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

931

21 October 1907

Bertie Purnell Andrews
Mabel Wright

Bertie Purnell Andrews
Mabel Wright
💍 1907/6193

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 days

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/6292

21 October 1907

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	931
Date of Notice	21 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Purnell Andrews	Mabel Wright
	💍 1907/6193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/6292
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

932

22 October 1907

Alexander Budge Rugg
May Harris Moore

Alexander Budge Rugg
May Harris Moore
💍 1907/6346

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Maker

19
19

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
7 years

House of father of bride, Beresford Street

07/6346

Daniel Rugg, father; William J. Moore, father

22 October 1907

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	932
Date of Notice	22 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Budge Rugg	May Harris Moore
	💍 1907/6346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Maker
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Beresford Street
Folio	07/6346
Consent	Daniel Rugg, father; William J. Moore, father
Date of Certificate	22 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

933

22 October 1907

James William Henry Blake
Mildred Hurford Fanny Clark

James William Henry Blake
Mildred Hurford Fanny Clark
💍 1907/6846

Widower
Spinster

Gentleman

71
31

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 days

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

07/6158

22 October 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	933
Date of Notice	22 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Henry Blake	Mildred Hurford Fanny Clark
	💍 1907/6846
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	71	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6158
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

934

22 October 1907

Lewis Edwin Henry
Mary Elizabeth Garely

Lewis Edwin Henry
Mary Elizabeth Gateley
💍 1907/6868

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/6181

22 October 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	934
Date of Notice	22 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Edwin Henry	Mary Elizabeth Garely
BDM Match (95%)	Lewis Edwin Henry	Mary Elizabeth Gateley
	💍 1907/6868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6181
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

935

22 October 1907

William Joseph Stansfeld
Sarah Teresa Jones

William Joseph Stansfield
Sarah Theresa Jones
💍 1907/6941

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
12 years

St. Benedicts Church, Auckland

07/6261

22 October 1907

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	935
Date of Notice	22 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Stansfeld	Sarah Teresa Jones
BDM Match (95%)	William Joseph Stansfield	Sarah Theresa Jones
	💍 1907/6941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedicts Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6261
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

936

23 October 1907

Charles Edward Sandham
Ethel Florence Schmidt

Charles Edward Sandham
Ethel Florence Schmidt
💍 1907/3966

Bachelor
Spinster

saddler

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
19 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/6106

Henry William Schmidt, father

23 October 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	936
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Sandham	Ethel Florence Schmidt
	💍 1907/3966
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	saddler
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6106
Consent	Henry William Schmidt, father
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).