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 129

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

694

1 August 1907

Fergus James Bowerman
Florence Dimond

Fergus James Bowerman
Florence Dimond
💍 1907/2787

Widower
Spinster

Store keeper

56
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

House of Rev. M. Walker Wellington Street

07/4541

1 August 1907

Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

No	694
Date of Notice	1 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fergus James Bowerman	Florence Dimond
	💍 1907/2787
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Store keeper
Age	56	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker Wellington Street
Folio	07/4541
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

695

2 August 1907

William Francis Matthew
Monica Frances Tynan

William Francis Matthews
Monica Frances Tynan
💍 1907/2788

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
15

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
3 weeks

House of Rev. M. Walker Wellington Street

07/4542

William Tynan Father

2 August 1907

Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

No	695
Date of Notice	2 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Matthew	Monica Frances Tynan
BDM Match (98%)	William Francis Matthews	Monica Frances Tynan
	💍 1907/2788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	15
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker Wellington Street
Folio	07/4542
Consent	William Tynan Father
Date of Certificate	2 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

696

2 August 1907

Alfred James Perfitt
Dolina Fraser

Alfred James Pettitt
Dolina Fraser
💍 1907/3457

Bachelor
Spinster

Chef

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 years

House of father of bride Ponsonby

07/4506

2 August 1907

Rev. G. Bond Methodist

No	696
Date of Notice	2 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Perfitt	Dolina Fraser
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred James Pettitt	Dolina Fraser
	💍 1907/3457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chef
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride Ponsonby
Folio	07/4506
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond Methodist

697

3 August 1907

David Muir
Eliza Rogers

David Muir
Eliza Rogers
💍 1907/2780

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

35
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
3 years

House of Rev. M. Walker Wellington Street

07/4573

3 August 1907

Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

No	697
Date of Notice	3 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Muir	Eliza Rogers
	💍 1907/2780
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker Wellington Street
Folio	07/4573
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

698

3 August 1907

Richard Gillam
Isabella Kentwell

Richard Gillam
Isabella Kentwell
💍 1907/3479

Bachelor
Widow

Carter

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
30 years

House of bride York Street Auckland

07/4564

3 August 1907

Rev. G. Clement Primitive Methodist

No	698
Date of Notice	3 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Gillam	Isabella Kentwell
	💍 1907/3479
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carter
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of bride York Street Auckland
Folio	07/4564
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement Primitive Methodist

699

3 August 1907

Samuel White
Annie Maria Boyd

Samuel White
Annie Maria Boyd
💍 1907/3467

Widower
Widow

Contractor

65
43

Auckland
Auckland

44 years
35 years

House of Mrs Dickinson Ponsonby

07/4544

3 August 1907

Rev. M. Walker Church of Our Father

No	699
Date of Notice	3 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel White	Annie Maria Boyd
	💍 1907/3467
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Contractor
Age	65	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	44 years	35 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Dickinson Ponsonby
Folio	07/4544
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 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).