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 Thames Quarter ending 30 June 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

2 April 1907

Alfred Horney Shroff
Kathleen Robert Gibbons

Alfred Homey Shroff
Kathleen Robert Gibbons
💍 1907/2415

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic duties

36
27

Thames
Thames

4 days
20 years

At the house of Mr Gibbons, Hopu

07/2544

2 April 1907

Revd Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	14
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Horney Shroff	Kathleen Robert Gibbons
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Homey Shroff	Kathleen Robert Gibbons
	💍 1907/2415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic duties
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Mr Gibbons, Hopu
Folio	07/2544
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

2 April 1907

Edwin Reed
Alice Jane O'Brien

Edwin Reed
Alice Jane O'Brien
💍 1907/2411

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Hand
Domestic duties

25
25

Thames
Thames

3 days
25 years

In the house of Mr O'Neill, Thames

07/2540

3 April 1907

Right Rev. Monsignor O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	15
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Reed	Alice Jane O'Brien
	💍 1907/2411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Hand	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr O'Neill, Thames
Folio	07/2540
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. Monsignor O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

9 April 1907

Joseph James Hyde
Maggie Gardner

Joseph James Hyde
Maggie Gardner
💍 1907/4192

Widower (28 October 1905)
Widow (16 July 1903)

Joiner
Domestic duties

38
32

Thames
Thames

2 years
32 years

In the house of Mrs Herr, Thames

07/3345

9 April 1907

Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	16
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph James Hyde	Maggie Gardner
	💍 1907/4192
Condition	Widower (28 October 1905)	Widow (16 July 1903)
Profession	Joiner	Domestic duties
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 years	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Herr, Thames
Folio	07/3345
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

9 April 1907

Alfred Ernest Beresford McCluskey
Mary Eliza Newman

Alfred Ernest Beresford McCluskey
Mary Eliza Newman
💍 1907/4194

Bachelor
Spinster

Permanent Militia
Domestic duties

37
28

Thames
Thames

3 days
28 years

In the house of Mr Newman, Thames

07/3347

10 April 1907

Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	17
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Beresford McCluskey	Mary Eliza Newman
	💍 1907/4194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Permanent Militia	Domestic duties
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Newman, Thames
Folio	07/3347
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

9 April 1907

Alfred Edward George
Lydia Fanny Price

Alfred Edward George
Lydia Fanny Price
💍 1907/2414

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic duties

31
28

Thames
Thames

4 days
28 years

Church of England, Thames

07/2543

9 April 1907

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	18
Date of Notice	9 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward George	Lydia Fanny Price
	💍 1907/2414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	07/2543
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

13 April 1907

Wallis Taylor
Emily Maud Easter

Wallis Taylor
Emily Maud Lasker
💍 1907/4195

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman
Domestic duties

23
24

Thames
Thames

23 years
24 years

In the Primitive Methodist Church, Thames

07/3348

13 April 1907

Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	19
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallis Taylor	Emily Maud Easter
BDM Match (94%)	Wallis Taylor	Emily Maud Lasker
	💍 1907/4195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	23 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Primitive Methodist Church, Thames
Folio	07/3348
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

13 April 1907

John Wylie McPeake
Annie Jane Williams

John Wylie McPeake
Annie Jane Williams
💍 1907/4193

Bachelor
Spinster

Mining Surveyor
Domestic duties

33
35

Thames
Thames

14 days
10 years

In the house of Mr Williams, Thames

07/3346

13 April 1907

Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	20
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wylie McPeake	Annie Jane Williams
	💍 1907/4193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mining Surveyor	Domestic duties
Age	33	35
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	14 days	10 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Williams, Thames
Folio	07/3346
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive 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).