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 February 1907

Albert Edward Lindsay
Gertrude Nelson

Albert Edward Lindsay
Gertrude Nelson
💍 1907/1750

Bachelor
Spinster

General dealer

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
18 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

07/1870

Robert Nelson, Father

4 February 1907

Rev. N. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	97
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Lindsay	Gertrude Nelson
	💍 1907/1750
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General dealer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	07/1870
Consent	Robert Nelson, Father
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

4 February 1907

William Miller Keenan
Victoria Isabel Gomez Cordes

William Miller Keenan
Victoria Isabel Gomez Cordes
💍 1907/8308

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
26 years

House of W. W. Kirkman, Herne Bay

07/128

4 February 1907

Rev. R. F. McNeol, Presbyterian

No	98
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Miller Keenan	Victoria Isabel Gomez Cordes
	💍 1907/8308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	House of W. W. Kirkman, Herne Bay
Folio	07/128
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. McNeol, Presbyterian

5 February 1907

William Wallace
Lillias Findlay

William Wallace
Lillias Findlay
💍 1907/171

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
25 years

House of father of Bride, Ponsonby

07/177

4 February 1907

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	99
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wallace	Lillias Findlay
	💍 1907/171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	07/177
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

100

5 February 1907

Harry Umpton Poynter
May Langley

Harry Umpton Poynter
Mary Langley
💍 1907/53

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
15 years

Church of England, Onehunga

07/144

5 February 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	100
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Umpton Poynter	May Langley
BDM Match (96%)	Harry Umpton Poynter	Mary Langley
	💍 1907/53
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Onehunga
Folio	07/144
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

101

5 February 1907

Albert Henry Whitehead
Jessie Theresa Smith

Albert Henry Whitehead
Jessie Theresa Smith
💍 1907/8291

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

21
24

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
20 years

House of Res. Mr. Walker, Wellington Street

07/29

5 February 1907

Rev. Mr. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	101
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Whitehead	Jessie Theresa Smith
	💍 1907/8291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Res. Mr. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/29
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mr. Walker, Church of Our Father

102

5 February 1907

William Everett
Esther Florence Green

William Everitt
Esther Florence Green
💍 1907/8298

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 weeks

St. Mathews Church, Auckland

07/136

5 February 1907

Rev. W. B. Gillam, Church of England

No	102
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Everett	Esther Florence Green
BDM Match (97%)	William Everitt	Esther Florence Green
	💍 1907/8298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mathews Church, Auckland
Folio	07/136
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. B. Gillam, 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).