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).

Page 046

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

217

19 March 1907

Alexander King
Ellen Box

Alexander King
Ellen Cox
💍 1907/8287

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmoulder

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 weeks
2 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/48

19 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	217
Date of Notice	19 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander King	Ellen Box
BDM Match (94%)	Alexander King	Ellen Cox
	💍 1907/8287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmoulder
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/48
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

218

19 March 1907

David Stratton Brown
Florence James Snuggs

Daniel Stratton Brown
Florence James Sunggs
💍 1907/69

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

38
38

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
3 months

House of Mr. G. Brown, Cremorne St., Ponsonby

07/6

19 March 1907

Rev. A. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	218
Date of Notice	19 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Stratton Brown	Florence James Snuggs
BDM Match (88%)	Daniel Stratton Brown	Florence James Sunggs
	💍 1907/69
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Brown, Cremorne St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/6
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Caldwell, Presbyterian

219

19 March 1907

Frank Rhodes
Mary Murray

Frank Rhodes
Mary Murray
💍 1907/8285

Widower
Widow

Labourer

50
56

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
30 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/46

19 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	219
Date of Notice	19 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Rhodes	Mary Murray
	💍 1907/8285
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	50	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/46
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

220

19 March 1907

William Marshall
Margaret Rosina Nelson

William Marshall
Margaret Rosina Nelson
💍 1907/8276

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
22

St. David's Church, Auckland

07/38

19 March 1907

Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	220
Date of Notice	19 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Marshall	Margaret Rosina Nelson
	💍 1907/8276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	22
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/38
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

221

19 March 1907

Fred Jackson Parson
Pamela Maud Hay

Ford Jackson Parson
Parmelia Maud Hay
💍 1907/97

Widower
Spinster

Clerk

39
32

Auckland
Christchurch

3 years
20

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

07/59

19 March 1907

Rev. M. Sutton, Church of England

No	221
Date of Notice	19 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Jackson Parson	Pamela Maud Hay
BDM Match (89%)	Ford Jackson Parson	Parmelia Maud Hay
	💍 1907/97
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 years	20
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	07/59
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Sutton, Church of England

222

20 March 1907

Walter George Nesbit Howard
Ada May Burnnand

Walter George Nesbit Howard
Ada May Burnnand
💍 1907/8181

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
18

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/209

Joseph Howard, Father of Groom; Edward Burnnand, Father of Bride

20 March 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	222
Date of Notice	20 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter George Nesbit Howard	Ada May Burnnand
	💍 1907/8181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	18
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/209
Consent	Joseph Howard, Father of Groom; Edward Burnnand, Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	20 March 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).