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

400

1 May 1907

William Maxwell
Lillian McGill

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
26 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2303

1 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	400
Date of Notice	1 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Maxwell	Lillian McGill
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	26 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2303
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

401

1 May 1907

Francis Charles Maxted
Nora Lowery

Francis Charles Maxted
Nora Lowery
💍 1907/4590

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
6 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/3901

1 May 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	401
Date of Notice	1 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Charles Maxted	Nora Lowery
	💍 1907/4590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/3901
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

402

1 May 1907

Henry Bettle Dexter
Emma Naden

Henry Bestle Dexter
Emma Naden
💍 1907/2081

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

51
39

Auckland
Mount Eden

24 years
30 years

House of B. Tide, Edenvale Road

07/2206

1 May 1907

Rev. A. B. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	402
Date of Notice	1 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bettle Dexter	Emma Naden
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Bestle Dexter	Emma Naden
	💍 1907/2081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	51	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	24 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of B. Tide, Edenvale Road
Folio	07/2206
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

403

2 May 1907

James Mills
Annie Titley

James Mills
Annie Titley
💍 1907/2177

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

43
60

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2304

2 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	403
Date of Notice	2 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mills	Annie Titley
	💍 1907/2177
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	43	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2304
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

404

2 May 1907

Vincent Alphonsis Little
Barry Lorica Smith

Vincent Alphonsis Little
Carry Erica Smith
💍 1907/2271

Bachelor
Spinster

Undertaker

19
21

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
6 weeks

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/2399

Cornelius Little, father

2 May 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	404
Date of Notice	2 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Alphonsis Little	Barry Lorica Smith
BDM Match (92%)	Vincent Alphonsis Little	Carry Erica Smith
	💍 1907/2271
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Undertaker
Age	19	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/2399
Consent	Cornelius Little, father
Date of Certificate	2 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

405

2 May 1907

Arthur John Seamer
Ida Marion Nisbet

Arthur John Seamer
Ida Marion Nisbet
💍 1907/2102

Bachelor
Spinster

Clergyman

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
3 weeks

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/2227

2 May 1907

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	405
Date of Notice	2 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Seamer	Ida Marion Nisbet
	💍 1907/2102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clergyman
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/2227
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

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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).