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 September 1907 Registrar William H. 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

6 August 1907

James McGlynn
Alice May Clinken

James McDonald McGlynn
Alice May Clinker
💍 1907/5127

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Keeper
Domestic duties

28
24

Thames
Thames

3 days
24 years

St George's Church, Thames

07/4707

7 August 1907

Rev. T. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	36
Date of Notice	6 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McGlynn	Alice May Clinken
BDM Match (77%)	James McDonald McGlynn	Alice May Clinker
	💍 1907/5127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper	Domestic duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St George's Church, Thames
Folio	07/4707
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. O'Callaghan, Church of England

6 August 1907

Patrick Connors
Ellen Lelian

Patrick Connors
Ellen Lelian
💍 1907/5131

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

27
18

Thames
Thames

3 days
3 days

In the Registry Office, Thames

07/4712

Emma Lelian, mother

7 August 1907

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	37
Date of Notice	6 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Connors	Ellen Lelian
	💍 1907/5131
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Registry Office, Thames
Folio	07/4712
Consent	Emma Lelian, mother
Date of Certificate	7 August 1907
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

10 August 1907

George Arthur Howe
Mary Ann Wilson

George Arthur Howe
Mary Ann Wilson
💍 1907/5130

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman
Domestic duties

25
21

Thames
Thames

25 years
21 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Thames

07/4711

10 August 1907

Rev. J. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	38
Date of Notice	10 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Arthur Howe	Mary Ann Wilson
	💍 1907/5130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Thames
Folio	07/4711
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

12 August 1907

Charles Dare
Catherine Moran

Charles Dare
Catherine Moran
💍 1907/5129

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

24
34

Thames
Thames

24 years
34 years

In the house of Mrs H. Wren, Thames

07/4710

10 August 1907

Monsignor O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	39
Date of Notice	12 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Dare	Catherine Moran
	💍 1907/5129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	24	34
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	34 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs H. Wren, Thames
Folio	07/4710
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Monsignor O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

19 August 1907

George Frederick McFlinn
Louisa Mary Ross

George Frederick McFlinn
Louisa Mary Ross
💍 1907/5132

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder
Domestic duties

26
24

Thames
Thames

2 days
24 years

In the house of Mrs Ross, Thames

07/4713

21 August 1907

E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	40
Date of Notice	19 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick McFlinn	Louisa Mary Ross
	💍 1907/5132
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder	Domestic duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	24 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Ross, Thames
Folio	07/4713
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

22 August 1907

Leonard Rumsam Comer
Lilian Grace Fisher

Leonard Rumsum Comer
Lilian Grace Fisher
💍 1907/5134

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic duties

22
17

Thames
Matatoke

22 years
17 years

In the house of Mrs Campbell, Thames

07/4714

Ann Campbell, mother of L. G. Fisher

22 August 1907

E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	41
Date of Notice	22 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Rumsam Comer	Lilian Grace Fisher
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Rumsum Comer	Lilian Grace Fisher
	💍 1907/5134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic duties
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Thames	Matatoke
Length of Residence	22 years	17 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Campbell, Thames
Folio	07/4714
Consent	Ann Campbell, mother of L. G. Fisher
Date of Certificate	22 August 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

31 August 1907

George Alfred Black
Lena Ethel May Butt

George Alfred Black
Lena Ethel May Butt
💍 1907/8145

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

29
26

Thames
Thames

29 years
26 years

In the house of Mr G. Buckland, Thames

07/4709

31 August 1907

Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	42
Date of Notice	31 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alfred Black	Lena Ethel May Butt
	💍 1907/8145
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	29 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr G. Buckland, Thames
Folio	07/4709
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight, 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).