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

460

27 May 1907

Frederick George Church
Amy Harrison

Frederick George Church
Amy Harrison
💍 1907/2083

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
21 years

House of Bride's father, Mount Eden

07/2208

24 May 1907

Rev. A. G. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	460
Date of Notice	27 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Church	Amy Harrison
	💍 1907/2083
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's father, Mount Eden
Folio	07/2208
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

461

24 May 1907

Arthur Harold Isaac
Mabel Gold

Arthur Harold Sinel
Mabel Gold
💍 1907/8204

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. James Church, Auckland

07/2327

24 May 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	461
Date of Notice	24 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Harold Isaac	Mabel Gold
BDM Match (87%)	Arthur Harold Sinel	Mabel Gold
	💍 1907/8204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2327
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

462

28 May 1907

George Howard Swinnerton
Amy Ada Rowe

George Howard
Amy Ada Rowe
💍 1907/2055

Divorced
Spinster

Furniture Manufacturer

44
41

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
11 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2180

28 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	462
Date of Notice	28 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Howard Swinnerton	Amy Ada Rowe
BDM Match (77%)	George Howard	Amy Ada Rowe
	💍 1907/2055
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Furniture Manufacturer
Age	44	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2180
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

463

28 May 1907

Thomas Harold Hollinger
Winifred Lena Mary Denyer

Thomas Harold Hollinger
Winifred Lena Mary Denyer
💍 1907/4627

Bachelor
Spinster

Pottery Hand

23
19

Auckland
Avondale

20 years
10 years

House of Bride's father, Avondale

07/3995

Henry Frederick Denyer, father of bride

28 May 1907

Rev. A. Maclean, Avondale

No	463
Date of Notice	28 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Harold Hollinger	Winifred Lena Mary Denyer
	💍 1907/4627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pottery Hand
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's father, Avondale
Folio	07/3995
Consent	Henry Frederick Denyer, father of bride
Date of Certificate	28 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Avondale

464

28 May 1907

Frederick Bottrell
Agnes James Crombie

Frederick Cottrell
Agnes James Crombie
💍 1907/2129

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

45
42

Auckland
Auckland

42 years
8 months

Baptist Church, Ponsonby Road

07/2255

28 May 1907

Rev. A. North, Baptist

No	464
Date of Notice	28 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Bottrell	Agnes James Crombie
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Cottrell	Agnes James Crombie
	💍 1907/2129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	45	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	42 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Ponsonby Road
Folio	07/2255
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North, Baptist

465

28 May 1907

Charles Samuel Hawkins
Ellen Lockhart Tait

Charles Samuel Hawkins
Ellen Lockhart Tait
💍 1907/2128

Bachelor
Widow

Settler

59
64

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
10 years

House of Rev. G. Clement, Ponsonby

07/2254

28 May 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	465
Date of Notice	28 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Samuel Hawkins	Ellen Lockhart Tait
	💍 1907/2128
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	59	64
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. G. Clement, Ponsonby
Folio	07/2254
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive 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).