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 187

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

1039

21 November 1907

Benjamin Milton
Florence Davis

Benjamin Melton
Florence Davis
💍 1907/6127

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
2 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6320

21 November 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	1039
Date of Notice	21 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Milton	Florence Davis
BDM Match (97%)	Benjamin Melton	Florence Davis
	💍 1907/6127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6320
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

1040

21 November 1907

William Fleming
Kathleen Esther Woodlock

William Fleming
Kathleen Esther Woodlock
💍 1907/6945

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
24 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

07/6264

21 November 1907

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	1040
Date of Notice	21 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Fleming	Kathleen Esther Woodlock
	💍 1907/6945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6264
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

1041

21 November 1907

Richard Anderson Beecroft
Norah Lilian Hindle

Richard Anderson Beecroft
Norah Lilian Hindle
💍 1907/6882

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 week

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6171

21 November 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	1041
Date of Notice	21 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Anderson Beecroft	Norah Lilian Hindle
	💍 1907/6882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6171
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

1042

21 November 1907

Leslie Gordon Murray
Frances Alice Mary Hudson

Leslie Gordon Murray
Frances Alice Mary Hudson
💍 1907/7042

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

7 years
26 years

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

07/6526

21 November 1907

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	1042
Date of Notice	21 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Gordon Murray	Frances Alice Mary Hudson
	💍 1907/7042
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	7 years	26 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/6526
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

1043

21 November 1907

Frank Augustus Mens
Mary Elizabeth Barron

Frank Augustus Meno
Mary Elizabeth Barron
💍 1907/6864

Bachelor
Spinster

Grain & Produce Agent

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
26 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6169

21 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	1043
Date of Notice	21 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Augustus Mens	Mary Elizabeth Barron
BDM Match (97%)	Frank Augustus Meno	Mary Elizabeth Barron
	💍 1907/6864
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grain & Produce Agent
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6169
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

1044

22 November 1907

Percy Henry Upton
Florence Sarah Nihill Pierce

Percy Henry Upton
Florence Sarah Nihill Pierce
💍 1908/144

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Manager

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
30 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

08/84

22 November 1907

Rev. H. Reeve, Church of England

No	1044
Date of Notice	22 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Henry Upton	Florence Sarah Nihill Pierce
	💍 1908/144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Manager
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Reeve, 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).