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 Kaitaia Quarter ending 31 December 1907 Registrar R. M. Matthews

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

12 October 1907

Ivan Roko Posinkovic
Bonina Duzevic

Ivan Roko Posinkovic
Bonnie Duzevic
💍 1907/8003

Bachelor
Spinster

Viticulturist
Domestic duties

23
24

Herekino
Herekino

4 years
1 week

Residence of Ivan Roko Posenkovich

07/809

12 October 1907

Rev Van W. Westeinde, Roman Catholic

No	78
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Roko Posinkovic	Bonina Duzevic
BDM Match (89%)	Ivan Roko Posinkovic	Bonnie Duzevic
	💍 1907/8003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Viticulturist	Domestic duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Herekino	Herekino
Length of Residence	4 years	1 week
Marriage Place	Residence of Ivan Roko Posenkovich
Folio	07/809
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev Van W. Westeinde, Roman Catholic

29 October 1907

William Leathwick
Frances Elizabeth Walker

William Leathwick
Frances Elizabeth Walker
💍 1907/6994

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

25
20

Awanui
Awanui

1 year
3 years

Mr. Walker's residence, Awanui

07/6417

Thos. H. Walker, Father

29 October 1907

Rev J. J. Parry, Church of England

No	79
Date of Notice	29 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leathwick	Frances Elizabeth Walker
	💍 1907/6994
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Awanui	Awanui
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Walker's residence, Awanui
Folio	07/6417
Consent	Thos. H. Walker, Father
Date of Certificate	29 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev J. J. Parry, Church of England

8 November 1907

James Sydney Paton
Annie Roberta Kirby

James Sydney Paton
Annie Roberta Kirby
💍 1907/7002

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
27

Victoria Valley
Victoria Valley

23 years
4 years

Mr. Kirby's residence, Victoria Valley

07/6420

8 November 1907

Rev C. Aker, Methodist

No	80
Date of Notice	8 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Sydney Paton	Annie Roberta Kirby
	💍 1907/7002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Victoria Valley	Victoria Valley
Length of Residence	23 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Kirby's residence, Victoria Valley
Folio	07/6420
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev C. Aker, Methodist

16 November 1907

Henry Parker
Essie Baker

Henry Parker
Essie Baker
💍 1907/7003

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

29
26

Kaitaia
Herekino

3 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Kaitaia

07/6421

16 November 1907

R. M. Matthews, Registrar

No	81
Date of Notice	16 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Parker	Essie Baker
	💍 1907/7003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Kaitaia	Herekino
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Kaitaia
Folio	07/6421
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1907
Officiating Minister	R. M. Matthews, Registrar

2 December 1907

Thomas Darcy Wyatt Breese
Clara Fisher

Thomas Darcy Wyatt Breese
Clara Fisher
💍 1907/7000

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
27

Fairburn
Fairburn

3 Days
15 years

Mr. Fisher's residence, Fairburn

07/6418

2 December 1907

Rev J. J. Parry, Church of England

No	82
Date of Notice	2 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Darcy Wyatt Breese	Clara Fisher
	💍 1907/7000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Fairburn	Fairburn
Length of Residence	3 Days	15 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Fisher's residence, Fairburn
Folio	07/6418
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev J. J. Parry, Church of England

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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).