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 617

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 1907 Registrar H. Ewart Heill

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

1834

3 October 1907

Louis William Maultsaid
Amy Gertrude Harrop

Louis William Maultsaid
Amy Gertrude Harrop
💍 1907/6145

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Domestic Duties

25
23

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Wharerata, Poverty Bay

18 years
2 months

At the office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

07/6390

3 October 1907

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	1834
Date of Notice	3 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis William Maultsaid	Amy Gertrude Harrop
	💍 1907/6145
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Wharerata, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	18 years	2 months
Marriage Place	At the office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	07/6390
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

1835

4 October 1907

William Johnston
Ethel Gertrude Stairmand

William Johnston
Ethel Gertrude Stairmand
💍 1907/7539

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

32
24

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Napier, Hawkes Bay

3 years 8 months
22 years

At the Napier Cathedral, Church of England

07/6399

4 October 1907

Rev. Charles Lawrence Luke, Napier, Hawkes Bay

No	1835
Date of Notice	4 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Johnston	Ethel Gertrude Stairmand
	💍 1907/7539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Napier, Hawkes Bay
Length of Residence	3 years 8 months	22 years
Marriage Place	At the Napier Cathedral, Church of England
Folio	07/6399
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles Lawrence Luke, Napier, Hawkes Bay

1836

4 October 1907

Richard Eyre Barton
Mary Burnside Nolan

Richard Eyre Barton
Mary Burnside Nolan
💍 1907/6962

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

24
24

Mangaotuku, Poverty Bay
Kaiti, Poverty Bay

5 years
All life

At Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne, Poverty Bay

07/6397

4 October 1907

Rev. Leslie Lawson Thomas, Church of England

No	1836
Date of Notice	4 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Eyre Barton	Mary Burnside Nolan
	💍 1907/6962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Mangaotuku, Poverty Bay	Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	All life
Marriage Place	At Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Folio	07/6397
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Lawson Thomas, Church of England

1837

5 October 1907

Frank Phillips
Hena O'Connell

Frank Phillips
Lana OConnell
💍 1907/6148

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

28
18

Waihuka, Poverty Bay
Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

18 months
6 years

At the Private residence of the bride's parents, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

07/6402

Francis O'Connell (father)

5 October 1907

Rev. Ferdinand J. Lignan, Roman Catholic

No	1837
Date of Notice	5 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Phillips	Hena O'Connell
BDM Match (89%)	Frank Phillips	Lana OConnell
	💍 1907/6148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Waihuka, Poverty Bay	Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	18 months	6 years
Marriage Place	At the Private residence of the bride's parents, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Folio	07/6402
Consent	Francis O'Connell (father)
Date of Certificate	5 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ferdinand J. Lignan, Roman Catholic

1838

8 October 1907

Frederick John Blair
Annie Melbourne Douglas

Fredrick John Blair
Annie Melbourne Douglas
💍 1907/6972

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
23

Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Patutahi

3 years
All life

At the private residence of the Bride's parents, Patutahi, Poverty Bay

07/6387

8 October 1907

Rev. Robert Gardner

No	1838
Date of Notice	8 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Blair	Annie Melbourne Douglas
BDM Match (98%)	Fredrick John Blair	Annie Melbourne Douglas
	💍 1907/6972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Patutahi, Poverty Bay	Patutahi
Length of Residence	3 years	All life
Marriage Place	At the private residence of the Bride's parents, Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Folio	07/6387
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Gardner

1839

12 October 1907

Albert Ernest Gibson
Frances Bertha Greene

Albert Ernest Gibson
Frances Bertha Greene
💍 1907/6147

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Schoolteacher

30
25

Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

5 years
All life

At the Presbyterian Church, Gisborne, Poverty Bay

07/6401

12 October 1907

Rev. Ernest William Walker, Presbyterian

No	1839
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Gibson	Frances Bertha Greene
	💍 1907/6147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Schoolteacher
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Te Karaka, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	All life
Marriage Place	At the Presbyterian Church, Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Folio	07/6401
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ernest William Walker, Presbyterian

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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).