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 143

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

778

30 August 1907

William Dumper
Mary Elizabeth Clifton

William Dumper
Mary Elizabeth Clifton
💍 1907/5002

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
22 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/4521

30 August 1907

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	778
Date of Notice	30 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Dumper	Mary Elizabeth Clifton
	💍 1907/5002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/4521
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

779

30 August 1907

Joseph Henry Hooton
Kate Moore

Joseph Henry Hooton
Kate Moore
💍 1907/8173

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabdriver

25
30

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
30 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/4483

30 August 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	779
Date of Notice	30 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henry Hooton	Kate Moore
	💍 1907/8173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabdriver
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/4483
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

780

31 August 1907

John George Goosman
Mabel Elizabeth Williams

John George Goosman
Mabel Elizabeth Williams
💍 1907/4916

Bachelor
Spinster

Metallurgist

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/4406

31 August 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	780
Date of Notice	31 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Goosman	Mabel Elizabeth Williams
	💍 1907/4916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Metallurgist
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4406
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

781

31 August 1907

Peter Rudolf Derricksen
Mary Ann Kelly

Peter Rudolf Derricksen
Mary Ann Kelly
💍 1907/5443

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
30 years

House of Father of Bride, Chelsea

07/5270

31 August 1907

Rev. N. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	781
Date of Notice	31 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Rudolf Derricksen	Mary Ann Kelly
	💍 1907/5443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Chelsea
Folio	07/5270
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

782

31 August 1907

William James Robertson
Ellen Grayden

William James Robertson
Ellen Grayden
💍 1907/3466

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

40
29

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

07/4493

31 August 1907

Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	782
Date of Notice	31 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Robertson	Ellen Grayden
	💍 1907/3466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4493
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

783

2 September 1907

James Anderson
Margaret Glenney

James Anderson
Margaret Glenney
💍 1907/3487

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

60
49

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
30 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4549

2 September 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	783
Date of Notice	2 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Anderson	Margaret Glenney
	💍 1907/3487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	60	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4549
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 September 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).