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 264

District of Dargaville Quarter ending 31 December 1907 Registrar J. Kay

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

15 October 1907

Wilfred Redfern
Ruth Rosher Elizabeth Evans

Wilfred Redfern
Ruth Esther Elizabeth Evans
💍 1907/6979

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

25
25

Dargaville
Dargaville

1 week
1 year

Private Residence a Gregory

07/6370

15 October 1907

Rev W Wills, Wesleyan

No	18
Date of Notice	15 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Redfern	Ruth Rosher Elizabeth Evans
BDM Match (94%)	Wilfred Redfern	Ruth Esther Elizabeth Evans
	💍 1907/6979
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	1 week	1 year
Marriage Place	Private Residence a Gregory
Folio	07/6370
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W Wills, Wesleyan

29 October 1907

Norman Wicks
Caroline Bush

Norman Wicks
Caroline Bush
💍 1907/6896

Bachelor
Spinster

Flax mill manager
Domestic duties

31
25

Tangiteroria
Devonport

3 years
10 years

Residence James Bailey Bush, Devonport, Auckland

07/6215

29 October 1907

Rev Jno Edgar, Bertram, Presbyterian

No	19
Date of Notice	29 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Wicks	Caroline Bush
	💍 1907/6896
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flax mill manager	Domestic duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Tangiteroria	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence James Bailey Bush, Devonport, Auckland
Folio	07/6215
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev Jno Edgar, Bertram, Presbyterian

18 December 1907

John Jeirney
Florence Jessie Hall

John Teirney
Florence Jessie Hall
💍 1907/6980

Bachelor
Spinster

Packer
Domestic duties

21
19

Babylon
Kaihu

4 years
19 years

Registrar's Office, Dargaville

07/6371

Richard Hall, father

18 December 1907

J. Kay, Registrar

No	20
Date of Notice	18 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Jeirney	Florence Jessie Hall
BDM Match (96%)	John Teirney	Florence Jessie Hall
	💍 1907/6980
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packer	Domestic duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Babylon	Kaihu
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dargaville
Folio	07/6371
Consent	Richard Hall, father
Date of Certificate	18 December 1907
Officiating Minister	J. Kay, Registrar

28 December 1907

Andrija Brceg
Jerolima Brceg

Bachelor
Spinster

Gum digger
Domestic duties

26
24

Maropiu
Maropiu

2 years
1 month

Own dwelling house, Maropiu

08/2466

28 December 1907

Father J. Sanna, Catholic Priest

No	21
Date of Notice	28 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrija Brceg	Jerolima Brceg
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gum digger	Domestic duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Maropiu	Maropiu
Length of Residence	2 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Own dwelling house, Maropiu
Folio	08/2466
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Father J. Sanna, Catholic Priest

28 December 1907

Flemington Constance
Margaret Maud Hamlen

Clemington Constance
Margaret Maud Hamlin
💍 1907/7783

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

28
25

Tangiteroria
Tangiteroria

10 years
25 years

Residence of Bride's Parents, Tangiteroria

07/17612

28 December 1907

G Wansbone, Presbyterian Minister

No	22
Date of Notice	28 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Flemington Constance	Margaret Maud Hamlen
BDM Match (95%)	Clemington Constance	Margaret Maud Hamlin
	💍 1907/7783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Tangiteroria	Tangiteroria
Length of Residence	10 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents, Tangiteroria
Folio	07/17612
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1907
Officiating Minister	G Wansbone, Presbyterian Minister

30 December 1907

John William Strasburger
Margaret Lilian Carrington

John William Strasburger
Margaret Lilian Carrington
💍 1908/247

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic duties

30
26

Dargaville
Rollerslie, Auckland

3 years
6 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

08/196

30 December 1907

Rev W H Mahoney, Roman Catholic, Auckland

No	23
Date of Notice	30 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Strasburger	Margaret Lilian Carrington
	💍 1908/247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Rollerslie, Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	08/196
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W H Mahoney, Roman Catholic, Auckland

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).