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 774

District of Buller Quarter ending 31 December 1913 Registrar Arnold William Mann

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

6 October 1913

William Oscar Jarman
Maude Elizabeth Luff

William Oscar Jarman
Maude Elizabeth Luff
💍 1913/7810

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

24
16

Westport
Westport

3 days
16 years

Residence of John Luff, Westport

13/7616

John Luff, Father

6 October 1913

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Oscar Jarman	Maude Elizabeth Luff
	💍 1913/7810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	24	16
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Luff, Westport
Folio	13/7616
Consent	John Luff, Father
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

21 October 1913

Charles Edward Butcher
Myrtle Mary Elizabeth Thompson

Charles Edward Butcher
Myrtle Mary Elizabeth Thompson
💍 1913/7826

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
27

Westport
Westport

3 days
27 years

Presbyterian Church, Westport

13/7618

21 October 1913

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	44
Date of Notice	21 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Butcher	Myrtle Mary Elizabeth Thompson
	💍 1913/7826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Westport
Folio	13/7618
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

21 October 1913

Norman Victor Ward
Annie Maria Green

Norman Victor Ward
Annie Maria Green
💍 1913/7821

Bachelor
Widow

Carpenter

22
38

Denniston
Westport

22 years
38 years

Residence of A. M. Green, Westport

13/7617

21 October 1913

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	45
Date of Notice	21 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Victor Ward	Annie Maria Green
	💍 1913/7821
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	38
Dwelling Place	Denniston	Westport
Length of Residence	22 years	38 years
Marriage Place	Residence of A. M. Green, Westport
Folio	13/7617
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

22 October 1913

Rupert Lancelot Banks Sproule
Ethel Laura Thomas

Rupert Lancelot Banks Sproule
Ethel Laura Thomas
💍 1913/7917

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

26
20

Westport
Westport

26 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Westport

13/7682

Under Sec. 27

4 November 1913

Ven. Archp. T. Walshe, Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	22 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rupert Lancelot Banks Sproule	Ethel Laura Thomas
	💍 1913/7917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	26 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	13/7682
Consent	Under Sec. 27
Date of Certificate	4 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archp. T. Walshe, Roman Catholic

27 October 1913

Christopher John McDonnell
Ellen Fredricka Nielson

Christopher John McDonnell
Ellen Fredericka Neilson
💍 1913/7801

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

25
22

Westport
Westport

25 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Westport

13/7614

27 October 1913

Ven. Archp. T. Walshe, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	27 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher John McDonnell	Ellen Fredricka Nielson
BDM Match (94%)	Christopher John McDonnell	Ellen Fredericka Neilson
	💍 1913/7801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	13/7614
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archp. T. Walshe, Roman Catholic

30 October 1913

Stanley Wheatley
Grace McGill

Stanley Wheatley
Grace McGill
💍 1913/8398

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

29
26

Westport
Westport

5 years
18 years

Church of England, Westport

13/8164

30 October 1913

Rev. R. De Lambert, Church of England

No	48
Date of Notice	30 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Wheatley	Grace McGill
	💍 1913/8398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Westport
Folio	13/8164
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. De Lambert, Church of England

17 November 1913

Arthur Hopkins
Rose Annie McDonagh

Arthur Hopkins
Rose Annie McDonagh
💍 1913/8399

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

26
21

Westport
McDonagh, Westport

8 years
21 years

Residence of Elizabeth McDonagh, Westport

13/8165

17 November 1913

Rev. R. De Lambert, Church of England

No	49
Date of Notice	17 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Hopkins	Rose Annie McDonagh
	💍 1913/8399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Westport	McDonagh, Westport
Length of Residence	8 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Elizabeth McDonagh, Westport
Folio	13/8165
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. De Lambert, Church of England

21 November 1913

Albert Francis Hall
Alice Hopgood

Albert Francis Hall
Alice Hopgood
💍 1913/6988

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

25
17

Westport
Westport

25 years
17 years

Registrar's Office, Westport

13/6727

William Hopgood, Father

21 November 1913

Registrar

No	50
Date of Notice	21 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Francis Hall	Alice Hopgood
	💍 1913/6988
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	25 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Westport
Folio	13/6727
Consent	William Hopgood, Father
Date of Certificate	21 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

22 November 1913

William Mickelson
Constance Maud Wimsett

William Mikkelson
Constance Maud Wimsett
💍 1913/7800

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

27
21

Westport
Westport

27 years
4 1/2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Westport

13/7613

22 November 1913

Ven. Archp. T. Walshe, Roman Catholic

No	51
Date of Notice	22 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mickelson	Constance Maud Wimsett
BDM Match (97%)	William Mikkelson	Constance Maud Wimsett
	💍 1913/7800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	27 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	13/7613
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archp. T. Walshe, Roman Catholic

26 November 1913

John Angus McRae
Mary Campbell McAlpine

John Angus McRae
Mary Campbell McAlpine
💍 1913/7827

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

32
23

Westport
Westport

4 days
4 years

Residence of Robert McAlpine, Westport

13/7619

26 November 1913

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	26 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Angus McRae	Mary Campbell McAlpine
	💍 1913/7827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert McAlpine, Westport
Folio	13/7619
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

4 December 1913

Edward Michael Jenkins
Emma Wheatley

Edward Michael Jenkins
Emma Wheatley
💍 1913/7802

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Sergeants Hill
Westport

25 years
23 years

Wesleyan Church, Westport

13/7615

4 December 1913

Rev. E. Cox, Wesleyan

No	53
Date of Notice	4 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Michael Jenkins	Emma Wheatley
	💍 1913/7802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Sergeants Hill	Westport
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Westport
Folio	13/7615
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Cox, Wesleyan

12 December 1913

Walter Arthur Ransome
Margaret Gardener

Walter Arthur Ransome
Margaret Gardener
💍 1913/7828

Bachelor
Spinster

Ship Steward

26
17

Westport
Westport

5 weeks
17 years

Residence of Elizabeth Gardener, Westport

13/7620

Elizabeth Gardener, Mother

12 December 1913

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	54
Date of Notice	12 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Arthur Ransome	Margaret Gardener
	💍 1913/7828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ship Steward
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	5 weeks	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Elizabeth Gardener, Westport
Folio	13/7620
Consent	Elizabeth Gardener, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

15 December 1913

Thomas Luke Kibblewhite
Florence Mary Elley

Thomas Luke Kebblewhite
Florence Mary Elley
💍 1913/7829

Bachelor
Spinster

Moulder

31
23

Westport
Westport

5 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church, Westport

13/7621

15 December 1913

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	55
Date of Notice	15 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Luke Kibblewhite	Florence Mary Elley
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Luke Kebblewhite	Florence Mary Elley
	💍 1913/7829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Moulder
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Westport
Folio	13/7621
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

17 December 1913

David Garnett Harry
Caroline Beardsmore

David Garnett Harry
Caroline Beardsmore
💍 1913/8400

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
22

Westport
Westport

4 days
4 years

Church of England, Westport

13/8166

17 December 1913

Rev. R. De Lambert, Church of England

No	56
Date of Notice	17 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Garnett Harry	Caroline Beardsmore
	💍 1913/8400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Westport
Folio	13/8166
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. De Lambert, 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).