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 437

District of Wanganui Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Charles E. Hylton

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

30 January 1913

William Henry Warren
Maria Ann Joyce Spier

William Henry Warren
Maria Ann Joyce
💍 1913/1657

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic Help

28
28

Putiki
Gonville

5 years
14 months

Residence of Mrs Jensen, Taylerville

13/1051

30 January 1913

H. Grinstead, Church of Christ

No	12
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Warren	Maria Ann Joyce Spier
BDM Match (86%)	William Henry Warren	Maria Ann Joyce
	💍 1913/1657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic Help
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Putiki	Gonville
Length of Residence	5 years	14 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Jensen, Taylerville
Folio	13/1051
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Grinstead, Church of Christ

1 February 1913

John Edgar Mercer
Amy Katherine Patterson

John Edgar Mercer
Amy Katherine Patterson
💍 1913/1341

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

28
22

Okoia
Manaia

11 months
22 years

Methodist Church

13/844

1 February 1913

J. G. Hammond, Wesleyan

No	13
Date of Notice	1 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edgar Mercer	Amy Katherine Patterson
	💍 1913/1341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Okoia	Manaia
Length of Residence	11 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/844
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1913
Officiating Minister	J. G. Hammond, Wesleyan

3 February 1913

Alfred Ernest Slipper
Helen Mitchell Widow

Alfred Ernest Slipper
Helen Mitchell
💍 1913/1013

Bachelor
Widow

Timber Yardman
Domestic duties

34
33

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 years
7 years

Registrar's Office

13/353

3 February 1913

Chas E. Hylton, Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Slipper	Helen Mitchell Widow
BDM Match (85%)	Alfred Ernest Slipper	Helen Mitchell
	💍 1913/1013
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Timber Yardman	Domestic duties
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/353
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Chas E. Hylton, Registrar

3 February 1913

William Thomas Davis
Annie Lewis

William Thomas Davis
Annie Lewis
💍 1913/1513

Bachelor
Spinster

Cellarman
Bookkeeper

34
24

Wanganui
Wanganui

15 years
24 years

St Johns Church of England

13/1024

3 February 1913

H. Reeve, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Davis	Annie Lewis
	💍 1913/1513
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cellarman	Bookkeeper
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	15 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church of England
Folio	13/1024
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Reeve, Church of England

6 February 1913

Montague Douglas Morris
Eva Parker

Montague Douglas Morris
Eva Parker
💍 1913/1521

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Dentist's Assistant

24
28

Wanganui
Wanganui

2 years
8 years

St Johns Church of England

13/1025

6 February 1913

H. Reeve, Church of England

No	16
Date of Notice	6 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Montague Douglas Morris	Eva Parker
	💍 1913/1521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Dentist's Assistant
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church of England
Folio	13/1025
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Reeve, Church of England

7 February 1913

Frank Dillon Allen
Louisa Mary Dykes

Frank Dillon Allen
Louisa Mary Dykes
💍 1913/1522

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Home duties

40
39

Koriniti
Kaitoke

3 years
5 years

Residence of Mrs Dykes, Kaitoke

13/1034

7 February 1913

A. O. Williams, Church of England

No	17
Date of Notice	7 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Dillon Allen	Louisa Mary Dykes
	💍 1913/1522
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Home duties
Age	40	39
Dwelling Place	Koriniti	Kaitoke
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Dykes, Kaitoke
Folio	13/1034
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1913
Officiating Minister	A. O. Williams, Church of England

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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).