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 058

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

280

2 April 1907

Robert William Cary
Annie Morrison

Robert William Cary
Annie Morrison
💍 1907/2656

Bachelor
Spinster

Stone Carver

34
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
3 yrs

House of father of bride, Ponsonby

07/2795

2 April 1907

Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	280
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Cary	Annie Morrison
	💍 1907/2656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stone Carver
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	3 yrs
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Ponsonby
Folio	07/2795
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

281

2 April 1907

Christopher Charles Brown
Theresa Butler

Christopher Charles Brown
Theresa Butler
💍 1907/41

Bachelor
Spinster

Fish Curer

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

23 yrs
24

St Patrick's Cathedral

07/2392

2 April 1907

Rev. H. L. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	281
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Charles Brown	Theresa Butler
	💍 1907/41
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fish Curer
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 yrs	24
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	07/2392
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

282

2 April 1907

Walter South Bickerton
Annie Julia Smith

Walter South Bickerton
Annie Julia Smith
💍 1907/2843

Bachelor
Spinster

Pile Driver

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

10 yrs
20

Registrar's Office

07/2150

Julia O'Sullivan formerly Smith, Mother

2 April 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	282
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter South Bickerton	Annie Julia Smith
	💍 1907/2843
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pile Driver
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 yrs	20
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/2150
Consent	Julia O'Sullivan formerly Smith, Mother
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

283

2 April 1907

John Charles Simpson
May Eva Rollerson

John Charles Simpson
Eva May Rollerson
💍 1907/2245

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 month

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/2349

2 April 1907

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	283
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Simpson	May Eva Rollerson
BDM Match (82%)	John Charles Simpson	Eva May Rollerson
	💍 1907/2245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/2349
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

284

2 April 1907

Alan Edward Mulgan
Marguerita Blomfield Pickmere

Alan Edward Mulgan
Marguerita Blumfield Pickmere
💍 1907/1931

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

25
27

Christchurch
Auckland

2 yrs
27

St Mark's Church, Remuera

07/2053

2 April 1907

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	284
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Edward Mulgan	Marguerita Blomfield Pickmere
BDM Match (98%)	Alan Edward Mulgan	Marguerita Blumfield Pickmere
	💍 1907/1931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	27
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	07/2053
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

285

2 April 1907

Joseph Baird
Caroline Tomlinson

Joseph Baird
Caroline Tomlinson
💍 1907/2049

Widower
Widow

Shipwright

43
41

Auckland
Auckland

46 yrs
33

Registrar's Office

07/2151

2 April 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	285
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Baird	Caroline Tomlinson
	💍 1907/2049
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Shipwright
Age	43	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	46 yrs	33
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/2151
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 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).