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 718

District of Helensville Quarter ending 30 September 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

600

3 July 1907

Alfred Valentine Coldwell
Catherine Mary Storring

Alfred Valentine Coldwell
Catherine Mary Storring
💍 1907/3565

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
20

Moa District
Moa District

2 years
20 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

07/4739

H. Storring, father of Catherine Mary Storring

13 July 1907

Rev. H. A. Favell

No	600
Date of Notice	3 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Valentine Coldwell	Catherine Mary Storring
	💍 1907/3565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	07/4739
Consent	H. Storring, father of Catherine Mary Storring
Date of Certificate	13 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Favell

601

23 July 1907

William Herlihy
Ida Elizabeth Butler

William Herlihy
Ida Elizabeth Butler
💍 1907/3564

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
18

Moa District
Moa District

4 years
10 years

at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

07/4758

Joseph Butler, father of Ida Elizabeth Butler

23 July 1907

Rev. Jas. McManus

No	601
Date of Notice	23 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herlihy	Ida Elizabeth Butler
	💍 1907/3564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	07/4758
Consent	Joseph Butler, father of Ida Elizabeth Butler
Date of Certificate	23 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. McManus

602

29 July 1907

James Henry Simons
Olive Ann Kendrick

James Henry Simons
Olive Ann Kendrick
💍 1907/3567

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
20

Moa District
Moa District

20 years
9 months

at the Residence of Mr. W. J. Kendrick near Tariki

07/4761

W. J. Kendrick, father of Olive Ann Kendrick

29 July 1907

Rev. J. J. Osborne

No	602
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Simons	Olive Ann Kendrick
	💍 1907/3567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	20 years	9 months
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. W. J. Kendrick near Tariki
Folio	07/4761
Consent	W. J. Kendrick, father of Olive Ann Kendrick
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Osborne

603

5 August 1907

Charlie Seckrie
Fanny May Kennedy

Charlie Dickie
Fanny May Kennedy
💍 1907/5459

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy factory Manager

24
23

Inglewood
Moa District

3 days
23 years

at the Residence of Mr. G. S. Kennedy, Dudley Rd, Moa District

07/5287

5 August 1907

Rev. E. D. Patchett

No	603
Date of Notice	5 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charlie Seckrie	Fanny May Kennedy
BDM Match (90%)	Charlie Dickie	Fanny May Kennedy
	💍 1907/5459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy factory Manager
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Moa District
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. G. S. Kennedy, Dudley Rd, Moa District
Folio	07/5287
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Patchett

604

10 August 1907

Alexander Victor Schwieters
Eva Emily Bateman

Alexander Victor Schwieters
Eva Emily Bateman
💍 1907/5460

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy factory Manager

24
17

Moa District
Inglewood

20 years
6 months

at the Wesleyan Church at Inglewood

07/5288

L. A. Crichton, mother of Eva Emily Bateman

10 August 1907

Rev. L. S. Patchett

No	604
Date of Notice	10 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Victor Schwieters	Eva Emily Bateman
	💍 1907/5460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy factory Manager
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Inglewood
Length of Residence	20 years	6 months
Marriage Place	at the Wesleyan Church at Inglewood
Folio	07/5288
Consent	L. A. Crichton, mother of Eva Emily Bateman
Date of Certificate	10 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. S. Patchett

605

10 August 1907

Ronald George Marsh
Emily Bielby

Ronald George Marsh
Emily Bielby
💍 1907/3566

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
21

Egmont Village
Egmont Village

21 years
21 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

07/4760

10 August 1907

Rev. H. A. Favell

No	605
Date of Notice	10 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald George Marsh	Emily Bielby
	💍 1907/3566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Egmont Village	Egmont Village
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	07/4760
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 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).