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 Waihi Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar Arnold William Mann

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

2 January 1907

Robert Dickson
Rose Ann Smith

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

26
20

Waikino
Waikino

12 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Waihi

07/356

2 January 1907

Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Dickson	Rose Ann Smith
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waihi
Folio	07/356
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar

2 January 1907

Benjamin Pascoe
Ethel Ivey

Benjamin Pascoe
Ethel Ivey
💍 1907/1975

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

22
19

Waihi
Waihi

10 years
1 year

Residence Benjamin Pascoe, Waihi

07/2074

John Ivey, Father

9 January 1907

Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Pascoe	Ethel Ivey
	💍 1907/1975
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence Benjamin Pascoe, Waihi
Folio	07/2074
Consent	John Ivey, Father
Date of Certificate	9 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

14 January 1907

Leopold Ernest Spratt
Jane Winifred Pattullo

Leopold Ernest Spratt
Jane Winifred Pattullo
💍 1907/1952

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
20

Waihi
Waihi

8 years
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Waihi

07/2075

Leburn Pattullo, Father

14 January 1907

Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	14 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leopold Ernest Spratt	Jane Winifred Pattullo
	💍 1907/1952
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waihi
Folio	07/2075
Consent	Leburn Pattullo, Father
Date of Certificate	14 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

21 January 1907

Angus Richard Nicholson
Florence Catherine Daisy Pardoe

Angus Richard Nicholson
Florence Catherine Daisy Pardoe
💍 1907/335

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

22
21

Waikino
Waikino

5 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Waihi

07/355

21 January 1907

Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Richard Nicholson	Florence Catherine Daisy Pardoe
	💍 1907/335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waihi
Folio	07/355
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar

9 February 1907

David Hill
Rebecca Sarah Stevenson

David Hill
Rebecca Sarah Stevenson
💍 1907/1974

Widower
Spinster

Battery Foreman

32
26

Waihi
Waikino

8 months
3 years

Residence Jemima Fyfe, Waikino

07/2073

9 February 1907

Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	9 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hill	Rebecca Sarah Stevenson
	💍 1907/1974
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Battery Foreman
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waikino
Length of Residence	8 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence Jemima Fyfe, Waikino
Folio	07/2073
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

13 February 1907

Alfred Bird
Amy Catherine Beatrice Freeman

Alfred Bird
Amy Catherine Beatrice Freeman
💍 1907/337

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

25
21

Waihi
Waihi

2 years
6 days

Wesleyan Church, Waihi

07/357

13 February 1907

Rev. John Dukes, Wesleyan

No	6
Date of Notice	13 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Bird	Amy Catherine Beatrice Freeman
	💍 1907/337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	2 years	6 days
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Waihi
Folio	07/357
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dukes, Wesleyan

2 March 1907

James Long Gilmour
Collina May Farrell

James Long Gilmour
Ellina May Farrell
💍 1907/1953

Bachelor
Spinster

Mine Manager

30
30

Waihi
Waihi

16 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Waihi

07/2076

2 March 1907

Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	2 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Long Gilmour	Collina May Farrell
BDM Match (95%)	James Long Gilmour	Ellina May Farrell
	💍 1907/1953
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mine Manager
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	16 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waihi
Folio	07/2076
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

11 March 1907

Peter Ludman
Rose May Farmer

Peter Sevetman
Rose May Farmer
💍 1907/1954

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

35
24

Waikino
Waikino

5 years
2 months

Presbyterian Church, Waihi

07/2077

11 March 1907

Rev. J. L. Pattullo, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	11 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Ludman	Rose May Farmer
BDM Match (82%)	Peter Sevetman	Rose May Farmer
	💍 1907/1954
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	5 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waihi
Folio	07/2077
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Pattullo, 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).