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

109

7 February 1907

Charles Thomas Hewson
Sarah Jane Griffin

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
29 years

House of Mr. J. Dalton, Customs Street

07/1871

7 February 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	109
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Hewson	Sarah Jane Griffin
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	29 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Dalton, Customs Street
Folio	07/1871
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

110

7 February 1907

John Charles Campbell
Hilda Kathleen Moore

John Charles Campbell
Hilda Kathleen Moore
💍 1907/61

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
21 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

07/21

7 February 1907

Rev. J. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	110
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Campbell	Hilda Kathleen Moore
	💍 1907/61
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/21
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Molloy, Roman Catholic

111

7 February 1907

Joseph William Hindley
Lucy Emily Hanham

Joseph William Hindley
Lucy Emily Hanham
💍 1907/8295

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

37
24

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
24 years

House of the Rev. M. Waller, Wellington Street

07/33

7 February 1907

Rev. M. Waller, Church of our Father

No	111
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Hindley	Lucy Emily Hanham
	💍 1907/8295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of the Rev. M. Waller, Wellington Street
Folio	07/33
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Waller, Church of our Father

112

7 February 1907

Thomas Henry Palmer
Kathleen Florence Havill

Thomas Henry Palmer
Kathleen Florence Havell
💍 1907/82

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
29

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 years
1 week

House of Mr. E. Rewcastle, Crummer Road, Ponsonby

07/68

7 February 1907

Rev. R. H. Leatherwood, Presbyterian

No	112
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Palmer	Kathleen Florence Havill
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Henry Palmer	Kathleen Florence Havell
	💍 1907/82
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 years	1 week
Marriage Place	House of Mr. E. Rewcastle, Crummer Road, Ponsonby
Folio	07/68
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Leatherwood, Presbyterian

113

7 February 1907

Wiley Drummond Ferguson
Agnes Craig-Baird

Wiley Drummond Ferguson
Agnes Craigh Baird
💍 1907/8301

Bachelor
Spinster

Physician

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 days

St. Mathews Church, Auckland

07/139

7 February 1907

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	113
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wiley Drummond Ferguson	Agnes Craig-Baird
BDM Match (94%)	Wiley Drummond Ferguson	Agnes Craigh Baird
	💍 1907/8301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Physician
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Mathews Church, Auckland
Folio	07/139
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

114

7 February 1907

Walter Wilson
Eva May Green

Walter Wilson
Eva May Green
💍 1907/8294

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
19 years

House of Rev. M. Waller, Wellington Street

07/32

Thomas Green, father

7 February 1907

Rev. M. Waller, Church of our Father

No	114
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Wilson	Eva May Green
	💍 1907/8294
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Waller, Wellington Street
Folio	07/32
Consent	Thomas Green, father
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Waller, 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).