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 205

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

1147

19 December 1907

Samuel Joseph Robinson
Gertrude Annie Ross

Samuel Joseph Robinson
Gertrude Annie Ross
💍 1907/6956

Bachelor
Spinster

Shirt and collar cutter

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 years

House of mother of bride, Ponsonby

07/6252

19 December 1907

Rev. A. P. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	1147
Date of Notice	19 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Joseph Robinson	Gertrude Annie Ross
	💍 1907/6956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shirt and collar cutter
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Ponsonby
Folio	07/6252
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Caldwell, Presbyterian

1148

19 December 1907

Edward Austin Wood
Ellen Wilkie

Edward Austin Wood
Ellen Wilkie
💍 1907/6132

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Employee

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
8 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/6301

19 December 1907

Rev. J. G. Luxford, Methodist

No	1148
Date of Notice	19 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Austin Wood	Ellen Wilkie
	💍 1907/6132
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Employee
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/6301
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Luxford, Methodist

1149

20 December 1907

Alma James Aryland
Hildadena Hill

Alma James Dryland
Hilda Lena Hill
💍 1907/6903

Bachelor
Spinster

Broom maker

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
26 years

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

07/6201

20 December 1907

Rev. A. S. Fowler, Church of England

No	1149
Date of Notice	20 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alma James Aryland	Hildadena Hill
BDM Match (91%)	Alma James Dryland	Hilda Lena Hill
	💍 1907/6903
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Broom maker
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	07/6201
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Fowler, Church of England

1150

20 December 1907

Harold Porter
Alma Marett

Harold Porter
Alma Marett
💍 1907/6858

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
21 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

07/6146

20 December 1907

Rev. B. C. M. Kefern, Church of England

No	1150
Date of Notice	20 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Porter	Alma Marett
	💍 1907/6858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6146
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. C. M. Kefern, Church of England

1151

20 December 1907

Frederick Jearons
May Susan Burmeister

Frederick Jeavons
May Susan Burmeister
💍 1907/6937

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 years

Knox Church, Parnell

07/6257

20 December 1907

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	1151
Date of Notice	20 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Jearons	May Susan Burmeister
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Jeavons	May Susan Burmeister
	💍 1907/6937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	07/6257
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

1152

20 December 1907

Francis Tom Hill
Daisy Olive McKirdy

Francis Tom Hill
Daisy Olive McKirdy
💍 1907/6202

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
29 years

Methodist Church, Arch Hill

07/6279

20 December 1907

Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

No	1152
Date of Notice	20 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Tom Hill	Daisy Olive McKirdy
	💍 1907/6202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Arch Hill
Folio	07/6279
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Scotter, 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).