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 Napier Quarter ending 30 September 1913 Registrar William Buchanan

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

23 July 1913

Thomas Henry Redshaw
Leliah Annie Plested

Thomas Henry Redshaw
Leliah Annie Plested
💍 1913/6415

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

20
17

Napier
Napier

19 years
17 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

13/5341

George Henry Plested, Father

23 July 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	98
Date of Notice	23 July 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Redshaw	Leliah Annie Plested
	💍 1913/6415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	19 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	13/5341
Consent	George Henry Plested, Father
Date of Certificate	23 July 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

2 August 1913

Lawrence Gray
Jessie Patience (M.N. Patience)

Lawrence Gray
Jessie Patience
💍 1913/6413

Bachelor
Widow

Groom
Housekeeper

42
38

Greenmeadows
Napier

6 months
2 years

House of Mrs. Patience

13/5339

2 August 1913

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	99
Date of Notice	2 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Gray	Jessie Patience (M.N. Patience)
BDM Match (74%)	Lawrence Gray	Jessie Patience
	💍 1913/6413
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Groom	Housekeeper
Age	42	38
Dwelling Place	Greenmeadows	Napier
Length of Residence	6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Patience
Folio	13/5339
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

100

5 August 1913

Samuel Henry Howard
Margaret Fulford

Samuel Henry Howard
Margaret Tulford
💍 1913/5655

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic Duties

24
24

Taradale
Pakowhai

24 years
24 years

All Saints Church, Taradale

13/5362

5 August 1913

Rev. A. P. Clarke

No	100
Date of Notice	5 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henry Howard	Margaret Fulford
BDM Match (97%)	Samuel Henry Howard	Margaret Tulford
	💍 1913/5655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Pakowhai
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Taradale
Folio	13/5362
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Clarke

101

7 August 1913

William Benjamin Anderson
Beatrice Louise May Walker

William Benjamin Anderson
Beatrice Louisa May Walker
💍 1913/6414

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi Proprietor
Manager Tea Rooms

22
25

Napier
Napier

2 years
15 months

Dwelling R. Watson, Sale Street, Napier

13/5340

7 August 1913

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	101
Date of Notice	7 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Benjamin Anderson	Beatrice Louise May Walker
BDM Match (98%)	William Benjamin Anderson	Beatrice Louisa May Walker
	💍 1913/6414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi Proprietor	Manager Tea Rooms
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling R. Watson, Sale Street, Napier
Folio	13/5340
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

102

8 August 1913

Eustace Richard Serle Boardman
Victoria Eliza Berry

Eustace Richard Serle Boardman
Victoria Eliza Berry
💍 1913/6416

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
20

Napier
Napier

3 years
9 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

13/5344

Berry, Father

8 August 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	102
Date of Notice	8 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eustace Richard Serle Boardman	Victoria Eliza Berry
	💍 1913/6416
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	13/5344
Consent	Berry, Father
Date of Certificate	8 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

103

9 August 1913

John Walpole Fendall
Winifred Frances Kay

John Walpole Kendall
Winifred Frances Kay
💍 1913/5654

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic Duties

27
26

Auckland
Puketapu

17 years
13 months

All Saints Church, Taradale

13/5361

9 August 1913

Rev. A. P. Clarke

No	103
Date of Notice	9 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walpole Fendall	Winifred Frances Kay
BDM Match (98%)	John Walpole Kendall	Winifred Frances Kay
	💍 1913/5654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic Duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Puketapu
Length of Residence	17 years	13 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Taradale
Folio	13/5361
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Clarke

104

14 August 1913

Daniel Murray
Lillian Verna Russell

Daniel Murray
Lillian Verna Russell
💍 1913/8659

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer
Domestic Duties

24
20

Clive
Clive

4 days
1 year

House of G. W. Murray, Clive

8515

James Tavener Russell, Father

14 August 1913

Rev. Robert Waugh

No	104
Date of Notice	14 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Murray	Lillian Verna Russell
	💍 1913/8659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Clive	Clive
Length of Residence	4 days	1 year
Marriage Place	House of G. W. Murray, Clive
Folio	8515
Consent	James Tavener Russell, Father
Date of Certificate	14 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Waugh

105

20 August 1913

Andrew Frederick Johnson
Linda Pritchard

Andrew Frederick Johnson
Luisa Pritchard
💍 1913/6417

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Duties

23
20

Port Ahuriri
Taradale

21 years
20 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

13/5343

Pritchard, Father

20 August 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	105
Date of Notice	20 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Frederick Johnson	Linda Pritchard
BDM Match (90%)	Andrew Frederick Johnson	Luisa Pritchard
	💍 1913/6417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Port Ahuriri	Taradale
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	13/5343
Consent	Pritchard, Father
Date of Certificate	20 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

106

20 August 1913

George Galloway Cameron
Jane Tennant (M.N. Newell)

George Galloway Cameron
Jane Tennant
💍 1913/6431

Bachelor
Widow

Farm Labourer
Housemaid

25
38

Otamauri, Napier
Glenross, Napier

7 months
19 months

House of John Nicoll, Napier

13/5333

20 August 1913

Rev. Thos. Tait

No	106
Date of Notice	20 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Galloway Cameron	Jane Tennant (M.N. Newell)
BDM Match (73%)	George Galloway Cameron	Jane Tennant
	💍 1913/6431
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farm Labourer	Housemaid
Age	25	38
Dwelling Place	Otamauri, Napier	Glenross, Napier
Length of Residence	7 months	19 months
Marriage Place	House of John Nicoll, Napier
Folio	13/5333
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Tait

107

21 August 1913

Alexander John Harmon
Elsie Nellie Poole

Alexander John Harmon
Elsie Nellie Poole
💍 1913/5672

Bachelor
Spinster

Shunter
General Servant

26
21

Napier
Napier

26 years
15 years

St. Patrick's Church, Napier

13/5355

21 August 1913

Rev. Father O'Sullivan

No	107
Date of Notice	21 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander John Harmon	Elsie Nellie Poole
	💍 1913/5672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shunter	General Servant
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	26 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Napier
Folio	13/5355
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Sullivan

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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).