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).

Page 179

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

991

6 November 1907

Arthur Charles Fuller
Elizabeth Burton

Arthur Charles Fuller
Elizabeth Burton
💍 1907/6848

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6161

6 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	991
Date of Notice	6 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Fuller	Elizabeth Burton
	💍 1907/6848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6161
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

992

7 November 1907

Harold Alexander Martin
Mary Catherine Finnerty

Harold Alexander Martin
Mary Catherine Finnerty
💍 1907/8069

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
21 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/8179

7 November 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	992
Date of Notice	7 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Alexander Martin	Mary Catherine Finnerty
	💍 1907/8069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/8179
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

993

7 November 1907

John Charles Rae
Florence Maud Hilda Kelsall

John Charles Rae
Florence Maud Hilda Kelsall
💍 1907/6906

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 years

Church of England, Onehunga

07/6204

7 November 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	993
Date of Notice	7 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Rae	Florence Maud Hilda Kelsall
	💍 1907/6906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Onehunga
Folio	07/6204
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

994

7 November 1907

Charles John Barker
Margaret Whelan

Charles John Barker
Margaret Whelan
💍 1907/6907

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
3 years

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

07/6205

14 days notice

21 November 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	994
Date of Notice	7 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Barker	Margaret Whelan
	💍 1907/6907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	07/6205
Consent	14 days notice
Date of Certificate	21 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

995

8 November 1907

Ralph Collier Vincent Scott
Marion Eyre

Ralph Collier Vincent Scott
Marion Eyre
💍 1907/6196

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Clerk

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
24 years

House of sister of bride, 79 Richmond Road

07/6273

8 November 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	995
Date of Notice	8 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Collier Vincent Scott	Marion Eyre
	💍 1907/6196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Clerk
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of sister of bride, 79 Richmond Road
Folio	07/6273
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

996

8 November 1907

Albert Edward Cotterell
Annie Carr

Albert Edward Cotterell
Annie Carr
💍 1907/6120

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6314

Frederick A. Cotterell, father David Carr, father

8 November 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	996
Date of Notice	8 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Cotterell	Annie Carr
	💍 1907/6120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6314
Consent	Frederick A. Cotterell, father David Carr, father
Date of Certificate	8 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).