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 595

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 September 1907

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

3 July 1907

John Penny
Cecilia Margareta Hemmingson

John Penny
Cecilia Margareta Hemmingson
💍 1907/3515

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic duties

42
24

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

12 days
3 weeks

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

07/4645

3 July 1907

Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	32
Date of Notice	3 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Penny	Cecilia Margareta Hemmingson
	💍 1907/3515
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	42	24
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	12 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	07/4645
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

4 July 1907

George Stevenson Boyes
Amy Hamerton

George Stevenson Boyes
Amy Hamerton
💍 1907/5034

Bachelor
Spinster

Estate agent
Home duties

24
34

Hamilton
Auckland

4 years
18 months

Residence of Mr. Baldy, "Sans Souci", Howe St.

07/4570

4 July 1907

Rev. John Wilkins

No	33
Date of Notice	4 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Stevenson Boyes	Amy Hamerton
	💍 1907/5034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Estate agent	Home duties
Age	24	34
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Baldy, "Sans Souci", Howe St.
Folio	07/4570
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Wilkins

19 July 1907

Thomas Frederick Jolly
Lenna Randle

Thomas Frederick Jolly
Lenna Randle
💍 1907/5082

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Household duties

31
28

Frankton
Rotorua

31 years
4 years

St. Luke's Church of England, Hamilton

07/4688

19 July 1907

Rev. B. A. Lisdall, M.A.

No	34
Date of Notice	19 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick Jolly	Lenna Randle
	💍 1907/5082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Household duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Frankton	Rotorua
Length of Residence	31 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	07/4688
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. A. Lisdall, M.A.

24 July 1907

Samuel Willoughby
Grace Rebecca Wallace

Samuel Willoughby
Grace Rebecca Wallace
💍 1907/3526

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

21
22

Kaipaki
Kaipaki

21 years
18 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

07/4646

24 July 1907

Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	35
Date of Notice	24 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Willoughby	Grace Rebecca Wallace
	💍 1907/3526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Kaipaki	Kaipaki
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	07/4646
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

30 July 1907

Here Wamu
Taiamai

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 days
2 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

[illegible]

31 July 1907

Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	36
Date of Notice	30 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Here Wamu	Taiamai
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	[illegible]
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

1 August 1907

John Clements
Christina Miller

John Clements
Christina Miller
💍 1907/3531

Bachelor
Spinster

Ploughman
Home duties

21
21

Tauhei
Tauhei

5 months
2 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

07/4647

1 August 1907

Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	37
Date of Notice	1 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Clements	Christina Miller
	💍 1907/3531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Home duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Tauhei	Tauhei
Length of Residence	5 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	07/4647
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

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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).