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

658

23 July 1907

Charles Edward Henry Brothers
Martha Ann Elizabeth Bates

Charles Edward Henry Brothers
Martha Ann Elizabeth Bates
💍 1907/4991

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
8 months

House of Mr. W. H. Bates, Kingsland

07/4459

Charles Brothers, Father; William H. Bates, Father

23 July 1907

Rev. E. O. Perry, Presbyterian

No	658
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Henry Brothers	Martha Ann Elizabeth Bates
	💍 1907/4991
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	8 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. W. H. Bates, Kingsland
Folio	07/4459
Consent	Charles Brothers, Father; William H. Bates, Father
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Perry, Presbyterian

659

23 July 1907

John Montgomery
Emma Jane Beaton

John Montgomery
Emma Jane Beaton
💍 1907/2782

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

37
38

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
7 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4536

23 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	659
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Montgomery	Emma Jane Beaton
	💍 1907/2782
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4536
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

660

23 July 1907

Joseph Ivory Stichbury
Amy Jane Blewden

Joseph Ivory Stichbury
Amy Jane Blewden
💍 1907/4911

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
24 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/4401

23 July 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	660
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ivory Stichbury	Amy Jane Blewden
	💍 1907/4911
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4401
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

661

23 July 1907

William Bernard Hawkins
Isabella Caldwell Paul

William Bernard Hawkins
Isabella Caldwell Paul
💍 1907/4988

Bachelor
Spinster

Orderman

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 weeks

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/4479

23 July 1907

Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

No	661
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bernard Hawkins	Isabella Caldwell Paul
	💍 1907/4988
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orderman
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/4479
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

662

23 July 1907

Frederick Holmes
May Motion

Frederick Holmes
May Motion
💍 1907/3451

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
21 years

House of Mr. S. Wheeler, Richmond Road

07/4501

23 July 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	662
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Holmes	May Motion
	💍 1907/3451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. S. Wheeler, Richmond Road
Folio	07/4501
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

663

24 July 1907

Thomas Parkes
Amey Smith

Thomas Parkes
Amey Smith
💍 1907/3475

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Primitive Methodist Church, Newmarket

07/4560

24 July 1907

Rev. E. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

No	663
Date of Notice	24 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Parkes	Amey Smith
	💍 1907/3475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Newmarket
Folio	07/4560
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Warburton, 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).