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

1003

12 November 1907

John George Norris East
Matilda May Cook

John George Norris East
Matilda May Cook
💍 1907/6102

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
21 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

07/6350

12 November 1907

Rev. T. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	1003
Date of Notice	12 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Norris East	Matilda May Cook
	💍 1907/6102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	07/6350
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

1004

12 November 1907

Robert John Foley
Agnes Mary McDevitt

Robert John Foley
Agnes Mary McDevitt
💍 1907/3971

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
24 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/6111

12 November 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	1004
Date of Notice	12 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Foley	Agnes Mary McDevitt
	💍 1907/3971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6111
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

1005

12 November 1907

Stanley Stanhope Chambers
Ella Mary Neilsen Maughan

Stanley Stanhope Chambers
Ella Mary Neilsen Maughan
💍 1907/6849

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
4 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6162

12 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	1005
Date of Notice	12 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Stanhope Chambers	Ella Mary Neilsen Maughan
	💍 1907/6849
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6162
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

1006

12 November 1907

Robert Joseph MacKenna
Bridget Teresa Don

Robert Joseph MacKenna
Bridget Teresa Don
💍 1907/6122

Widower
Widow

School Master

34
45

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
3 years

House of Bride, 79 Symonds Street

07/6315

12 November 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	1006
Date of Notice	12 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Joseph MacKenna	Bridget Teresa Don
	💍 1907/6122
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	School Master
Age	34	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride, 79 Symonds Street
Folio	07/6315
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

1007

12 November 1907

Neil McDougall
Sarah Aicken West

Neil McDougall
Sara Aicken West
💍 1907/6502

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

31
32

Auckland
Scotland

18 months
32 years

St. David's Church, Khyber Pass

07/7116

12 November 1907

Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	1007
Date of Notice	12 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil McDougall	Sarah Aicken West
BDM Match (97%)	Neil McDougall	Sara Aicken West
	💍 1907/6502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Scotland
Length of Residence	18 months	32 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	07/7116
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

1008

12 November 1907

Isaac Grundy Mack
Ivy Sarah Ann Cash

Isaac Grundy Mack
Ivy Sarah Ann Cash
💍 1907/7776

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
19 years

House of Mother of Bride, Vincent Place

07/7664

Eliza Emily Cash, Mother

12 November 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	1008
Date of Notice	12 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Grundy Mack	Ivy Sarah Ann Cash
	💍 1907/7776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Vincent Place
Folio	07/7664
Consent	Eliza Emily Cash, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

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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).