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 127

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

682

29 July 1907

Albert Moore Wilson
Sarah Jane Jackson

Albert Moore Wilson
Sarah Jane Jackson
💍 1907/4958

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 months

House of W. R. Fletcher, 5 Princes Street, Auckland

07/4450

29 July 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	682
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Moore Wilson	Sarah Jane Jackson
	💍 1907/4958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	House of W. R. Fletcher, 5 Princes Street, Auckland
Folio	07/4450
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

683

29 July 1907

Ernest Clifton Rae
Priscilla Thompson

Ernest Clifton Rae
Priscilla Thompson
💍 1907/4912

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
3 years

St. Mathew's Church, Auckland

07/4402

29 July 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	683
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Clifton Rae	Priscilla Thompson
	💍 1907/4912
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mathew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4402
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

684

29 July 1907

Richard Charles Henry Burgess
Florence Abigail Suckling

Richard Charles Henry Burgess
Florence Abigail Suckling
💍 1907/3446

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist's Assistant

27
19

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

07/4495

John William Suckling, father

29 July 1907

Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	684
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Charles Henry Burgess	Florence Abigail Suckling
	💍 1907/3446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist's Assistant
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	07/4495
Consent	John William Suckling, father
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

685

29 July 1907

Alexander Jenkins McMurtrie
Martha Mabel Anderson

Alexander Jenkins McMurtrie
Martha Mabel Anderson
💍 1907/2785

Alexander Houliston
Margaret Anderson
💍 1907/4865

Widower
Spinster

Tailor

52
24

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
24 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4539

29 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	685
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Jenkins McMurtrie	Martha Mabel Anderson
	💍 1907/2785
BDM Match (57%)	Alexander Houliston	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1907/4865
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	52	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4539
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

686

29 July 1907

James Firth
Elizabeth Blackmore

James Firth
Elizabeth Blackmore
💍 1907/4959

James Mauger
Elsie Kate Blackmore
💍 1907/1274

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
24 years

St. James Church, Auckland

07/4451

29 July 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	686
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Firth	Elizabeth Blackmore
	💍 1907/4959
BDM Match (60%)	James Mauger	Elsie Kate Blackmore
	💍 1907/1274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4451
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

687

30 July 1907

Alexander Daisley
Emily Janet Butcher

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
23 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4540

30 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	687
Date of Notice	30 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Daisley	Emily Janet Butcher
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4540
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 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).