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 Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar C. E. Short

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

22 April 1913

Arthur Perry
Edith Cawton

Arthur Perry
Edith Cawton Canning Hodgkinson
💍 1913/3292

Divorced
Widow

Manufacturing Representative
Domestic Duties

52
54

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

Congregational Church

13/3166

22 April 1913

D. H. Ward, Congregationalist

No	53
Date of Notice	22 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Perry	Edith Cawton
BDM Match (69%)	Arthur Perry	Edith Cawton Canning Hodgkinson
	💍 1913/3292
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Manufacturing Representative	Domestic Duties
Age	52	54
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	13/3166
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1913
Officiating Minister	D. H. Ward, Congregationalist

22 April 1913

Percy Crispinus Featurl
Barbara Elsie Simpson

Percy Crispianus Robert
Barbara Ellise Simpson
💍 1913/3304

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Trimmer
Domestic Duties

24
22

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 years
3 years

All Saints Anglican Church

13/3154

22 April 1913

H. G. Rosher, Anglican

No	54
Date of Notice	22 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Crispinus Featurl	Barbara Elsie Simpson
BDM Match (80%)	Percy Crispianus Robert	Barbara Ellise Simpson
	💍 1913/3304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Trimmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Anglican Church
Folio	13/3154
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1913
Officiating Minister	H. G. Rosher, Anglican

23 April 1913

Mortyn Fred Constable
Amy Gertrude Buick

Mostyn Fred Constable
Ivy Gertrude Buick
💍 1913/3303

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman
Domestic Duties

26
23

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 years

All Saints Anglican Church

13/3153

23 April 1913

H. G. Rosher, Anglican

No	55
Date of Notice	23 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mortyn Fred Constable	Amy Gertrude Buick
BDM Match (92%)	Mostyn Fred Constable	Ivy Gertrude Buick
	💍 1913/3303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Anglican Church
Folio	13/3153
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1913
Officiating Minister	H. G. Rosher, Anglican

23 April 1913

Walter Heideman
Susan Mary Halpin

Walter Cederman
Susan Mary Halpin
💍 1913/563

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
20

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 years

Registrar's Office

13/2394

23 April 1913

C. E. Short, Registrar

No	56
Date of Notice	23 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Heideman	Susan Mary Halpin
BDM Match (90%)	Walter Cederman	Susan Mary Halpin
	💍 1913/563
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2394
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1913
Officiating Minister	C. E. Short, Registrar

26 April 1913

John Boyes
Ida Towntry

John Boyes
Ida Bentley
💍 1913/565

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Laundress

45
42

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

7 years
7 years

Registrar's Office

13/2395

27 April 1913

C. E. Short, Registrar

No	57
Date of Notice	26 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Boyes	Ida Towntry
BDM Match (77%)	John Boyes	Ida Bentley
	💍 1913/565
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Laundress
Age	45	42
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2395
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1913
Officiating Minister	C. E. Short, Registrar

28 April 1913

Alfred Waldemar Roos
Lilian Ethel Wardman

Axel Valdemar Roos
Lilian Ethel Mardon
💍 1913/566

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxcutter
Domestic Duties

26
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

13/2396

28 April 1913

C. E. Short, Registrar

No	58
Date of Notice	28 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Waldemar Roos	Lilian Ethel Wardman
BDM Match (80%)	Axel Valdemar Roos	Lilian Ethel Mardon
	💍 1913/566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxcutter	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	13/2396
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1913
Officiating Minister	C. E. Short, Registrar

2 May 1913

Timothy O'Connell
Mary O'Connor

Timothy O'Connell
Mary O'Connor
💍 1913/6369

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfacement
Domestic Duties

31
34

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

7 years
7 years

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

13/6137

2 May 1913

Rev. W. Annes, Roman Catholic

No	59
Date of Notice	2 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timothy O'Connell	Mary O'Connor
	💍 1913/6369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfacement	Domestic Duties
Age	31	34
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	13/6137
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Annes, Roman Catholic

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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).