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 714

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar G. W. Bennett

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

584

2 January 1907

John Francis Reeve
Freda Elsie Ketch

John Francis Reeve
Freda Elsie Petch
💍 1907/384

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

21
16

Egmont Village
Junction Road, Egmont Village

21 years
4 years

The Residence of J. A. Reeve

07/419

J. A. Reeve, father of bride

2 January 1907

Rev. H. White

No	584
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Reeve	Freda Elsie Ketch
BDM Match (97%)	John Francis Reeve	Freda Elsie Petch
	💍 1907/384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Egmont Village	Junction Road, Egmont Village
Length of Residence	21 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of J. A. Reeve
Folio	07/419
Consent	J. A. Reeve, father of bride
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. White

585

21 January 1907

Samuel Septimus Flay
Anne Helen Peters

Samuel Septimus Flay
Anne Helen Peters
💍 1907/385

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
19

Moa District
Moa District

4 years
19 years

At the Residence of Mr. S. S. Flay, Dudley Road

07/420

H. Peters, father of Anne Helen Peters

21 January 1907

Rev. H. White

No	585
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Septimus Flay	Anne Helen Peters
	💍 1907/385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Mr. S. S. Flay, Dudley Road
Folio	07/420
Consent	H. Peters, father of Anne Helen Peters
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. White

586

6 February 1907

Patrick William Quinn
Gertrude Giles

Patrick William Quinn
Gertrude Giles
💍 1907/381

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard

30
23

Inglewood
Inglewood

3 days
23 years

At the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

07/416

6 February 1907

Rev. P. W. Symons

No	586
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick William Quinn	Gertrude Giles
	💍 1907/381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	07/416
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Symons

587

11 February 1907

Arthur Lucas
Alice Elizabeth Doherty

Arthur Lucas
Alice Elizabeth Doherty
💍 1907/382

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
24

Tarata, Moa District
Egmont Village, Moa District

19 years
20 years

At the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

07/417

11 February 1907

Rev. Jas. McManus

No	587
Date of Notice	11 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lucas	Alice Elizabeth Doherty
	💍 1907/382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Tarata, Moa District	Egmont Village, Moa District
Length of Residence	19 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	07/417
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. McManus

588

13 February 1907

Ernest Gilbert
Maria Eleanor Kendrick

Ernest Gilbert
Maria Elenor Kendrick
💍 1907/387

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
21

Moa District
Moa District

4 days
4 months

At the Church of England at Tariki

07/422

13 February 1907

Rev. H. A. Favell

No	588
Date of Notice	13 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Gilbert	Maria Eleanor Kendrick
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Gilbert	Maria Elenor Kendrick
	💍 1907/387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	4 days	4 months
Marriage Place	At the Church of England at Tariki
Folio	07/422
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Favell

589

4 March 1907

Vernon George Marsh
Mabel Constance Marsh

Vernon George
Mabel Constance Marsh
💍 1907/386

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
19

Egmont Village
Egmont Village

3 years
19 years

At the Church of England at Inglewood

07/421

George Marsh, father of Mabel Constance Marsh

4 March 1907

Rev. H. A. Favell

No	589
Date of Notice	4 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vernon George Marsh	Mabel Constance Marsh
BDM Match (84%)	Vernon George	Mabel Constance Marsh
	💍 1907/386
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Egmont Village	Egmont Village
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	At the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	07/421
Consent	George Marsh, father of Mabel Constance Marsh
Date of Certificate	4 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Favell

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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).