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 September 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

622

9 July 1907

Basil Ambrose Gillies Calder
Frances Corbett

Basil Ambrose Gillies Calder
Frances Corbett
💍 1907/4902

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

07/4393

9 July 1907

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	622
Date of Notice	9 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Basil Ambrose Gillies Calder	Frances Corbett
	💍 1907/4902
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4393
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

623

10 July 1907

Arthur Langdon
Margaret Rachel Leech

Arthur Langdon
Margaret Rachel Leech
💍 1907/4999

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

33
35

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 months

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/4578

10 July 1907

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	623
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Langdon	Margaret Rachel Leech
	💍 1907/4999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	33	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/4578
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

624

10 July 1907

Thomas O'Halloran
Sarah Elizabeth Murray

Thomas O'Halloran
Sarah Elizabeth Murray
💍 1907/3444

Widower
Widow

Labourer

44
34

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
34 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4340

10 July 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	624
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas O'Halloran	Sarah Elizabeth Murray
	💍 1907/3444
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	44	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	34 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4340
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

625

10 July 1907

Harold Philip Josey
Jane Elizabeth Hardcastle

Harold Philip Josey
Jane Elizabeth Hardcastle
💍 1907/4909

Bachelor
Spinster

Milk Vendor

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/4400

10 July 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	625
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Philip Josey	Jane Elizabeth Hardcastle
	💍 1907/4909
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milk Vendor
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4400
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

626

11 July 1907

Ernest Harold Strong
Mary Murray

Ernest Harold Strong
Mary Murray
💍 1907/3459

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Signalman

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
6 years

House of Mr J. McDonald, Mount Street

07/4508

11 July 1907

Rev W. R. Tuck, Methodist

No	626
Date of Notice	11 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Harold Strong	Mary Murray
	💍 1907/3459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Signalman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr J. McDonald, Mount Street
Folio	07/4508
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W. R. Tuck, Methodist

627

12 July 1907

Robert Campbell
Nellie Magnusan

Robert Campbell
Nellie Magnusen
💍 1907/5011

Bachelor
Spinster

Officer, Merchant Service

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
3 days

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4529

12 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	627
Date of Notice	12 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Campbell	Nellie Magnusan
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Campbell	Nellie Magnusen
	💍 1907/5011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Officer, Merchant Service
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4529
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 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).