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 30 June 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

268

2 April 1907

Edward Arthur Addison
Beatrice Mary Badley

Edward Arthur Addison
Beatrice Mary Badley
💍 1907/2143

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

25 years

Central Mission Hall, Auckland

07/2246

2 April 1907

Rev. R. H. Gatherwood, Presbyterian

No	268
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Arthur Addison	Beatrice Mary Badley
	💍 1907/2143
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Auckland
Folio	07/2246
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Gatherwood, Presbyterian

269

2 April 1907

Charles Joseph Hyland
Elizabeth Catherine Hyland

Charles Joseph Symes
Elizabeth Catherine Hyland
💍 1907/2131

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

31
33

Auckland
Ponsonby

4 days

House of Mr. Hyland, 3 Ponsonby

07/2257

2 April 1907

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	269
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Joseph Hyland	Elizabeth Catherine Hyland
BDM Match (88%)	Charles Joseph Symes	Elizabeth Catherine Hyland
	💍 1907/2131
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Hyland, 3 Ponsonby
Folio	07/2257
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

270

2 April 1907

John Henry Marlow
Rebecca Shaw Hill

John Harry Marlow
Rebecca Shaw Hill
💍 1907/2172

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

35
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/2274

2 April 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	270
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Marlow	Rebecca Shaw Hill
BDM Match (94%)	John Harry Marlow	Rebecca Shaw Hill
	💍 1907/2172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2274
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

271

2 April 1907

David Henderson Fawcett
Alice Elizabeth Goldsworthy

David Henderson Fawcett
Alice Elizabeth Goldsworthy
💍 1907/2655

Bachelor
Spinster

Student
Missionary

27
33

Auckland
Auckland

6 days

Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland

07/2786

2 April 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	271
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Henderson Fawcett	Alice Elizabeth Goldsworthy
	💍 1907/2655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Student	Missionary
Age	27	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	07/2786
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

272

2 April 1907

Charles Pirson Macindoe
Elsie Evelyn Prime

Charles Grierson Macindoe
Elsie Evelyn Prime
💍 1907/3383

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

24
24

Auckland
Devonport

24 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

07/4151

2 April 1907

Rev. F. E. Overshed, Church of England

No	272
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Pirson Macindoe	Elsie Evelyn Prime
BDM Match (94%)	Charles Grierson Macindoe	Elsie Evelyn Prime
	💍 1907/3383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	24 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	07/4151
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. E. Overshed, Church of England

273

2 April 1907

William Theodore Lambrecht
Joyce Meryl Stafford

William Theodore Hambrecht
Joyce Meryl Stafford
💍 1907/2206

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years

House of Mr. Deerness, Brunswick Street, off Union Street

07/2334

2 April 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	273
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Theodore Lambrecht	Joyce Meryl Stafford
BDM Match (98%)	William Theodore Hambrecht	Joyce Meryl Stafford
	💍 1907/2206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Deerness, Brunswick Street, off Union Street
Folio	07/2334
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

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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).