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

193

11 March 1907

George Adam Blackwell
Eleanor Sanderson

George Adam Blackwell
Eleanor Sanderson
💍 1907/129

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
4

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

07/116

11 March 1907

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	193
Date of Notice	11 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Adam Blackwell	Eleanor Sanderson
	💍 1907/129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	4
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/116
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

194

11 March 1907

Joshua Towler
Martha Vincent

Joshua Fowler
Martha Vincent
💍 1907/8341

Bachelor
Widow

Tramway Linesman

40
40

Auckland
Auckland

23 yrs
35

Registrar's Office

07/205

11 March 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	194
Date of Notice	11 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joshua Towler	Martha Vincent
BDM Match (96%)	Joshua Fowler	Martha Vincent
	💍 1907/8341
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Tramway Linesman
Age	40	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 yrs	35
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/205
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

195

11 March 1907

John Lamb Wilkie
Ruth Gertrude Clover

John Lamb Wilkie
Ruth Gertrude Clover
💍 1907/189

Bachelor
Spinster

Flour-miller

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
15 yrs

St. John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby

07/180

11 March 1907

Rev. W. R. Tuck, Methodist

No	195
Date of Notice	11 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lamb Wilkie	Ruth Gertrude Clover
	💍 1907/189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flour-miller
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	15 yrs
Marriage Place	St. John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/180
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Tuck, Methodist

196

11 March 1907

John Josiah Box
Rebecca Mary Henrietta Crawford

John Josiah Box
Rebecca Mary Heneratta Crawford
💍 1907/8280

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 yrs
6 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/42

11 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	196
Date of Notice	11 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Josiah Box	Rebecca Mary Henrietta Crawford
BDM Match (95%)	John Josiah Box	Rebecca Mary Heneratta Crawford
	💍 1907/8280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	6 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/42
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

197

11 March 1907

James Scott Lennox
Alice May De Luca

James Scott Lennox
Alice May De Luca
💍 1907/1853

Bachelor
Spinster

Sharebroker

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

31 yrs
21

Church of England, Northcote

07/1972

11 March 1907

Rev. A. L. Smith, Church of England

No	197
Date of Notice	11 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Scott Lennox	Alice May De Luca
	💍 1907/1853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sharebroker
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 yrs	21
Marriage Place	Church of England, Northcote
Folio	07/1972
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. L. Smith, Church of England

198

12 March 1907

Michael James Lynch
Helene Mabel Gill

Michael James Lynch
Helen Mabel Gill
💍 1907/1930

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine-smith

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

27 yrs
22

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

07/2052

12 March 1907

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	198
Date of Notice	12 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael James Lynch	Helene Mabel Gill
BDM Match (97%)	Michael James Lynch	Helen Mabel Gill
	💍 1907/1930
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine-smith
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 yrs	22
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2052
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

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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).