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 Rangitikei Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar James Turner Wylie

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

16 January 1913

Albert Edward Satherley Crozier
Annie Hogan

Albert Edward Southerbey Crozier
Annie Hogan
💍 1913/1516

Bachelor
Divorced

Telegraphist
Tailoress

26
33

Marton
Marton

6 years
16 years

Methodist Church

13/1003

16 January 1913

Rev. Joseph J. Mather

No	1
Date of Notice	16 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Satherley Crozier	Annie Hogan
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Edward Southerbey Crozier	Annie Hogan
	💍 1913/1516
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Telegraphist	Tailoress
Age	26	33
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	6 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/1003
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph J. Mather

20 January 1913

Norman Charles Ward
Florence Mary Nicol

Norman Charles Ward
Florence Mary Nicol
💍 1913/1489

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic

28
26

Upper Hutt
Marton

5 days
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Marton Junction

13/1000

20 January 1913

Rev. Alexander Porter

No	2
Date of Notice	20 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Charles Ward	Florence Mary Nicol
	💍 1913/1489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Upper Hutt	Marton
Length of Residence	5 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Marton Junction
Folio	13/1000
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Porter

30 January 1913

Fred Gibbs
Clarice Griffin

Fred Gibbs
Clarice Griffin
💍 1913/1488

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
21

Upper Tutaenui
Mount Curl

5 years
21 years

Residence of James Griffin, Mount Curl

13/999

30 January 1913

Rev. Alexander Porter

No	3
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Gibbs	Clarice Griffin
	💍 1913/1488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Upper Tutaenui	Mount Curl
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Griffin, Mount Curl
Folio	13/999
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Porter

24 February 1913

John Milne
Eliza Mary Cox

John Milne
Eliza Mary Cox
💍 1913/1487

John Milne
Flora Annie McDonald
💍 1913/8521

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
36

Marton
Marton

2 years

Residence of Frederick Charles Cox, Pukepapa Road, Marton

13/998

24 February 1913

Rev. Robert McCully

No	4
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Milne	Eliza Mary Cox
	💍 1913/1487
BDM Match (63%)	John Milne	Flora Annie McDonald
	💍 1913/8521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	36
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Frederick Charles Cox, Pukepapa Road, Marton
Folio	13/998
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert McCully

7 March 1913

Thomas Bovett
Mary Elizabeth Clooney

Thomas Bovett
Mary Elizabeth Clooney
💍 1913/1497

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
23

Pukepapa
Pukepapa

2 years
4 years

Residence of William Dickson, Pukepapa

13/1001

7 March 1913

Rev. Alexander Porter

No	5
Date of Notice	7 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Bovett	Mary Elizabeth Clooney
	💍 1913/1497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Pukepapa	Pukepapa
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Dickson, Pukepapa
Folio	13/1001
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Porter

10 March 1913

James Ross
Myrtle Ivy Brown

James Ross
Myrtle Ivy Brown
💍 1913/1515

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Shop assistant

29
21

Marton
Marton

3 days
6 months

Residence of Humphrey Sheriff, Stewart St, Marton

13/1004

10 March 1913

Rev. Joseph J. Mather

No	6
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ross	Myrtle Ivy Brown
	💍 1913/1515
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Shop assistant
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Humphrey Sheriff, Stewart St, Marton
Folio	13/1004
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph J. Mather

27 March 1913

Duncan Simpson
Sibyl Holt

Duncan Simpson
Sibyl Holt
💍 1913/1514

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
34

Heaton Park
Heaton Park

31 years
1 1/2 years

St. Stephen's Church, Marton

13/1003

27 March 1913

Rev. Vincent Howard Kitcat

No	7
Date of Notice	27 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Simpson	Sibyl Holt
	💍 1913/1514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	34
Dwelling Place	Heaton Park	Heaton Park
Length of Residence	31 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Marton
Folio	13/1003
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Vincent Howard Kitcat

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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).