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 Stratford Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar S. S. James

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

9 July 1907

Harold Gordon-Stables
Anne Mary Woisin

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Assistant

28
26

Okaiawa
Midhirst

10 months
20 years

Residence of J. H. Woisin, York Road, Midhirst

07/4816

9 July 1907

Rev. D. Campbell, Primitive Methodist

No	29
Date of Notice	9 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Gordon-Stables	Anne Mary Woisin
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Assistant
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Okaiawa	Midhirst
Length of Residence	10 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. H. Woisin, York Road, Midhirst
Folio	07/4816
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Campbell, Primitive Methodist

10 July 1907

Alfred Richards
Ada Robertson

Alfred Richards
Ada Robertson
💍 1907/3643

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver

32
21

Inglewood
Midhirst

20 years
21 years

Residence of Henry Robertson, Kent Terrace, Midhirst

07/4815

10 July 1907

Rev. D. Campbell, Primitive Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Richards	Ada Robertson
	💍 1907/3643
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Midhirst
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Henry Robertson, Kent Terrace, Midhirst
Folio	07/4815
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Campbell, Primitive Methodist

10 July 1907

Charles Diedrich Arps
Clarice Minnetta Stone

Charles Diedrich Arps
Clarice Minnetta Stone
💍 1907/3616

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
21

Strathmore
Stratford

1 month
2 months

The Office of the Registrar at Stratford

07/4811

10 July 1907

S. S. James, Registrar

No	31
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Diedrich Arps	Clarice Minnetta Stone
	💍 1907/3616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Strathmore	Stratford
Length of Residence	1 month	2 months
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar at Stratford
Folio	07/4811
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	S. S. James, Registrar

15 July 1907

William Atkins
Kathleen Maud Brickell

William Atkins
Kathleen Maude Brickell
💍 1907/3628

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
21

Strathmore
Tututawa

3 months
5 years

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford

07/4820

15 July 1907

Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	15 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Atkins	Kathleen Maud Brickell
BDM Match (98%)	William Atkins	Kathleen Maude Brickell
	💍 1907/3628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Strathmore	Tututawa
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Folio	07/4820
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Church of England

20 July 1907

William Manning
Daisy Joblin

William Manning
Daisy Joblin
💍 1907/3625

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
26

Strathmore
Stratford

12 years
2 years

Office of the Registrar at Stratford

07/4812

20 July 1907

S. S. James, Registrar

No	33
Date of Notice	20 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Manning	Daisy Joblin
	💍 1907/3625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Strathmore	Stratford
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar at Stratford
Folio	07/4812
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1907
Officiating Minister	S. S. James, Registrar

20 July 1907

John Alfred Hardie
Ellen Margaret Barter

John Alfred Harris
Ellen Margaret Carter
💍 1907/3629

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironsmith

22
24

Midhirst
Midhirst

9 months
3 years

Residence of Hampton Barter, Denbigh Road, Midhirst

07/4821

20 July 1907

Rev. W. S. Bowie, Wesleyan

No	34
Date of Notice	20 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alfred Hardie	Ellen Margaret Barter
BDM Match (92%)	John Alfred Harris	Ellen Margaret Carter
	💍 1907/3629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironsmith
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Midhirst	Midhirst
Length of Residence	9 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Hampton Barter, Denbigh Road, Midhirst
Folio	07/4821
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Bowie, Wesleyan

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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).