin
Folio	13/932
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Rounderson

196

10 February 1913

Charles Edgar Cornwell
Florence Sarah Olive Burgess

Charles Edgar Cornwall
Florence Sarah Olive Burgess
💍 1913/1425

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home duties

21
18

Levin
Levin

Eighteen months
Two years

Anglican Church, Levin

13/936

William Shryers, father

10 February 1913

Rev. S. C. Compton

No	196
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edgar Cornwell	Florence Sarah Olive Burgess
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Edgar Cornwall	Florence Sarah Olive Burgess
	💍 1913/1425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Eighteen months	Two years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Levin
Folio	13/936
Consent	William Shryers, father
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. C. Compton

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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).