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

424

9 May 1907

Peter Antwis
Lenore Hollow

Peter Antonio
Lenore Hollow
💍 1907/2674

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

28
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

1 yr

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

07/2790

13 May 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	424
Date of Notice	9 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Antwis	Lenore Hollow
BDM Match (88%)	Peter Antonio	Lenore Hollow
	💍 1907/2674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	1 yr
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Hollow, Summer St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/2790
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

424

13 May 1907

Thomas Francis Lavell
Eliza Daisley

Thomas Francis Lavell
Eliza Daisley
💍 1907/2073

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

35
45

Auckland
Auckland

34 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2174

13 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	424
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Lavell	Eliza Daisley
	💍 1907/2073
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	35	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2174
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

425

13 May 1907

William Phillips
Nellie Lang

William Phillips
Nellie Lang
💍 1907/2197

Widower
Spinster

Fish-dealer

65
25

Auckland
5 Wellington St.

3 yrs

House of Mr. M. Walker, 5 Wellington St.

07/2300

13 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of England

No	425
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Phillips	Nellie Lang
	💍 1907/2197
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Fish-dealer
Age	65	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	5 Wellington St.
Length of Residence	3 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Mr. M. Walker, 5 Wellington St.
Folio	07/2300
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of England

426

13 May 1907

Laurence Henry Goss
Alice Bellwood Gladding

Laurence Henry Goss
Alice Bellwood Gladding
💍 1907/2225

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
26

Auckland
Pitt Street

9 yrs

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/2353

13 May 1907

Rev. J. A. Lusford, Methodist

No	426
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Laurence Henry Goss	Alice Bellwood Gladding
	💍 1907/2225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pitt Street
Length of Residence	9 yrs
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/2353
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Lusford, Methodist

428

13 May 1907

Rudolph Holly
Ruby Florence Harvey

Rudolph Holly
Ruby Florence Harvey
💍 1907/2301

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
19

Auckland
Avondale

2 yrs

Presbyterian Church, Avondale

07/2428

John Harvey, father of bride

13 May 1907

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	428
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Holly	Ruby Florence Harvey
	💍 1907/2301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	2 yrs
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Avondale
Folio	07/2428
Consent	John Harvey, father of bride
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

429

13 May 1907

Joseph Breveg Young
Janet Fleming

Joseph Bury Young
Janet Fleming
💍 1907/2144

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

33
30

Auckland
Arch Hill

38 yrs
12 yrs

House of Father of Bride, 12 Arch Hill

07/2247

13 May 1907

Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

No	429
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Breveg Young	Janet Fleming
BDM Match (87%)	Joseph Bury Young	Janet Fleming
	💍 1907/2144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	38 yrs	12 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, 12 Arch Hill
Folio	07/2247
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Catherwood, 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).