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

412

4 May 1907

William Gibson Young
Elizabeth Scott

William Gibson Young
Elizabeth Scott
💍 1907/2283

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Place, Auckland

07/2387

4 May 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	412
Date of Notice	4 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gibson Young	Elizabeth Scott
	💍 1907/2283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Place, Auckland
Folio	07/2387
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

413

4 May 1907

Arthur Roy Nelson
Ettie May Meek

Arthur Roy Nelson
Ettie May Meek
💍 1907/2198

Bachelor
Divorcee

Carter

22
25

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
25 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2301

4 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	413
Date of Notice	4 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Roy Nelson	Ettie May Meek
	💍 1907/2198
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Carter
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2301
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

414

4 May 1907

Albert Edward Bowden
Florence Maud Brown

Albert Edward Bowden
Florence Maud Brown
💍 1907/2673

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
23 years

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

07/2789

4 May 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	414
Date of Notice	4 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Bowden	Florence Maud Brown
	💍 1907/2673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Brown, Summer St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/2789
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

415

6 May 1907

Thomas Arthur Williams
Marion Euphemia Maud Baylis

Thomas Arthur Williams
Marion Euphemia Maud Baylis
💍 1907/2070

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

32
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
3 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2171

6 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	415
Date of Notice	6 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Williams	Marion Euphemia Maud Baylis
	💍 1907/2070
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2171
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

416

6 May 1907

John Charles Hawkins
Ethel May Currie

John Charles Hawkins
Ethel May Currie
💍 1907/2214

Bachelor
Spinster

Stoker

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra St

07/2341

6 May 1907

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	416
Date of Notice	6 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Hawkins	Ethel May Currie
	💍 1907/2214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stoker
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra St
Folio	07/2341
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

417

6 May 1907

George Augustus Beaton
Jane Frew Harrison

George Augustus Beaton
Jane Frew Harrison
💍 1907/2275

Widower
Widow

Auctioneer

40
49

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
5 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

07/2402

6 May 1907

Rev. J. A. Carver, Church of England

No	417
Date of Notice	6 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Augustus Beaton	Jane Frew Harrison
	💍 1907/2275
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	40	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2402
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Carver, 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).