Intentions to Marry, 1907 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840433, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1907 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1907a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1907b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1907c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar Edmund Humphrey Lyons

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

4 January 1907

William Fitzpatrick Lennan
Elizabeth May Stevens

William Fitzpatrick Lennan
Elizabeth May Stevens
💍 1907/1747

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/1867

4 January 1907

Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	25
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Fitzpatrick Lennan	Elizabeth May Stevens
	💍 1907/1747
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/1867
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

4 January 1907

John Plaskett Faulder
Evelyn Frances Hollings

John Plaskett Faulders
Evelyn Frances Collings
💍 1907/8316

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

34
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/130

4 January 1907

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Plaskett Faulder	Evelyn Frances Hollings
BDM Match (96%)	John Plaskett Faulders	Evelyn Frances Collings
	💍 1907/8316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/130
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

4 January 1907

William George Irwin
Catherine Monaghan

William George Irwin
Catherine Monaghan
💍 1907/121

Bachelor
Spinster

Trainer

36
31

Auckland
Rollerslie

30 years

House of father of Bride, Rollerslie

07/84

4 January 1907

Rev. Y. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	27
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Irwin	Catherine Monaghan
	💍 1907/121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trainer
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Rollerslie
Length of Residence	30 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Rollerslie
Folio	07/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Y. Buckley, Roman Catholic

4 January 1907

Raymond Jones
Louie Bourne

Raymond Jones
Louie Bourne
💍 1907/3004

Bachelor
Spinster

Caterer

35
26

Auckland
Mount Roskill

6 months
3 weeks

Church of England, Mount Roskill

07/3036

4 January 1907

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

No	28
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Jones	Louie Bourne
	💍 1907/3004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Caterer
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Roskill
Length of Residence	6 months	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mount Roskill
Folio	07/3036
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

4 January 1907

James Henry Rogers
Edith Hamilton

James Henry Rogers
Edith Hamilton
💍 1907/193

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

21
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/184

4 January 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Rogers	Edith Hamilton
	💍 1907/193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/184
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

8 January 1907

Henry Sampson
Delsie Ward

Henry Sampson
Delsie Ward
💍 1907/160

Widower
Spinster

Seaman

52
26

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
14 years

House of bridegroom, Howe St., Auckland

07/171

8 January 1907

M. B. Watt, Church of Christ

No	30
Date of Notice	8 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sampson	Delsie Ward
	💍 1907/160
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	52	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	14 years
Marriage Place	House of bridegroom, Howe St., Auckland
Folio	07/171
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1907
Officiating Minister	M. B. Watt, Church of Christ

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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).