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 284

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

1 January 1907

Frederick Lowrie
Agnes Mary Josephine McPike

Frederick Lowrie
Agnes Mary Josephine McPike
💍 1907/308

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

21
22

Thames
Thames

21 years
22 years

In the house of Mr. Mc Pike, Mauaeranga

07/350

1 January 1907

Monsignor O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	1
Date of Notice	1 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Lowrie	Agnes Mary Josephine McPike
	💍 1907/308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	21 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Mc Pike, Mauaeranga
Folio	07/350
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Monsignor O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

8 January 1907

William Ashley Innes
Rose Louisa Bush

William Ashley Innes
Rose Louisa Bush
💍 1907/316

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Engineer
Domestic duties

23
30

Thames
Thames

8 years
8 years

Church of England, Thames

07/351

8 January 1907

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	8 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ashley Innes	Rose Louisa Bush
	💍 1907/316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	23	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	07/351
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

1 February 1907

James Henry Colquhoun
Margaret Ann Morton

James Henry Colquhoun
Margaret Ann Morton
💍 1907/526

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Dressmaker

30
35

Greytown, Wellington
Thames

nil
2 months

Methodist Church of Australasia, Greytown, Wellington

07/587

1 February 1907

R. Taylor, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	3
Date of Notice	1 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Colquhoun	Margaret Ann Morton
	💍 1907/526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Dressmaker
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Greytown, Wellington	Thames
Length of Residence	nil	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church of Australasia, Greytown, Wellington
Folio	07/587
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Taylor, Methodist Church of Australasia

18 February 1907

George Hamilton McMahon
Laura Adeline Stephens

George Hamilton McMahon
Laura Adeline Stephens
💍 1907/305

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

32
32

Thames
Thames

32 years
32 years

In the School house, Tapu

07/347

18 February 1907

E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	4
Date of Notice	18 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hamilton McMahon	Laura Adeline Stephens
	💍 1907/305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	32 years	32 years
Marriage Place	In the School house, Tapu
Folio	07/347
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

23 February 1907

Walter Fisher
Alice Elvin

Walter Fisher
Alice Elvin
💍 1907/327

Walter Langdon
Annie Elvin
💍 1908/440

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

19
22

Netherton
Turua

12 years
18 years

Church of England, Thames

07/352

Amos Fisher, father of groom

23 February 1907

Revd. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	23 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Fisher	Alice Elvin
	💍 1907/327
BDM Match (61%)	Walter Langdon	Annie Elvin
	💍 1908/440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	19	22
Dwelling Place	Netherton	Turua
Length of Residence	12 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	07/352
Consent	Amos Fisher, father of groom
Date of Certificate	23 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

25 February 1907

Robert Henry Majurey
Florrie Buttriss

Robert Henry Majury
Florrie Cuttriss
💍 1907/306

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

22
20

Thames
Thames

18 months
10 months

In the house of Mr. Fell

07/348

Mary Jane Buttriss, mother of bride

25 February 1907

E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	6
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Majurey	Florrie Buttriss
BDM Match (94%)	Robert Henry Majury	Florrie Cuttriss
	💍 1907/306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	18 months	10 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Fell
Folio	07/348
Consent	Mary Jane Buttriss, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

1 March 1907

Charles Francis Collins
Louisa Margaret Anderson

Charles Francis Colllins
Louisa Margaret Anderson
💍 1907/343

Bachelor
Widow

Miner
Domestic duties

25
32

Thames
Thames

25 years
32 years

In the house of Mrs. Anderson, Thames

07/388

1 March 1907

Revd. R. Taylor, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	7
Date of Notice	1 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Francis Collins	Louisa Margaret Anderson
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Francis Colllins	Louisa Margaret Anderson
	💍 1907/343
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	25	32
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	25 years	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Anderson, Thames
Folio	07/388
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd. R. Taylor, Methodist Church of Australasia

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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).