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 Rotorua Quarter ending 30 June 1907 Registrar Arthur Frederick Beut

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

10 April 1907

John Robert McGill
Isabel Delaney

John Robert McGill
Isabella Delaney
💍 1907/2390

Bachelor
Spinster

Train Examiner, Railway Dept.
Housemaid

22
21

Rotorua
Rotorua (formerly Auckland)

11 months
3 days

The house of Kenneth Rennie, Arawa St., Rotorua

07/2519

10 April 1907

Rev. Frederick Stubbs

No	9
Date of Notice	10 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert McGill	Isabel Delaney
BDM Match (94%)	John Robert McGill	Isabella Delaney
	💍 1907/2390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Train Examiner, Railway Dept.	Housemaid
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua (formerly Auckland)
Length of Residence	11 months	3 days
Marriage Place	The house of Kenneth Rennie, Arawa St., Rotorua
Folio	07/2519
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frederick Stubbs

17 April 1907

John Henry Burgoyne-Thomas
Gertrude Burgoyne

John-Henry Burgoyne-Thomas
Gertrude Burgoyne
💍 1907/2391

Bachelor
Spinster

Furnisher
Teacher

26
27

Rotorua (usual Wellington)
Whakarewarewa

3 days
5 years

The House of Rev. H. W. Burgoyne, Schoolmaster, Whakarewarewa

07/2520

17 April 1907

Rev. Frederick Stubbs

No	10
Date of Notice	17 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Burgoyne-Thomas	Gertrude Burgoyne
BDM Match (98%)	John-Henry Burgoyne-Thomas	Gertrude Burgoyne
	💍 1907/2391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Furnisher	Teacher
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Rotorua (usual Wellington)	Whakarewarewa
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	The House of Rev. H. W. Burgoyne, Schoolmaster, Whakarewarewa
Folio	07/2520
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frederick Stubbs

15 May 1907

Joseph Everard Martin
Jessie Dean

Joseph Everard Martin
Jessie Dean
💍 1907/3353

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
31

Northdale Farm, Rotorua
Pokeno

4 years
all her life

Residence of W. Dean, Pukekohe, at Pokeno District.

07/3984

15 May 1907

Rev. J. A. Torrie of Pokeno.

No	11
Date of Notice	15 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Everard Martin	Jessie Dean
	💍 1907/3353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	31
Dwelling Place	Northdale Farm, Rotorua	Pokeno
Length of Residence	4 years	all her life
Marriage Place	Residence of W. Dean, Pukekohe, at Pokeno District.
Folio	07/3984
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Torrie of Pokeno.

20 May 1907

Henry Raethel
Jessie Mennington

Henry Raekel
Constance Jessie Merrington
💍 1907/2389

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman
Domestic duties

25
32

Rotorua
Rotorua

2½ years
3½ years

Residence of Mrs. D. Swete, Eruera St., Rotorua.

07/2518

20 May 1907

Rev. George Frederick Stockwell

No	12
Date of Notice	20 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Raethel	Jessie Mennington
BDM Match (70%)	Henry Raekel	Constance Jessie Merrington
	💍 1907/2389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman	Domestic duties
Age	25	32
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	2½ years	3½ years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. D. Swete, Eruera St., Rotorua.
Folio	07/2518
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Frederick Stockwell

1 June 1907

Richard Webster
Ethel Jenkins

Richard Webster
Ethel Jenkins
💍 1907/2388

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic duties

26
26

Rotorua
Rotorua

10 months
3 days (formerly 5 years)

The Courthouse, Rotorua

07/2577

1 June 1907

A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages, Rotorua

No	13
Date of Notice	1 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Webster	Ethel Jenkins
	💍 1907/2388
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	10 months	3 days (formerly 5 years)
Marriage Place	The Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	07/2577
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1907
Officiating Minister	A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages, Rotorua

28 June 1907

Henry Wilfred Burleigh
Ethel May Mason

Henry Wilfred Burleigh
Ethel May Mason
💍 1907/4191

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic duties

28
19

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 5 years
about 10 years

St. Luke's Church, Rotorua

07/3344

Blanche Walvina Mason (mother)

28 June 1907

Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett.

No	14
Date of Notice	28 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Wilfred Burleigh	Ethel May Mason
	💍 1907/4191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 5 years	about 10 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Rotorua
Folio	07/3344
Consent	Blanche Walvina Mason (mother)
Date of Certificate	28 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett.

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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).