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

181

5 March 1907

William E. Troll Macgregor Hay
Ruth Clarissa Brassey

William Errol MacGregor Hay
Ruth Clarissa Brassey
💍 1907/105

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
15 years

Knox Church, Parnell

07/92

5 March 1907

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	181
Date of Notice	5 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William E. Troll Macgregor Hay	Ruth Clarissa Brassey
BDM Match (92%)	William Errol MacGregor Hay	Ruth Clarissa Brassey
	💍 1907/105
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	07/92
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

182

5 March 1907

Joseph Briddock
Mary Edith Webster

Joseph Briddock
Mary Edith Webster
💍 1907/136

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Methodist Church, Grafton Road

07/122

5 March 1907

Rev. G. W. Spence, Methodist

No	182
Date of Notice	5 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Briddock	Mary Edith Webster
	💍 1907/136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Road
Folio	07/122
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Spence, Methodist

183

5 March 1907

William Neri Chase
Ethel Miriam Gordon

William Neri Chase
Ethel Marion Gordon
💍 1907/54

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

34
22

Onehunga
Onehunga

9 months
3 weeks

Church of England, Onehunga

07/15

5 March 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	183
Date of Notice	5 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Neri Chase	Ethel Miriam Gordon
BDM Match (92%)	William Neri Chase	Ethel Marion Gordon
	💍 1907/54
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	9 months	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Onehunga
Folio	07/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

184

5 March 1907

Fred Hall
Mary Ann Howlett

Fred Hall
Mary Ann Howlett
💍 1907/2079

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
4 years

All parties at the Registrar's Office, Auckland. W. F. Lyons, Deputy Registrar

07/2204

5 March 1907

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	184
Date of Notice	5 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Hall	Mary Ann Howlett
	💍 1907/2079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	All parties at the Registrar's Office, Auckland. W. F. Lyons, Deputy Registrar
Folio	07/2204
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

185

6 March 1907

William Wallace Howie
Louisa Jane Gloyn

William Wallace Howie
Louisa Jane Gloyn
💍 1907/78

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
36

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
1 day

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

07/64

6 March 1907

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	185
Date of Notice	6 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wallace Howie	Louisa Jane Gloyn
	💍 1907/78
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 day
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	07/64
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

186

6 March 1907

Samuel Frederick Philburn
Mary Ann Gough

Samuel Frederick Philburn
Mary Ann Gough
💍 1907/8282

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 day
10 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/44

6 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	186
Date of Notice	6 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Frederick Philburn	Mary Ann Gough
	💍 1907/8282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/44
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, 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).