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 Kumara Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar G. H. Harris

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

3/13

9 April 1913

John Anderson Barron
Margaret Scelrin

John Anderson Barron
Margaret Scetrini
💍 1913/3955

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter n.3. Railways
Barmaid

23
20

Kumara Junction
Kumara

8 months
4 months

St. Patricks Church

13/3606

Colturine Daveson, mother

9 April 1913

Timothy Creed, Priest, Kumara

No	3/13
Date of Notice	9 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Anderson Barron	Margaret Scelrin
BDM Match (94%)	John Anderson Barron	Margaret Scetrini
	💍 1913/3955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter n.3. Railways	Barmaid
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Kumara Junction	Kumara
Length of Residence	8 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Church
Folio	13/3606
Consent	Colturine Daveson, mother
Date of Certificate	9 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Timothy Creed, Priest, Kumara

4/13

22 April 1913

James Slur Reid
Phoebe Ellen Millson

James Steer Reid
Phoebe Ellen Millson
💍 1913/3935

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Lifter
Machiner

38
29

Kumara
Kumara

5 days
29 years

Holy Trinity Church

13/3510

22 April 1913

Rev. Tamparan Stephens, Vicar, Kumara

No	4/13
Date of Notice	22 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Slur Reid	Phoebe Ellen Millson
BDM Match (91%)	James Steer Reid	Phoebe Ellen Millson
	💍 1913/3935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Lifter	Machiner
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Kumara	Kumara
Length of Residence	5 days	29 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	13/3510
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tamparan Stephens, Vicar, Kumara

5/13

5 May 1913

Alexander James O'Rourke
Bridget Elizabeth O'Donnell

Alexander James O'Rourke
Bridget Elizabeth O'Donnell
💍 1913/3956

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

29
25

Kumara
Kumara

3 days
5 years

St. Patricks Church

13/3507

5 May 1913

Timothy Creed, Priest, Kumara

No	5/13
Date of Notice	5 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander James O'Rourke	Bridget Elizabeth O'Donnell
	💍 1913/3956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Kumara	Kumara
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Church
Folio	13/3507
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Timothy Creed, Priest, Kumara

6/13

26 May 1913

Horace Herbert Rudkin
Anila Elsie Peters

Horace Herbert Rudkin
Anita Elsie Peters
💍 1913/3958

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

31
23

Kumara
Kumara

5 days
23 years

Presbyterian Church

13/3509

26 May 1913

Rev. John Newlands, Kumara

No	6/13
Date of Notice	26 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Herbert Rudkin	Anila Elsie Peters
BDM Match (97%)	Horace Herbert Rudkin	Anita Elsie Peters
	💍 1913/3958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Kumara	Kumara
Length of Residence	5 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/3509
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Newlands, Kumara

7/13

2 June 1913

Steven George Wallace
Mary Ann Johnsen

Steven George Wallace
Mary Ann Johnsen
💍 1913/3954

Bachelor
Widow

Miner
Domestic

28
24

Kumara
Kumara

18 months
15 years

St. Patricks Church

13/3505

2 June 1913

Timothy Creed, Priest, Kumara

No	7/13
Date of Notice	2 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Steven George Wallace	Mary Ann Johnsen
	💍 1913/3954
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Kumara	Kumara
Length of Residence	18 months	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Church
Folio	13/3505
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Timothy Creed, Priest, Kumara

8/13

21 June 1913

Archibald Bryce Glen
Alice Jane Cunningham

Archibald Bryce Glen
Alice Jane Cunningham
💍 1913/3957

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic

30
24

Kumara
Kumara

8 months
2 months

Presbyterian Church

13/3506

21 June 1913

Rev. John Newlands, Kumara

No	8/13
Date of Notice	21 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Bryce Glen	Alice Jane Cunningham
	💍 1913/3957
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Kumara	Kumara
Length of Residence	8 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/3506
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Newlands, Kumara

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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).