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

895

10 October 1907

Robert Denwood Hutchinson
May Elizabeth Kitson

Robert Denwood Hutchinson
May Elizabeth Kitson
💍 1907/3983

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/6099

10 October 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	895
Date of Notice	10 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Denwood Hutchinson	May Elizabeth Kitson
	💍 1907/3983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6099
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

896

10 October 1907

John Raymond Murphy
Hannah Mokau Shore

John Raymond Murphy
Hannah Mokau Shore
💍 1907/8130

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
28

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
1 1/2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

07/8252

10 October 1907

Rev. J. P. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

No	896
Date of Notice	10 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Raymond Murphy	Hannah Mokau Shore
	💍 1907/8130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	07/8252
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

897

10 October 1907

Harold Strachan Gilles
Annie Frances Oswald

Harold Strachan Gilles
Annie Frances Oswald
💍 1907/2831

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
27 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

07/6195

10 October 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	897
Date of Notice	10 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Strachan Gilles	Annie Frances Oswald
	💍 1907/2831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	07/6195
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

898

10 October 1907

Alexander William Baragwanath
Frances Isabel Pollard

Alexander William Baragwanath
Frances Isabel Pollard
💍 1907/6824

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
25 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

07/6136

10 October 1907

Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

No	898
Date of Notice	10 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander William Baragwanath	Frances Isabel Pollard
	💍 1907/6824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	07/6136
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

899

11 October 1907

Joseph Benjamin Serre
Mary Jane Lorange

Joseph Benjamin Serre
Mary Jane Lorange
💍 1907/3984

Bachelor
Widow

Seaman

76
60

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
40 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/6100

11 October 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	899
Date of Notice	11 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Benjamin Serre	Mary Jane Lorange
	💍 1907/3984
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	76	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6100
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

900

11 October 1907

Charles Alexander Powell
Emma May Thompson

Charles Alexander Powell
Emma May Thompson
💍 1907/6867

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Grower

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
23 years

Church of England, Northcote

07/6180

11 October 1907

Rev. A. F. Smith, Church of England

No	900
Date of Notice	11 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alexander Powell	Emma May Thompson
	💍 1907/6867
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Grower
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Northcote
Folio	07/6180
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Smith, 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).