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

943

24 October 1907

Richard Ellis Hollow
Violet Ada Geary

Richard Ellis Hollow
Violet Ada Geary
💍 1907/3967

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office, Auckland

07/6107

24 October 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	943
Date of Notice	24 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Ellis Hollow	Violet Ada Geary
	💍 1907/3967
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6107
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

944

24 October 1907

George Martin Tucker
Mary Edith Judd

George Martin Tucker
Mary Edith Judd
💍 1907/6827

Bachelor
Spinster

Venetian Blind Maker

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
18 years

St. Mary's Cathedral Parnell

07/6138

24 October 1907

Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

No	944
Date of Notice	24 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Martin Tucker	Mary Edith Judd
	💍 1907/6827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Venetian Blind Maker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	07/6138
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

945

24 October 1907

George Hall
Ada Eliza Carruth

George Hall
Ada Eliza Carruth
💍 1907/8153

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
31 years

House of father of bride, Papatoetoe

07/6214

24 October 1907

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	945
Date of Notice	24 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hall	Ada Eliza Carruth
	💍 1907/8153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	31 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Papatoetoe
Folio	07/6214
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

946

24 October 1907

Percy Curnow Chapman
Margaret Matthews

Percy Curnow Chapman
Margaret Matthews
💍 1907/8220

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
27 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

07/6159

24 October 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	946
Date of Notice	24 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Curnow Chapman	Margaret Matthews
	💍 1907/8220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	07/6159
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

947

25 October 1907

Walter Jabez Westney
Mary Howie

Walter Jabez Westney
Mary Howie
💍 1907/6920

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard

32
30

Frankton
Auckland

18 months
3 months

House of father of bride, Mount Albert

07/6239

25 October 1907

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	947
Date of Notice	25 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Jabez Westney	Mary Howie
	💍 1907/6920
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Frankton	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	3 months
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Mount Albert
Folio	07/6239
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

948

25 October 1907

Francis Henry Lyndon
Evangeline Agnes Dunn

Francis Henry Lyndon
Evangeline Agness Dunn
💍 1907/6839

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Manager

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 years

St. Paul's Church Auckland

07/6143

25 October 1907

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	948
Date of Notice	25 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Lyndon	Evangeline Agnes Dunn
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Henry Lyndon	Evangeline Agness Dunn
	💍 1907/6839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Manager
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	07/6143
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, 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).