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 Tokatoka Quarter ending 30 June 1907 Registrar H. Leabourn

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

9 May 1907

Dragicevich Mate
Marica Rakela

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
24

Tekopuru
Tekopuru

2 weeks
1 month

Residence of Dragicevich Mate, Tekopuru

07/2269

9 May 1907

Rev W. Van Westerinde

No	2
Date of Notice	9 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dragicevich Mate	Marica Rakela
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Tekopuru	Tekopuru
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of Dragicevich Mate, Tekopuru
Folio	07/2269
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Van Westerinde

13 May 1907

William Francis Johns
Lena Borkill

William Francis Johns
Lena Corkill
💍 1907/2425

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster

27
27

Ruatangata
Aratapu

3 months
26 years

Methodist Church, Whangarei, Aratapu

07/2553

13 May 1907

Rev W. Wills

No	3
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Johns	Lena Borkill
BDM Match (96%)	William Francis Johns	Lena Corkill
	💍 1907/2425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Ruatangata	Aratapu
Length of Residence	3 months	26 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Whangarei, Aratapu
Folio	07/2553
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Wills

31 May 1907

Michael Bain Keane
Ethel Winefred Keane

Michael Cain
Ethel Winifred Keane
💍 1907/2424

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

35
28

Aratapu
Aratapu

2 years
20 years

Church of England, Aratapu

07/2552

31 May 1907

Rev F. W. Young

No	4
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Bain Keane	Ethel Winefred Keane
BDM Match (78%)	Michael Cain	Ethel Winifred Keane
	💍 1907/2424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Aratapu	Aratapu
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Aratapu
Folio	07/2552
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev F. W. Young

12 June 1907

David Peter Fotheringham
Isabella Andrew Widow

David Peter Fotheringham
Isabella Andrew
💍 1907/3339

Bachelor
Widow

Saddler

48
39

Tekopuru
Tekopuru

17 months
8 years

Residence of Andrew, Tekopuru

07/3845

12 June 1907

Rev G. Wansbone

No	5
Date of Notice	12 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Peter Fotheringham	Isabella Andrew Widow
BDM Match (86%)	David Peter Fotheringham	Isabella Andrew
	💍 1907/3339
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Saddler
Age	48	39
Dwelling Place	Tekopuru	Tekopuru
Length of Residence	17 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Andrew, Tekopuru
Folio	07/3845
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Wansbone

13 June 1907

Edward Johnsen Hamlyn
Harriet Mary Hamlyn

Edward Johnsen
Harriet Mary Hamlyn
💍 1907/2422

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

51
28

Mititai
Mititai

16 years
28 years

Registrar's Office, Tekopuru

07/2550

13 June 1907

J. F. Leabourn, Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	13 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Johnsen Hamlyn	Harriet Mary Hamlyn
BDM Match (83%)	Edward Johnsen	Harriet Mary Hamlyn
	💍 1907/2422
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	51	28
Dwelling Place	Mititai	Mititai
Length of Residence	16 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tekopuru
Folio	07/2550
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1907
Officiating Minister	J. F. Leabourn, Registrar

15 June 1907

John Joseph Molloy
Elizabeth Alice Widdup

John Joseph Molloy
Elizabeth Alice Widdup
💍 1907/2423

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

33
23

Tekopuru
Tatarariki

12 months
23 years

Residence of Robert Widdup, Tatarariki

07/2551

15 June 1907

Rev Zanna

No	7
Date of Notice	15 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Molloy	Elizabeth Alice Widdup
	💍 1907/2423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Tekopuru	Tatarariki
Length of Residence	12 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert Widdup, Tatarariki
Folio	07/2551
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev Zanna

24 April 1907

Clifford Arundel Masters
Daisy Caroline Cot

Clifford Arundel Masters
Daisy Caroline Cox
💍 1907/2433

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

27
21

Kaitaia
Tekopuru

27 years
21 years

St Peters Church of England

07/2554

24 April 1907

Rev F. W. Young

No	16
Date of Notice	24 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Arundel Masters	Daisy Caroline Cot
BDM Match (97%)	Clifford Arundel Masters	Daisy Caroline Cox
	💍 1907/2433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Kaitaia	Tekopuru
Length of Residence	27 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church of England
Folio	07/2554
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev F. W. Young

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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).