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

955

28 October 1907

George Henry Bates
Ida Neary

George Henry Bates
Ida Neary
💍 1907/6117

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
29

Auckland
Auckland

8 mos.
12 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/6311

28 October 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	955
Date of Notice	28 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Bates	Ida Neary
	💍 1907/6117
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 mos.	12 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/6311
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

956

29 October 1907

James Birkett
Margaret McEwen

James Birkett
Margaret McEwen
💍 1907/6921

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach builder

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 days

House of Mr J. Scouller, Mt Eden

07/6240

29 October 1907

Rev. A. Miller, Presbyterian

No	956
Date of Notice	29 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Birkett	Margaret McEwen
	💍 1907/6921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach builder
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr J. Scouller, Mt Eden
Folio	07/6240
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Miller, Presbyterian

957

30 October 1907

Gilbert Sanford
Marie Wyatt Wright

Gilbert Sanford
Marie Wyatt Wright
💍 1907/7777

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
8 years

House of Mr R. Wright, Dominion Road

07/7665

30 October 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	957
Date of Notice	30 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Sanford	Marie Wyatt Wright
	💍 1907/7777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr R. Wright, Dominion Road
Folio	07/7665
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

958

30 October 1907

Hayward Reginald Wright
Ada Florence Maud Statham

Hayward Reginald Wright
Ada Florence Maud Statham
💍 1907/6905

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

10 yrs
1 year

St Mark's Church, Remuera

07/6203

30 October 1907

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	958
Date of Notice	30 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hayward Reginald Wright	Ada Florence Maud Statham
	💍 1907/6905
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 yrs	1 year
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	07/6203
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

959

30 October 1907

Harry Trelawney Richards
Edith Annie Gibb

Harry Trelawney Richards
Edith Annie Gibb
💍 1907/6869

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
24 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/6182

30 October 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	959
Date of Notice	30 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Trelawney Richards	Edith Annie Gibb
	💍 1907/6869
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6182
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

960

30 October 1907

Ernest Cecil Gage
Jeannie Hunter

Ernest Cecil Gage
Jeannie Hunter
💍 1907/6500

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

27
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
12 days

St David's Church, Auckland

07/7115

30 October 1907

Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	960
Date of Notice	30 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Cecil Gage	Jeannie Hunter
	💍 1907/6500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	27	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	12 days
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/7115
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

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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).