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

1084

6 December 1907

Thomas Steckelgon
Alice Gertrude Ward

Thomas Neckelson
Alice Gertrude Ward
💍 1907/8000

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

36
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 years

Central Mission Hall, by Albert Street

07/8096

6 December 1907

Mr. H. H. Herous, Central Mission

No	1084
Date of Notice	6 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Steckelgon	Alice Gertrude Ward
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas Neckelson	Alice Gertrude Ward
	💍 1907/8000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, by Albert Street
Folio	07/8096
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. H. Herous, Central Mission

1088

4 December 1907

Richard Rawlinson
Margaret Geraghty

Richard Rawlinson
Margaret Geraghty
💍 1907/8077

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

21
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

07/8183

4 December 1907

Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	1088
Date of Notice	4 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Rawlinson	Margaret Geraghty
	💍 1907/8077
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	07/8183
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

1089

4 December 1907

Charles Herbert Skipper
Maude Clara Armstrong

Charles Herbert Skipper
Maude Clara Armstrong
💍 1907/6901

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
24

Auckland
England

4 years

St. Barnabas Church

07/6199

4 December 1907

Rev. R. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	1089
Date of Notice	4 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Skipper	Maude Clara Armstrong
	💍 1907/6901
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	England
Length of Residence	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church
Folio	07/6199
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. McFarland, Church of England

1090

4 December 1907

John Francis Hogan
Lavinia Ada Katie Bramley

John Francis Hogan
Lavinia Ada Katie Bramley
💍 1907/8078

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
1 month

St. Patrick's Cathedral

07/8184

Emily Bramley, Mother

4 December 1907

Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	1090
Date of Notice	4 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Hogan	Lavinia Ada Katie Bramley
	💍 1907/8078
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	07/8184
Consent	Emily Bramley, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

1091

9 December 1907

Percy Temple William
Mary Isabel Pearce

Percy Temple Williams
Mary Isabel Pierce
💍 1907/6876

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders

41
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

St. Sepulchre's Church

07/6188

9 December 1907

Right Rev. Bishop Neligan, Church of England

No	1091
Date of Notice	9 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Temple William	Mary Isabel Pearce
BDM Match (92%)	Percy Temple Williams	Mary Isabel Pierce
	💍 1907/6876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders
Age	41	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	07/6188
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. Bishop Neligan, Church of England

1092

9 December 1907

Henry Darby
Louisa Millbank

Henry Darby
Louisa Milbank
💍 1907/6199

Bachelor
Spinster

Stonemason

39
32

Auckland
Auckland

39 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/6276

9 December 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	1092
Date of Notice	9 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Darby	Louisa Millbank
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Darby	Louisa Milbank
	💍 1907/6199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stonemason
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	39 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/6276
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

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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).