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

157

26 February 1907

Robert McIntyre
Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan

Robert McIntyre
Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan
💍 1907/8205

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
1 month

Church of England, St. Heliers Bay

07/2449

26 February 1907

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	157
Date of Notice	26 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert McIntyre	Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan
	💍 1907/8205
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Church of England, St. Heliers Bay
Folio	07/2449
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

158

27 February 1907

Ernest Edward Wigg
Ethel Mary Moore

Ernest Edward Wigg
Ethel Mary Moore
💍 1907/104

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

33
25

Auckland
Parnell

3 years
25 years

House of mother of bride

07/91

27 February 1907

Rev. J.B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	158
Date of Notice	27 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Wigg	Ethel Mary Moore
	💍 1907/104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride
Folio	07/91
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.B. Russell, Presbyterian

159

27 February 1907

Ernest Clarence Neil
May McMurid

Ernest Clarence Neil
May McQuoid
💍 1907/8275

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

19
18

Auckland
Mt Eden

19 years
18 years

House of mother of bride

07/37

Eliza Neil, mother of groom; Martha McMurid, mother of bride

27 February 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	159
Date of Notice	27 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Clarence Neil	May McMurid
BDM Match (91%)	Ernest Clarence Neil	May McQuoid
	💍 1907/8275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Eden
Length of Residence	19 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride
Folio	07/37
Consent	Eliza Neil, mother of groom; Martha McMurid, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	27 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

160

27 February 1907

William Shearwin
Helen Spring

William Shearwin
Helen Spring
💍 1907/135

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookbinder

34
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
1 year

House of W.R. Strickling, Waverley Street, Auckland

07/121

27 February 1907

Rev. W.R. Yuck, Methodist

No	160
Date of Notice	27 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Shearwin	Helen Spring
	💍 1907/135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinder
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of W.R. Strickling, Waverley Street, Auckland
Folio	07/121
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.R. Yuck, Methodist

161

28 February 1907

Henry Collins
Margaret Hutchison Graydon

Henry Collins
Margaret Hutchison Graydon
💍 1907/118

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

22
18

Auckland
Ponsonby

5 years
8 years

House of father of bride

07/80

Robert Graydon, father of bride

28 February 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	161
Date of Notice	28 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Collins	Margaret Hutchison Graydon
	💍 1907/118
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride
Folio	07/80
Consent	Robert Graydon, father of bride
Date of Certificate	28 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

162

28 February 1907

John Simpson
Mary Ann Avery

John Simpson
Mary Ann Avery
💍 1907/8333

Widower
Widow

Painter

46
47

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/203

28 February 1907

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	162
Date of Notice	28 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Simpson	Mary Ann Avery
	💍 1907/8333
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	46	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/203
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).