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 Marlborough Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar Francis W. Allen

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

William Henry Corfield
Edith Isabel Evans

William Henry Corfield
Edith Isabel Evans
💍 1913/2736

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
22

Marlborough
Marlborough

2½ years
2½ years

At the office of the Registrar, Marlborough

13/2457

4 April 1913

Francis W. Allen, Registrar

No	98
Date of Notice	4 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Corfield	Edith Isabel Evans
	💍 1913/2736
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Marlborough	Marlborough
Length of Residence	2½ years	2½ years
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar, Marlborough
Folio	13/2457
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Francis W. Allen, Registrar

24 May 1913

Stanley Webley
Norah Martin

Stanley Webley
Norah Martin
💍 1913/6246

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur
Home Duties

24
22

Marlborough
Marlborough

3 years
22 years

At the residence of Mrs. Jane Saunders, Marlborough

13/598

24 May 1913

Rev. E. G. Wynn Bond, Anglican Minister

No	99
Date of Notice	24 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Webley	Norah Martin
	💍 1913/6246
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur	Home Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Marlborough	Marlborough
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mrs. Jane Saunders, Marlborough
Folio	13/598
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. G. Wynn Bond, Anglican Minister

100

24 May 1913

George Piripi Ihaka
Helen Brown Lang

George Piripi Ihaka
Helen Brown Lang
💍 1913/2717

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom
Home Duties

22
21

Masterton
Marlborough

22 years
4 months

At the office of the Registrar, Masterton

13/2462

24 May 1913

Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages at Masterton

No	100
Date of Notice	24 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Piripi Ihaka	Helen Brown Lang
	💍 1913/2717
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Home Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Marlborough
Length of Residence	22 years	4 months
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	13/2462
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages at Masterton

101

4 June 1913

John McGillicuddy
Mary Flynn

John McGillicuddy
Mary Flynn
💍 1913/3849

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home Duties

28
28

Marlborough
Marlborough

5 years
4 years

St. Anthony's Church, Marlborough

13/3397

4 June 1913

Rev. Father Rowe, Roman Catholic Priest

No	101
Date of Notice	4 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McGillicuddy	Mary Flynn
	💍 1913/3849
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Marlborough	Marlborough
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Anthony's Church, Marlborough
Folio	13/3397
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Rowe, Roman Catholic Priest

102

24 June 1913

George Lewis Sievers
Catherine Mary Campbell

George Lewis Sievers
Catherine Mary Campbell
💍 1913/3851

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home Duties

26
27

Marlborough
Marlborough

4 days
24 years

St. Anthony's Church, Marlborough

13/3399

24 June 1913

Rev. Father Rowe, Roman Catholic Priest

No	102
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Lewis Sievers	Catherine Mary Campbell
	💍 1913/3851
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Marlborough	Marlborough
Length of Residence	4 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Anthony's Church, Marlborough
Folio	13/3399
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Rowe, Roman Catholic Priest

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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).