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 397

District of Raglan Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar W. Langley

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

167

1 July 1907

Samuel Nicholas Martin
Ellen Beatrice Timms

Samuel Nicholas Martin
Ellen Beatrice Timmo
💍 1907/5079

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

18
21

Raglan
Raglan

2 years
8 months

At the residence of Mr. Martin, Raglan

07/4684

Samuel Martin, Father

1 July 1907

Rev. F. Carr

No	167
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Nicholas Martin	Ellen Beatrice Timms
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Nicholas Martin	Ellen Beatrice Timmo
	💍 1907/5079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	18	21
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Raglan
Length of Residence	2 years	8 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. Martin, Raglan
Folio	07/4684
Consent	Samuel Martin, Father
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Carr

168

10 July 1907

Oscar Emile Van Houtte
Martha Billington

Oscar Emile Vanhoutto
Martha Billington
💍 1907/5106

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
22

Te Uata
Te Uata

9 years
22 years

At the residence of Mr. Billington, Te Uata

07/4685

10 July 1907

Rev. F. Carr

No	168
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Emile Van Houtte	Martha Billington
BDM Match (93%)	Oscar Emile Vanhoutto	Martha Billington
	💍 1907/5106
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Te Uata	Te Uata
Length of Residence	9 years	22 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. Billington, Te Uata
Folio	07/4685
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Carr

169

30 July 1907

John Turner
Emma Catherine Bregmen

John Turner
Emma Catherine Bregmen
💍 1907/5078

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic duties

30
28

Te Mata
Te Mata

3 years
28 years

At Mr. Mathews house, Te Mata

07/4683

30 July 1907

Rev. H. Radcliffe

No	169
Date of Notice	30 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Turner	Emma Catherine Bregmen
	💍 1907/5078
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Te Mata	Te Mata
Length of Residence	3 years	28 years
Marriage Place	At Mr. Mathews house, Te Mata
Folio	07/4683
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Radcliffe

170

29 August 1907

Wallace Thomson
Martha Eva Phillips

Wallace Thomson
Martha Eva Phillips
💍 1907/5473

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

21
20

Te Mata
Te Mata

3 years
20 years

At the office of the Registrar, Raglan

07/5281

James Thomson, Father; Henry Phillips, Father

29 August 1907

Registrar

No	170
Date of Notice	29 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace Thomson	Martha Eva Phillips
	💍 1907/5473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Te Mata	Te Mata
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar, Raglan
Folio	07/5281
Consent	James Thomson, Father; Henry Phillips, Father
Date of Certificate	29 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar

171

16 September 1907

Eagle Darcy Hamilton
Mary Margaret Verd Gibson

Eagle D'Arcy Hamilton
Mary Margaret Vera Gibbison
💍 1907/3573

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Domestic duties

25
20

Kawhia, Raglan
Raglan

12 years (Kawhia), 3 days (Raglan)
20 years

At the residence of Mr. Gibson, Raglan

07/4745

William Gibson, Father

16 September 1907

Rev. H. Radcliffe

No	171
Date of Notice	16 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eagle Darcy Hamilton	Mary Margaret Verd Gibson
BDM Match (90%)	Eagle D'Arcy Hamilton	Mary Margaret Vera Gibbison
	💍 1907/3573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Kawhia, Raglan	Raglan
Length of Residence	12 years (Kawhia), 3 days (Raglan)	20 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. Gibson, Raglan
Folio	07/4745
Consent	William Gibson, Father
Date of Certificate	16 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Radcliffe

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).