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

18 January 1907

Kenneth Campbell Maclaurin
Gladys Rogers Jones

Kenneth Campbell Maclaurin
Gwladys Rogers Jones
💍 1907/101

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
6 years

House of mother of Bride, Parnell

07/88

18 January 1907

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	49
Date of Notice	18 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Campbell Maclaurin	Gladys Rogers Jones
BDM Match (98%)	Kenneth Campbell Maclaurin	Gwladys Rogers Jones
	💍 1907/101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	6 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of Bride, Parnell
Folio	07/88
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

18 January 1907

Harold Frederick Lowndes
Stella Josephine Mazzoline

Harold Frederick Lawndes
Stella Josephine Mazzolini
💍 1907/123

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
17

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
17 years

St. Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/102

Emily Mazzoline, Mother

18 January 1907

Rev. W. R. Lush, Church of England

No	50
Date of Notice	18 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Frederick Lowndes	Stella Josephine Mazzoline
BDM Match (96%)	Harold Frederick Lawndes	Stella Josephine Mazzolini
	💍 1907/123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/102
Consent	Emily Mazzoline, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Lush, Church of England

18 January 1907

George John Been
Mary Ann Cantell

George John Beer
Mary Ann Cantell
💍 1907/182

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

40
19

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
19 years

House of father of Bride, Cross Street

07/178

Richard Cantell, Father

18 January 1907

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	51
Date of Notice	18 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George John Been	Mary Ann Cantell
BDM Match (97%)	George John Beer	Mary Ann Cantell
	💍 1907/182
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	40	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Cross Street
Folio	07/178
Consent	Richard Cantell, Father
Date of Certificate	18 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

19 January 1907

Archibald Scott
Elizabeth Florence Peat

Archibald Scott
Elizabeth Florence Peat
💍 1907/81

Widower
Widow

Settler

64
65

Auckland
Auckland

63 years
45 years

Central Mission Hall, Albert Street

07/67

19 January 1907

Rev. R. H. Gatherwood, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	19 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Scott	Elizabeth Florence Peat
	💍 1907/81
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	64	65
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	63 years	45 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert Street
Folio	07/67
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Gatherwood, Presbyterian

19 January 1907

Olaf Jensen
Elizabeth Ellen Burfoot

Olaf Jensen
Elizabeth Ellen Burfoot
💍 1907/8326

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
20 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/215

19 January 1907

Rev. W. R. Lush, Church of England

No	53
Date of Notice	19 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Olaf Jensen	Elizabeth Ellen Burfoot
	💍 1907/8326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/215
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Lush, Church of England

19 January 1907

Zana Adalgisio Isidore Erroll Bayard Malvoisin Vittalli di Vittallesca De Vere Percy
Laura Amy Collins

Isidore De Vere Percy
Laura Amy Collins
💍 1907/149

Bachelor
Spinster

Artist

42
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
19 years

St. Thomas' Church, Auckland

07/161

Helen M. A. Collins, Mother

19 January 1907

Rev. W. M. Du Rien, Church of England

No	54
Date of Notice	19 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Zana Adalgisio Isidore Erroll Bayard Malvoisin Vittalli di Vittallesca De Vere Percy	Laura Amy Collins
BDM Match (63%)	Isidore De Vere Percy	Laura Amy Collins
	💍 1907/149
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artist
Age	42	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Auckland
Folio	07/161
Consent	Helen M. A. Collins, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Du Rien, Church of England

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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).