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 457

District of Wanganui Quarter ending 30 September 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

120

28 July 1913

William Jeremiah Hartley
Clara Joanna Kraus

William Jeremiah Hartley
Clara Jeannie Kraus
💍 1913/5957

Widower
Widow

Baker
Home duties

36
39

Wanganui
Wanganui

4 days
5 years

St Johns Church of England

13/5466

28 July 1913

H. Reeve, Church of England

No	120
Date of Notice	28 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jeremiah Hartley	Clara Joanna Kraus
BDM Match (92%)	William Jeremiah Hartley	Clara Jeannie Kraus
	💍 1913/5957
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Baker	Home duties
Age	36	39
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	4 days	5 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church of England
Folio	13/5466
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Reeve, Church of England

121

28 July 1913

Herbert Arthur Brider
Rebecca Doherty

Herbert Arthur Brider
Rebecca Doherty
💍 1913/5093

Widower
Widow

Clerk
Lady's maid

42
31

Aramoho
Wanganui

38 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wanganui

13/4773

28 July 1913

Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

No	121
Date of Notice	28 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Arthur Brider	Rebecca Doherty
	💍 1913/5093
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Clerk	Lady's maid
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Aramoho	Wanganui
Length of Residence	38 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wanganui
Folio	13/4773
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

122

28 July 1913

Philip John Collins
Alice Ormond Spinsted

Philip John Collins
Alice Ormond
💍 1913/5094

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

26
21

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

13/4774

28 July 1913

Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

No	122
Date of Notice	28 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip John Collins	Alice Ormond Spinsted
BDM Match (79%)	Philip John Collins	Alice Ormond
	💍 1913/5094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4774
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

123

28 July 1913

Percy Edmund Glimn
Eliza Fanny Alice Harris

Percy Edmund Ginn
Eliza Fanny Alice Harris
💍 1913/5958

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker
Domestic duties

19
29

Wanganui
Wanganui

4 years
29 years

Methodist Church

13/5467

28 July 1913

J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	123
Date of Notice	28 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Edmund Glimn	Eliza Fanny Alice Harris
BDM Match (94%)	Percy Edmund Ginn	Eliza Fanny Alice Harris
	💍 1913/5958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker	Domestic duties
Age	19	29
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	4 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	13/5467
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1913
Officiating Minister	J. A. Luxford, Methodist

124

30 July 1913

Henry Frederick Walkey
Sarah Ann Batchelor

Henry Frederick Walkey
Sarah Ann Batchelor
💍 1913/5095

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Household duties

37
44

Wanganui
Wanganui

6 years
7 years

Registrar's Office

13/4775

30 July 1913

Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

No	124
Date of Notice	30 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Frederick Walkey	Sarah Ann Batchelor
	💍 1913/5095
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	37	44
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	6 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/4775
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

125

1 August 1913

Leslie George Horrocks
Nellie Marjorie Woon

Leslie George Horrocks
Nellie Marjorie Woon
💍 1913/8932

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

23
22

Raorikia
Raorikia

15 months
22 years

Residence of Mr W. G. Woon

1 August 1913

J. Walker, Church of England

No	125
Date of Notice	1 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie George Horrocks	Nellie Marjorie Woon
	💍 1913/8932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Raorikia	Raorikia
Length of Residence	15 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr W. G. Woon
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Walker, 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).