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

532

14 June 1907

Alexander Bond
Winifred Bond

Alexander Bond
Winifred Bond
💍 1907/2203

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

59
58

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
40 years

House Mr A. Bond, Wyndham Street

07/2331

14 June 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	532
Date of Notice	14 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Bond	Winifred Bond
	💍 1907/2203
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	59	58
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	40 years
Marriage Place	House Mr A. Bond, Wyndham Street
Folio	07/2331
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

533

14 June 1907

Heighway Jones Little
Catherine Mary Cannon

Heighway Jones Little
Catherine Mary Cannon
💍 1907/4571

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
5 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/3906

14 June 1907

Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	533
Date of Notice	14 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Heighway Jones Little	Catherine Mary Cannon
	💍 1907/4571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/3906
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

534

14 June 1907

Donald Roderick McDonald
Emma Priscilla Cooper

Donald Roderick McDonald
Emma Priscilla Cooper
💍 1907/8143

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

30
18

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
18 years

House of father of bride, Green St., Ponsonby

07/2797

Arthur Philip Cooper, father

14 June 1907

Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	534
Date of Notice	14 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Roderick McDonald	Emma Priscilla Cooper
	💍 1907/8143
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Green St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/2797
Consent	Arthur Philip Cooper, father
Date of Certificate	14 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

535

15 June 1907

David Lewis Coverdale Inch
Maud Talbot

David Jervis Coverdale Inch
Maude Talbot
💍 1907/2103

Widower
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 1/2 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Ponsonby

07/2228

15 June 1907

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	535
Date of Notice	15 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Lewis Coverdale Inch	Maud Talbot
BDM Match (90%)	David Jervis Coverdale Inch	Maude Talbot
	💍 1907/2103
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/2228
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

536

15 June 1907

Charles Albert Bassett
Mary Broom

Charles Albert Bassett
Mary Broom
💍 1907/5755

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
8 years

House of father of bridegroom, Grattan St., Auckland

07/2245

15 June 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	536
Date of Notice	15 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Albert Bassett	Mary Broom
	💍 1907/5755
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bridegroom, Grattan St., Auckland
Folio	07/2245
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

537

15 June 1907

Harry Raison Sargent
Eliza Doncliff

Harry Raison Sargent
Eliza Doncliff
💍 1907/2148

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

7 weeks
4 days

House of Mr D. Sommerville, Constitution Hill

07/2251

15 June 1907

Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

No	537
Date of Notice	15 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Raison Sargent	Eliza Doncliff
	💍 1907/2148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr D. Sommerville, Constitution Hill
Folio	07/2251
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 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).