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 31 December 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

871

1 October 1907

Charles Bailey
Flora Mason Harvey

Charles Bailey
Flora Mason Harvey
💍 1907/6948

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
27 years

House of mother of bride, Ponsonby

07/6268

1 October 1907

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	871
Date of Notice	1 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Bailey	Flora Mason Harvey
	💍 1907/6948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Ponsonby
Folio	07/6268
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

872

1 October 1907

Henry Dyer
Lillian Emily Bell

Henry Dyer
Lillian Emily Bell
💍 1907/6881

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 weeks

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

07/6193

1 October 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	872
Date of Notice	1 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Dyer	Lillian Emily Bell
	💍 1907/6881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	07/6193
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

873

2 October 1907

Leonard Robert Harvey
Florence Mary Stilwell

Leonard Robert Harvey
Florance Mary Stilwell
💍 1907/6354

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookkeeper

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 years

House of father of bride, Grey Lynn

07/6331

2 October 1907

Rev. S. M. Cobb, Seventh Day Adventist

No	873
Date of Notice	2 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Robert Harvey	Florence Mary Stilwell
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Robert Harvey	Florance Mary Stilwell
	💍 1907/6354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookkeeper
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Grey Lynn
Folio	07/6331
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. M. Cobb, Seventh Day Adventist

874

2 October 1907

George Keyes Currie
Harriet Susan Hayhow

George Keyes Currie
Harriet Susan Hayhow
💍 1907/6874

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
24 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

07/6187

2 October 1907

Rev. E. H. Wyatt, Church of England

No	874
Date of Notice	2 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Keyes Currie	Harriet Susan Hayhow
	💍 1907/6874
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6187
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Wyatt, Church of England

875

3 October 1907

James Irving
Fanny Matheson Nicolson

James Irving
Fanny Mathieson Nicholson
💍 1907/8094

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Residence of M. W. Buchanan, Karangahape Road

07/8221

James Thomson, Legal Guardian

3 October 1907

Mr A. J. Black, People's City Mission

No	875
Date of Notice	3 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Irving	Fanny Matheson Nicolson
BDM Match (96%)	James Irving	Fanny Mathieson Nicholson
	💍 1907/8094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. W. Buchanan, Karangahape Road
Folio	07/8221
Consent	James Thomson, Legal Guardian
Date of Certificate	3 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr A. J. Black, People's City Mission

876

4 October 1907

Albert Josiah Glasson
Catherine Mary Short

Albert Josiah Glasson
Catherine Mary Short
💍 1907/2830

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
31 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

07/6194

4 October 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	876
Date of Notice	4 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Josiah Glasson	Catherine Mary Short
	💍 1907/2830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	31 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	07/6194
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

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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).