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 427

District of Taihape Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar John P. Sharidat

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

267

25 January 1913

Victor D. Carrel
Dorothy Healey

Victor Charles Carrel
Dorothy Healey
💍 1913/4706

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Household

24
18

Taihape
Taihape

18 months
7 years

St. Margarets Taihape

13/428

Richard Healey, Father

25 January 1913

Rev. Clarkson

No	267
Date of Notice	25 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor D. Carrel	Dorothy Healey
BDM Match (83%)	Victor Charles Carrel	Dorothy Healey
	💍 1913/4706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Household
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	18 months	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Margarets Taihape
Folio	13/428
Consent	Richard Healey, Father
Date of Certificate	25 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Clarkson

268

3 February 1913

Edwin Y. Reichel
Catherine Foley

Edwin Frederick Reichel
Catherine Foley
💍 1913/1501

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Household

34
23

Wellington
Ohutu

13 years
13 years

Catholic Ch. Wellington

13/1013

3 February 1913

Father Connolly

No	268
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Y. Reichel	Catherine Foley
BDM Match (80%)	Edwin Frederick Reichel	Catherine Foley
	💍 1913/1501
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Household
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Ohutu
Length of Residence	13 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Ch. Wellington
Folio	13/1013
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Father Connolly

269

12 February 1913

Lionel E. Deacon
Jane Irene Jessie Garratt

Lionel Edmond Deacon
Jane Irene Jessie Garrats
💍 1913/4684

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Household

33
22

Taihape
Taihape

7 years
8 years

St. Margarets Taihape

13/4286

12 February 1913

Rev. Clarkson

No	269
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel E. Deacon	Jane Irene Jessie Garratt
BDM Match (86%)	Lionel Edmond Deacon	Jane Irene Jessie Garrats
	💍 1913/4684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Household
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Margarets Taihape
Folio	13/4286
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Clarkson

270

4 March 1913

George H. Hobbs
Eva Symes

George Henry Hobbs
Els Syme
💍 1913/4482

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Mill Clerk

32
22

Taihape
Tangiwai

2 years
4 years

Residence of Mr G. Symes

13/4126

4 March 1913

Rev. Parsons

No	270
Date of Notice	4 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George H. Hobbs	Eva Symes
BDM Match (72%)	George Henry Hobbs	Els Syme
	💍 1913/4482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Mill Clerk
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Tangiwai
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr G. Symes
Folio	13/4126
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Parsons

271

15 March 1913

Charles Edwin Fairburn Stone
Beatrice Naomi Sutcliffe

Charles Edwin Fairburn Stone
Beatrice Naomi Sutcliffe
💍 1913/4493

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Tailoress

23
26

Dannevirke
Taihape

14 days
2 years

Wesleyan Ch. Dannevirke

13/4127

15 March 1913

Rev. Parsons

No	271
Date of Notice	15 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Fairburn Stone	Beatrice Naomi Sutcliffe
	💍 1913/4493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Tailoress
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Taihape
Length of Residence	14 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Ch. Dannevirke
Folio	13/4127
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Parsons

272

21 March 1913

John Munroe Sutherland
Maud Annie Weaver

John Munro Sutherlan
Maud Anne Walker
💍 1913/4683

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk
Domestic

32
32

Hastings
Taihape

39 years
3 months

St. Margarets Hastings

13/4285

21 March 1913

Rev. Clarkson

No	272
Date of Notice	21 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Munroe Sutherland	Maud Annie Weaver
BDM Match (84%)	John Munro Sutherlan	Maud Anne Walker
	💍 1913/4683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk	Domestic
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Taihape
Length of Residence	39 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Margarets Hastings
Folio	13/4285
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Clarkson

273

25 March 1913

Thomas Henry Bolton
Edith Caroline Archer

Thomas Henry Bolton
Edith Caroline Archer
💍 1913/2527

Bachelor
Spinster

Machine Expert
Dressmaker

28
23

Moawhango
Taihape

5 years
3 years

Residence of Brides Father

13/2078

25 March 1913

Rev. Catherwood

No	273
Date of Notice	25 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Bolton	Edith Caroline Archer
	💍 1913/2527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machine Expert	Dressmaker
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Moawhango	Taihape
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Brides Father
Folio	13/2078
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Catherwood

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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).