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

25 January 1907

Ernest Albert Stacey
Phyllis Parletich

Ernest Albert Stacey
Phyllis Pavletich
💍 1907/8303

Bachelor
Widow

Seaman

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/144

25 January 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	73
Date of Notice	25 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Albert Stacey	Phyllis Parletich
BDM Match (97%)	Ernest Albert Stacey	Phyllis Pavletich
	💍 1907/8303
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/144
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

25 January 1907

John Dimery
Rose Ellen Feltham

John Dinnery
Rose Ellen Feltham
💍 1907/116

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

32
23

Auckland
5 Richmond Road

10 years
5 years

House of M. W.

07/78

25 January 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	74
Date of Notice	25 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dimery	Rose Ellen Feltham
BDM Match (92%)	John Dinnery	Rose Ellen Feltham
	💍 1907/116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	5 Richmond Road
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of M. W.
Folio	07/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

26 January 1907

Hugh Philip Harding Herapath
Irene Willmethe

Hugh Philip Harding Herapath
Irene Willmette
💍 1907/127

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

24
30

Auckland
Ponsonby

24 years
27 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

07/114

26 January 1907

Rev. P. Cleary, Church of England

No	75
Date of Notice	26 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Philip Harding Herapath	Irene Willmethe
BDM Match (97%)	Hugh Philip Harding Herapath	Irene Willmette
	💍 1907/127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	24 years	27 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/114
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Cleary, Church of England

28 January 1907

Alexander James Chaplin
Florence Neal

Alexander James Chaplin
Florence Neal
💍 1907/183

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/196

Moses Neal, Father

28 January 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	76
Date of Notice	28 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander James Chaplin	Florence Neal
	💍 1907/183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/196
Consent	Moses Neal, Father
Date of Certificate	28 January 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

28 January 1907

Alfred Charles Griffiths
Ada Susan Nash

Alfred Charles Griffiths
Ada Susan Nash
💍 1907/3899

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

24
31

Auckland
Ponsonby

16 months
22 years

Church of Christ, Ponsonby

07/175

28 January 1907

G. Watt, Church of Christ

No	77
Date of Notice	28 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Charles Griffiths	Ada Susan Nash
	💍 1907/3899
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	24	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	16 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby
Folio	07/175
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1907
Officiating Minister	G. Watt, Church of Christ

28 January 1907

Alfred Wellington Stuart McDonald (known as Stuart)
Lizzie Dora Virtue

Alfred Wellington Stuart MacDonald
Lizzie Nora Virtue
💍 1907/8292

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
18

Auckland
Grey Lynn

2 years
18 years

House of Mother of Bride, Grey Lynn

07/30

Nora Virtue, Mother

28 January 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	78
Date of Notice	28 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Wellington Stuart McDonald (known as Stuart)	Lizzie Dora Virtue
BDM Match (79%)	Alfred Wellington Stuart MacDonald	Lizzie Nora Virtue
	💍 1907/8292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Grey Lynn
Folio	07/30
Consent	Nora Virtue, Mother
Date of Certificate	28 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).