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

1015

15 November 1907

Frederick Adamson
Adeline Trew

Frederick Adamson
Adeline Trew
💍 1907/6852

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
6 months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6164

15 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	1015
Date of Notice	15 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Adamson	Adeline Trew
	💍 1907/6852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	6 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6164
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

1016

15 November 1907

Alex Henry Walters
Theresa Jerrom

Alex Henry Walters
Theresa Jerrom
💍 1907/6125

Bachelor
Spinster

Bread Carter

20
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
13 years

House of Mr C. Louisson, 7 Sheridan Street

07/6318

14 days notice

29 November 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	1016
Date of Notice	15 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alex Henry Walters	Theresa Jerrom
	💍 1907/6125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bread Carter
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	13 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr C. Louisson, 7 Sheridan Street
Folio	07/6318
Consent	14 days notice
Date of Certificate	29 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

1017

16 November 1907

James Smith Howat
Ella Nathan Bradley

James Smith Howat
Ella Nathan Bradley
💍 1907/6933

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
9 months

House of father of bride, Epsom

07/6245

16 November 1907

Rev. W. Trotter, Presbyterian

No	1017
Date of Notice	16 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Smith Howat	Ella Nathan Bradley
	💍 1907/6933
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	9 months
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Epsom
Folio	07/6245
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter, Presbyterian

1018

16 November 1907

James Arthur Waddell
Daisy Dawson Parker

James Arthur Waddell
Daisy Dawson Parker
💍 1907/6853

Widower
Spinster

Plasterer

40
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
23 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6165

16 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	1018
Date of Notice	16 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Arthur Waddell	Daisy Dawson Parker
	💍 1907/6853
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	23 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6165
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

1019

16 November 1907

William Edward Dillon
Edith Sarah Care

William Edward Dillon
Edith Sarah Care
💍 1907/6126

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
15 months

House of Rev M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6319

16 November 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	1019
Date of Notice	16 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Dillon	Edith Sarah Care
	💍 1907/6126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	15 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6319
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

1020

18 November 1907

Howard Hamerton Seccombe
Lena May Dooley

Howard Hamilton Seccombe
Lena May Dooley
💍 1907/6943

Widower
Spinster

Customs Officer

41
25

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
10 years

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

07/6263

18 November 1907

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	1020
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Howard Hamerton Seccombe	Lena May Dooley
BDM Match (96%)	Howard Hamilton Seccombe	Lena May Dooley
	💍 1907/6943
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Customs Officer
Age	41	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6263
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

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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).