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 701

District of Eltham Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar George Davie Gow

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

216

15 July 1907

William Robert Dodd
Martha Hayward

William Robert Dodd
Martha Hayward
💍 1907/3553

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
21

Eltham
Eltham

18 months
12 years

Residence of Rev. Job Benning, Mills Street, Eltham

07/4748

15 July 1907

Rev. Job Benning

No	216
Date of Notice	15 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Dodd	Martha Hayward
	💍 1907/3553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	18 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Job Benning, Mills Street, Eltham
Folio	07/4748
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Job Benning

217

19 July 1907

Thomas Heather
Amelia Tucker

Thomas Mather
Amelia Tucker
💍 1907/5476

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
30

Eltham
Eltham

7 years
5 years

All Saints Church, Eltham

07/5284

19 July 1907

Rev. George William Dent

No	217
Date of Notice	19 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Heather	Amelia Tucker
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Mather	Amelia Tucker
	💍 1907/5476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Eltham
Folio	07/5284
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. George William Dent

218

23 July 1907

Charles Stuart Down
Rose Rublitz

Charles Stuart Muir
Rose Bublitz
💍 1907/5475

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
24

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Te Roti

07/5283

23 July 1907

Rev. George William Dent

No	218
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Stuart Down	Rose Rublitz
BDM Match (85%)	Charles Stuart Muir	Rose Bublitz
	💍 1907/5475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Te Roti
Folio	07/5283
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. George William Dent

219

8 August 1907

Gerald Peddie
Elizabeth Henry

Gerald Peddie
Elizabeth Henry
💍 1907/3575

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Maker
Domestic duties

29
21

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
18 years

At the house of Mrs. Henry, High Street, Eltham

07/4747

8 August 1907

Rev. Job Benning

No	219
Date of Notice	8 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Peddie	Elizabeth Henry
	💍 1907/3575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Maker	Domestic duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Mrs. Henry, High Street, Eltham
Folio	07/4747
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Job Benning

220

27 August 1907

Samuel Douglas Coleman
Isabel Adeline Gibson

Samuel Douglas Coleman
Mabel Adeline Gibson
💍 1907/5457

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
28

Eltham
Eltham

15 years
4 years

All Saints Church, Eltham

07/5285

27 August 1907

Rev. George William Dent

No	220
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Douglas Coleman	Isabel Adeline Gibson
BDM Match (95%)	Samuel Douglas Coleman	Mabel Adeline Gibson
	💍 1907/5457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Eltham
Folio	07/5285
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. George William Dent

221

24 September 1907

Ernest James Dorman
Susannah Wilson

Ernest James Bannan
Susannah Wilson
💍 1907/7053

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
21

Eltham
Eltham

6 weeks
3 years

At the house of Edward Revell, Eltham

07/6531

24 September 1907

Rev. Job Benning

No	221
Date of Notice	24 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Dorman	Susannah Wilson
BDM Match (89%)	Ernest James Bannan	Susannah Wilson
	💍 1907/7053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	6 weeks	3 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Edward Revell, Eltham
Folio	07/6531
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Job Benning

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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).