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

21 January 1907

Matthew Alexander Jelcie
Alice Maude Berry

Matthew Alexander Jelcie
Alice Maude Berry
💍 1907/181

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/195

21 January 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	61
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Alexander Jelcie	Alice Maude Berry
	💍 1907/181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/195
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

21 January 1907

Simon Keirrooy
Grace Olive Boy

Simon Keirooz
Grace Olive Coy
💍 1907/8317

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/191

21 January 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	62
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon Keirrooy	Grace Olive Boy
BDM Match (90%)	Simon Keirooz	Grace Olive Coy
	💍 1907/8317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/191
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

22 January 1907

Louise Bertram Tapper
Ella Maude Hurle

Louise Bertram Tapper
Ella Maude Hurle
💍 1907/110

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier

23
25

Auckland
Devonport

6 years
25 years

Holy Trinity Church

07/96

22 January 1907

Rev. G. Evershed, Church of England

No	63
Date of Notice	22 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louise Bertram Tapper	Ella Maude Hurle
	💍 1907/110
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	6 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	07/96
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Evershed, Church of England

22 January 1907

Hugh Tennent Wells
Mary Alice Redpath

Hugh Tennent Wells
Mary Alice Redpath
💍 1907/49

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
25

Auckland
Ponsonby

10 days
25 years

St. John's Church

07/100

22 January 1907

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	64
Date of Notice	22 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Tennent Wells	Mary Alice Redpath
	💍 1907/49
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	10 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church
Folio	07/100
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

22 January 1907

Dick Foreran Jurnig Bruce
Agnes Gladys Dora Lee

Dick Foverau Turling Bruce
Annie Gladys Dora Lee
💍 1907/94

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

30
23

Auckland
Parnell

1 month
1 year

St. Mary's Cathedral

07/56

22 January 1907

Rev. M. Sutton, Church of England

No	65
Date of Notice	22 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dick Foreran Jurnig Bruce	Agnes Gladys Dora Lee
BDM Match (83%)	Dick Foverau Turling Bruce	Annie Gladys Dora Lee
	💍 1907/94
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	1 month	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	07/56
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Sutton, Church of England

22 January 1907

Ernest Edward Willoughby
Beatrice Muriel Edwards

Ernest Edward Willoughby
Beatrice Muriel Edwards
💍 1907/1734

Bachelor
Spinster

District Insurance Manager

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
25 years

St. Sepulchre's Church

07/1853

22 January 1907

Rev. G. A. Barver, Church of England

No	66
Date of Notice	22 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Willoughby	Beatrice Muriel Edwards
	💍 1907/1734
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	District Insurance Manager
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	07/1853
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Barver, 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).