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

169

2 March 1907

Francis Alexander Craig
Esit Somers Barlow

Francis Alexander Craig
Esil Summers Barlow
💍 1907/83

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
24

Auckland
Arch Hill

9 days
5 weeks

House of God Church, Home Street, Arch Hill

07/69

2 March 1907

Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

No	169
Date of Notice	2 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Alexander Craig	Esit Somers Barlow
BDM Match (92%)	Francis Alexander Craig	Esil Summers Barlow
	💍 1907/83
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	9 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	House of God Church, Home Street, Arch Hill
Folio	07/69
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

170

2 March 1907

Thomas Richard Kelly
Louisa Maud Bygrave

Thomas Richard Kell
Louisa Maud Bygrave
💍 1907/8340

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
22 years

Registrar's Office

07/204

2 March 1907

R. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	170
Date of Notice	2 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Richard Kelly	Louisa Maud Bygrave
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Richard Kell	Louisa Maud Bygrave
	💍 1907/8340
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/204
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1907
Officiating Minister	R. H. Lyons, Registrar

171

4 March 1907

Leonard Clark
Winifred Emma Lambourne

Leonard Clark
Winifred Emma Lambourne
💍 1907/1895

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
27 years

Baptist Tabernacle

07/2018

4 March 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	171
Date of Notice	4 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Clark	Winifred Emma Lambourne
	💍 1907/1895
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle
Folio	07/2018
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

172

4 March 1907

Frederick Charles Blyth
Ivy Augusta Slyfield

Frederick Charles Blyth
Ivy Augusta Slyfield
💍 1907/1971

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

28
25

Auckland
Otahuhu

3 days
5 years

Church of England, Otahuhu

07/2070

4 March 1907

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	172
Date of Notice	4 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Blyth	Ivy Augusta Slyfield
	💍 1907/1971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Otahuhu
Folio	07/2070
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

173

4 March 1907

Harry Charles Sheffield
Emma Elvira Layton Crippen

Harry Charles Sheffield
Emma Elvira Taylor Crippen
💍 1907/134

Bachelor
Spinster

French Polisher

24
30

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
28 years

Epiphany Church

07/103

4 March 1907

Rev. W. R. Lush, Church of England

No	173
Date of Notice	4 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Charles Sheffield	Emma Elvira Layton Crippen
BDM Match (94%)	Harry Charles Sheffield	Emma Elvira Taylor Crippen
	💍 1907/134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	French Polisher
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	07/103
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Lush, Church of England

174

4 March 1907

Charles Broughton Fitzgerald
Alison Johnston Bell

Charles Brourton Fitzgerald
Alison Johnston Bell
💍 1907/1972

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
28

Auckland
Panmure

10 years
6 years

Church of England, Panmure

07/2071

4 March 1907

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	174
Date of Notice	4 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Broughton Fitzgerald	Alison Johnston Bell
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Brourton Fitzgerald	Alison Johnston Bell
	💍 1907/1972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Panmure
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Panmure
Folio	07/2071
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, 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).