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

472

30 May 1907

George Thomas Parnell
Ruby Hannah Loise

George Thomas Parnell
Ruby Hannah Loise
💍 1907/2202

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

23
16

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
2 years

St. James Church, Auckland

07/2330

14 days notice

13 June 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	472
Date of Notice	30 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Parnell	Ruby Hannah Loise
	💍 1907/2202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2330
Consent	14 days notice
Date of Certificate	13 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

473

30 May 1907

George Henry McCullough
Mary Clarke Isabel McCrae

George Henry McCullough
Mary Clarke Isabel McCrae
💍 1907/2112

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
28

Auckland

3 days
28 years

House of Father of Bride, Mangere

07/2236

30 May 1907

Rev. T. Scott, Presbyterian

No	473
Date of Notice	30 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry McCullough	Mary Clarke Isabel McCrae
	💍 1907/2112
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Mangere
Folio	07/2236
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Scott, Presbyterian

474

30 May 1907

Patrick Mooney
Ellen Sheehan

Patrick Mooney
Ellen Sheehan
💍 1907/2058

Bachelor
Widow

Contractor

55
55

Epsom
Auckland

1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2183

30 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	474
Date of Notice	30 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Mooney	Ellen Sheehan
	💍 1907/2058
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Contractor
Age	55	55
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2183
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

475

30 May 1907

Benjamin Wilson Hill
Mabel Louise Park

Benjamin Wilson Hill
Mabel Louise Park
💍 1907/2113

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

24
23

Auckland

19 years
10 years

Methodist Church, Arch Hill

07/2237

30 May 1907

Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

No	475
Date of Notice	30 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Wilson Hill	Mabel Louise Park
	💍 1907/2113
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Arch Hill
Folio	07/2237
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

476

30 May 1907

Bertram Fremlin
Nellie Waller

Bertram Fremlin
Nellie Waller
💍 1907/2192

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Grower

34
33

Auckland

8 months
18 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland

07/2295

30 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	476
Date of Notice	30 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Fremlin	Nellie Waller
	💍 1907/2192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Grower
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland
Folio	07/2295
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

477

30 May 1907

William Frick
Sarah Jane Harris

William Frick
Sarah Jane Harris
💍 1907/2193

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

28
23

Auckland

28 years
20 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2296

30 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	477
Date of Notice	30 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frick	Sarah Jane Harris
	💍 1907/2193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2296
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).