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).

Page 103

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

544

17 June 1907

James Martin Wait
Clara Kendrick Jones

James Martin Wait
Clara Kendrick Jones
💍 1907/2169

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
4 years

Methodist Church, Devonport

07/2271

17 June 1907

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	544
Date of Notice	17 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Martin Wait	Clara Kendrick Jones
	💍 1907/2169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	07/2271
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

545

17 June 1907

Edward John Hallett
Mary Eveline Webb

Edward John Robertshaw Hallett
Frances Mary Eveline Webb
💍 1907/2108

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

26
30

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
30 years

St. Barnabas' Church, Mount Eden

07/2233

17 June 1907

Rev. E. J. . McFarland, Church of England

No	545
Date of Notice	17 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Hallett	Mary Eveline Webb
BDM Match (66%)	Edward John Robertshaw Hallett	Frances Mary Eveline Webb
	💍 1907/2108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church, Mount Eden
Folio	07/2233
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. . McFarland, Church of England

546

17 June 1907

George Augustus Sinclair
Ellen Long

George Augustus Sinclair
Ellen Long
💍 1907/2115

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 years

Church of England, Avondale South

07/2239

17 June 1907

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	546
Date of Notice	17 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Augustus Sinclair	Ellen Long
	💍 1907/2115
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Avondale South
Folio	07/2239
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

547

17 June 1907

Daniel Ronaldson Connell
Margaret Russell

Daniel Ronaldson Connell
Margaret Russell
💍 1907/2142

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
23 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Rd

07/2244

17 June 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	547
Date of Notice	17 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Ronaldson Connell	Margaret Russell
	💍 1907/2142
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Rd
Folio	07/2244
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

548

18 June 1907

Richard Malton
Annie Elizabeth Prior

Richard Malton
Annie Elizabeth Prior
💍 1907/2678

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

House of father of bride 22 Gundry St Auckland

07/2794

18 June 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	548
Date of Notice	18 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Malton	Annie Elizabeth Prior
	💍 1907/2678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride 22 Gundry St Auckland
Folio	07/2794
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

549

18 June 1907

Arthur Dale Trendall
Isa Waley Uttley-Todd

Arthur Dale Trendall
Iza Whaley Uttley-Todd
💍 1907/2659

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

35
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/2799

18 June 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	549
Date of Notice	18 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Dale Trendall	Isa Waley Uttley-Todd
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Dale Trendall	Iza Whaley Uttley-Todd
	💍 1907/2659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2799
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, 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).