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

316

8 April 1907

Kenelin Noel Hawtrey Browne
Millicent Brunt Barnes

Kenelm Noel Hawtrey Browne
Millicent Brunt Barnes
💍 1907/2123

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent, Public Trustee

29
29

Auckland
Onehunga

8 days
29 years

St Peter's Church, Onehunga

07/2224

8 April 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	316
Date of Notice	8 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenelin Noel Hawtrey Browne	Millicent Brunt Barnes
BDM Match (96%)	Kenelm Noel Hawtrey Browne	Millicent Brunt Barnes
	💍 1907/2123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent, Public Trustee
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	8 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	07/2224
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

317

9 April 1907

Arthur Boric
Maria Parr

Ante Boric
Maria Parr
💍 1907/2029

Bachelor
Spinster

Viticulturist

30
23

Riverhead
Auckland

2 years
23 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2154

9 April 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	317
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Boric	Maria Parr
BDM Match (83%)	Ante Boric	Maria Parr
	💍 1907/2029
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Viticulturist
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Riverhead	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2154
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

318

9 April 1907

Ernest Smith
Margaret Elizabeth Hill

Ernest Smith
Margaret Elizabeth Hill
💍 1907/2124

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

39
32

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
32 years

House of Father of Bride, Khyber Pass Road

07/2225

9 April 1907

Rev. J. M. Stoops, Congregational Independent

No	318
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Smith	Margaret Elizabeth Hill
	💍 1907/2124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Khyber Pass Road
Folio	07/2225
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Stoops, Congregational Independent

319

9 April 1907

John Ashden Dyson
Bertha Hazard

John Cupden Dyson
Bertha Haszard
💍 1907/2296

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Official

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
23 years

St Thomas Church, Union Street

07/2424

9 April 1907

Rev. W. M. Du Rien, Church of England

No	319
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ashden Dyson	Bertha Hazard
BDM Match (88%)	John Cupden Dyson	Bertha Haszard
	💍 1907/2296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Official
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas Church, Union Street
Folio	07/2424
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Du Rien, Church of England

320

9 April 1907

Robert McBoy
Amelia Abraham

Robert McCoy
Amelia Abraham
💍 1907/2030

Bachelor
Widow

Gum Worker

43
48

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2155

9 April 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	320
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert McBoy	Amelia Abraham
BDM Match (96%)	Robert McCoy	Amelia Abraham
	💍 1907/2030
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gum Worker
Age	43	48
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2155
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

321

9 April 1907

Ramsay Martyn Wilson
Bertha Mitchelson

Ramsay Martyn Wilson
Bertha Mitchelson
💍 1907/2256

Bachelor
Spinster

Newspaper Proprietor

30
29

Auckland
Remuera

30 years
20 years

Mission Hall, Remuera

07/2372

9 April 1907

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	321
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ramsay Martyn Wilson	Bertha Mitchelson
	💍 1907/2256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Newspaper Proprietor
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Mission Hall, Remuera
Folio	07/2372
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

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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).