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 Eltham Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar George Davie How

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

196

8 January 1907

Walter Hosie
Rachel Harriet Preston

Walter Hosie
Rachel Harriett Preston
💍 1907/1867

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic duties

30
20

Eltham
Eltham

3 years
20 years

At the Primitive Methodist Parsonage, Hills Street, Eltham

07/1962

James Preston, father

8 January 1907

Rev Job Benning

No	196
Date of Notice	8 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hosie	Rachel Harriet Preston
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Hosie	Rachel Harriett Preston
	💍 1907/1867
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the Primitive Methodist Parsonage, Hills Street, Eltham
Folio	07/1962
Consent	James Preston, father
Date of Certificate	8 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev Job Benning

197

15 January 1907

Albert Leighlow Gibson
Mary Wylie

Albert Leighton Gibson
Mary Wylie
💍 1907/8353

Bachelor
Divorced

Farmer
Domestic duties

20
25

Mangato Ki
Mangato Ki

17 years
1 year

At the residence of George Gibson, Eltham-Opunake Road, Mangatoki

07/403

George Gibson, father

16 January 1907

Rev James Johnston

No	197
Date of Notice	15 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Leighlow Gibson	Mary Wylie
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Leighton Gibson	Mary Wylie
	💍 1907/8353
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	20	25
Dwelling Place	Mangato Ki	Mangato Ki
Length of Residence	17 years	1 year
Marriage Place	At the residence of George Gibson, Eltham-Opunake Road, Mangatoki
Folio	07/403
Consent	George Gibson, father
Date of Certificate	16 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev James Johnston

198

13 February 1907

Charles Hutton
Jean Parkes

Charles Hutton
Jean Parkes
💍 1907/425

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

30
25

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
6 years

At the residence of Mr. W. G. Clements, Anderson Road, Eltham

07/467

13 February 1907

Rev John Wesley Griffin

No	198
Date of Notice	13 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hutton	Jean Parkes
	💍 1907/425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. W. G. Clements, Anderson Road, Eltham
Folio	07/467
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev John Wesley Griffin

199

20 February 1907

James Moascwell
Marion Roskruge

James Maxwell
Marion Roskruge
💍 1907/884

Bachelor
Widow

Storekeeper
Domestic duties

47
47

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
3 years

At the residence of Marion Roskruge, Hills Street, Eltham

07/978

20 February 1907

Rev James Johnston

No	199
Date of Notice	20 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Moascwell	Marion Roskruge
BDM Match (90%)	James Maxwell	Marion Roskruge
	💍 1907/884
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic duties
Age	47	47
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Marion Roskruge, Hills Street, Eltham
Folio	07/978
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev James Johnston

200

12 March 1907

Harry David Wallath
Helen Margaret Simpson

Harry David Wallath
Helen Margaret Simpson
💍 1907/8347

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic duties

29
23

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
6 months

Presbyterian Church, Eltham

07/401

12 March 1907

Rev James Johnston

No	200
Date of Notice	12 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry David Wallath	Helen Margaret Simpson
	💍 1907/8347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Eltham
Folio	07/401
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev James Johnston

201

13 March 1907

Clement James Thomas
Elsie Embling

Clement James Thomas
Elsie Embling
💍 1907/8352

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Domestic duties

29
22

Eltham
Eltham

2 years
10 years

Salvation Army Hall, Eltham

07/402

13 March 1907

Capt Edward Slattery

No	201
Date of Notice	13 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement James Thomas	Elsie Embling
	💍 1907/8352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Domestic duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Eltham
Folio	07/402
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Capt Edward Slattery

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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).