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 31 March 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 January 1913

Kevin Reignier O'Halloran
Ivy Annie Bailey

Kevin Reignier O'Halloran
Ivy Annie Bailey
💍 1913/1369

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant Tailor
Domestic Duties

32
24

Napier
Napier

2½ years
4 years

St. Patrick's Church, Napier

13/880

23 January 1913

Rev. Father Mahony W.B.

No	11
Date of Notice	23 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kevin Reignier O'Halloran	Ivy Annie Bailey
	💍 1913/1369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant Tailor	Domestic Duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2½ years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Napier
Folio	13/880
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Mahony W.B.

25 January 1913

Horace Byrn
Annie Maria Cleland

Horace Byrn
Annie Maria Cleland
💍 1913/863

Bachelor
Widow

Motor Engineer
Domestic Duties

30
23

Inglewood
Inglewood

9 months
23 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier

13/295

25 January 1913

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	25 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Byrn	Annie Maria Cleland
	💍 1913/863
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Motor Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	9 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	13/295
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

31 January 1913

Isaac Charles Clark
Florence Alice Brown

Isaac Charles Clark
Florence Alice Brown
💍 1913/392

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

33
32

Tokomaru Bay
Wellington

9 months
5 years

House of Wm. Love, Napier

13/839

31 January 1913

Rev. Thos. Lair

No	13
Date of Notice	31 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Charles Clark	Florence Alice Brown
	💍 1913/392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Tokomaru Bay	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 months	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Wm. Love, Napier
Folio	13/839
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Lair

3 February 1913

Wilfred John Fraser
Edith Ella Burton

Wilfred John Fraser
Edith Ella Barton
💍 1913/1376

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic Duties

28
27

Ohakune
Wellington

2 years
3 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/864

3 February 1913

Rev. Canon Luke

No	14
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred John Fraser	Edith Ella Burton
BDM Match (97%)	Wilfred John Fraser	Edith Ella Barton
	💍 1913/1376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Ohakune	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/864
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

3 February 1913

Maurice White Halliwell
Lucy Ann Davis

Maurice White Halliwell
Lucy Ann Davis
💍 1913/390

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman
Domestic Duties

25
26

Greenmeadows
Taradale

25 years
18 years

All Saints Church, Taradale

13/857

3 February 1913

Rev. A. P. Clarke

No	15
Date of Notice	3 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice White Halliwell	Lucy Ann Davis
	💍 1913/390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman	Domestic Duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Greenmeadows	Taradale
Length of Residence	25 years	18 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Taradale
Folio	13/857
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Clarke

4 February 1913

Charles Herbert Bickerstaff
Louisa Maud Burgess

Charles Herbert Bickerstaff
Louisa Maud Burgess
💍 1913/391

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Fitter
Lady Help

27
21

Napier
Napier

27 years
4 years

Trinity Methodist Church, Napier

13/858

4 February 1913

Rev. H. L. Blamires

No	16
Date of Notice	4 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Bickerstaff	Louisa Maud Burgess
	💍 1913/391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Fitter	Lady Help
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	27 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church, Napier
Folio	13/858
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires

5 February 1913

Thorwald Magnus Hansen
Elsie Boyd

Thorwald Magnus Hansen
Elsie Boyd
💍 1913/865

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Domestic Duties

45
18

Napier
Napier

6 years
4 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier

13/296

John Boyd, Father

5 February 1913

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	5 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thorwald Magnus Hansen	Elsie Boyd
	💍 1913/865
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Domestic Duties
Age	45	18
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	13/296
Consent	John Boyd, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

11 February 1913

James Blair
Blanche Rosanna McPherson

James Blair
Blanche Rosanna McPherson
💍 1913/393

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic Duties

28
29

Wairoa
Clive

27 years
29 years

Presbyterian Church, Clive

13/860

11 February 1913

Rev. F. Tucker

No	18
Date of Notice	11 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Blair	Blanche Rosanna McPherson
	💍 1913/393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic Duties
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Clive
Length of Residence	27 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Clive
Folio	13/860
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Tucker

15 February 1913

Thomas Edward Taylor
Sarah Beatrice Parkinson

Thomas Edward Taylor
Sarah Beatrice Parkinson
💍 1913/1361

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

38
36

Patumahoe, Auckland
Ashley Clinton

9 months
5 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

13/872

15 February 1913

Rev. H. Collier

No	19
Date of Notice	15 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Taylor	Sarah Beatrice Parkinson
	💍 1913/1361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	38	36
Dwelling Place	Patumahoe, Auckland	Ashley Clinton
Length of Residence	9 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	13/872
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Collier

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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).