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

133

18 February 1907

William Francis Keane
Polly Beatrice Rawlinson

William Francis Keane
Ella Beatrice Rawlinson
💍 1907/8329

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/218

Emma Rawlinson, Mother

18 February 1907

G. Bulhan, Deputy Registrar

No	133
Date of Notice	18 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Keane	Polly Beatrice Rawlinson
BDM Match (94%)	William Francis Keane	Ella Beatrice Rawlinson
	💍 1907/8329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/218
Consent	Emma Rawlinson, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 February 1907
Officiating Minister	G. Bulhan, Deputy Registrar

134

18 February 1907

Charles Whitley
Mary Isabel Watson Moir

Charles Whitley
Mary Isabel Watson Moir
💍 1907/92

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

House of Bride's Father, Symonds St., Auckland

07/54

18 February 1907

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	134
Date of Notice	18 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Whitley	Mary Isabel Watson Moir
	💍 1907/92
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Symonds St., Auckland
Folio	07/54
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

135

18 February 1907

Frederick John Oxley
Lucie Marguerite Charlton

Frederick John Oxley
Lucie Marguerite Charlton
💍 1907/76

Bachelor
Widow

Commercial Traveller

30
27

Auckland
Hackett St., Ponsonby

3 years
10 years

House of Bridegroom, Hackett St., Ponsonby

07/62

18 February 1907

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	135
Date of Notice	18 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Oxley	Lucie Marguerite Charlton
	💍 1907/76
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hackett St., Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, Hackett St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/62
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

136

18 February 1907

William Robert Clarkson
Louise Annie Moncrieff

William Robert Clarkson
Louisa Annie Moncrieff
💍 1907/8304

Bachelor
Spinster

Mercer

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
5 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/142

18 February 1907

Rev. W. W. Gillam, Church of England

No	136
Date of Notice	18 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Clarkson	Louise Annie Moncrieff
BDM Match (98%)	William Robert Clarkson	Louisa Annie Moncrieff
	💍 1907/8304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mercer
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/142
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Gillam, Church of England

137

19 February 1907

William Charles Roper
Nellie Oldfield

William Charles Roper
Nellie Oldfield
💍 1907/86

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

29
23

Auckland
6 W. Savage, Kingsland

20 years
3 days

House of 6 W. Savage, Kingsland

07/71

19 February 1907

Rev. G. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	137
Date of Notice	19 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Roper	Nellie Oldfield
	💍 1907/86
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	6 W. Savage, Kingsland
Length of Residence	20 years	3 days
Marriage Place	House of 6 W. Savage, Kingsland
Folio	07/71
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bertram, Presbyterian

138

19 February 1907

Richard Denniston
Mary Jane McKinley Patterson

Richard Denniston
Mary Jane McKinley Patterson
💍 1907/8314

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

28
21

Auckland
21 Mt. Albert

28 years
21 years

St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert

07/151

19 February 1907

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	138
Date of Notice	19 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Denniston	Mary Jane McKinley Patterson
	💍 1907/8314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	21 Mt. Albert
Length of Residence	28 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	07/151
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, 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).