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 859

District of Ormondville Quarter ending 30 June 1907 Registrar K. K. Grown

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

166

4 April 1907

John Walter Lowe
Lottie Jarman Lowe

John Walter Lowe
Lottie Jarman
💍 1907/2583

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic duties

25
18

Makatuku
Ormondville

3 days
18 years

Church of the Blessed Saviour, Ormondville

07/2721

Mary Grace Lowe, sister of the bride

4 April 1907

Rev. E. J. Wayne, Church of England Minister

No	166
Date of Notice	4 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Lowe	Lottie Jarman Lowe
BDM Match (86%)	John Walter Lowe	Lottie Jarman
	💍 1907/2583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic duties
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Makatuku	Ormondville
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Blessed Saviour, Ormondville
Folio	07/2721
Consent	Mary Grace Lowe, sister of the bride
Date of Certificate	4 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Wayne, Church of England Minister

167

6 April 1907

Hans Jorgensen Bai
Ann Elizabeth Ingeborg Irene Olsen

Hans Jorgensen Bai
Ann Elizabeth Ingeborg Irene Olsen
💍 1907/2604

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
25

Ormondville
Waihopiro

26 years
9 years

Church of the Epiphany, Ormondville

07/2719

6 April 1907

Rev. E. J. Wayne, Church of England Minister

No	167
Date of Notice	6 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Jorgensen Bai	Ann Elizabeth Ingeborg Irene Olsen
	💍 1907/2604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Ormondville	Waihopiro
Length of Residence	26 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Ormondville
Folio	07/2719
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Wayne, Church of England Minister

168

23 April 1907

Robert Walter Clegy
Alice Mary King

Robert Walter Clegg
Alice Mary King
💍 1907/2585

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

33
20

Waihopiro
Ormondville

9 years
8 years

Residence of Walter Julius King, Whakatane

07/2723

Walter Julius King, father of bride

23 April 1907

Rev. John Olives, Methodist Minister

No	168
Date of Notice	23 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Walter Clegy	Alice Mary King
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Walter Clegg	Alice Mary King
	💍 1907/2585
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Waihopiro	Ormondville
Length of Residence	9 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Walter Julius King, Whakatane
Folio	07/2723
Consent	Walter Julius King, father of bride
Date of Certificate	23 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Olives, Methodist Minister

169

29 April 1907

Edward Fletcher Hull
Mary Jane Hull

Edward Fletcher
Mary Jane Hull
💍 1907/2582

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
20

Makatuku
Ormondville

3 days
20 years

Church of the Blessed Saviour, Ormondville

07/2720

William Hull, brother of bride

29 April 1907

Rev. E. J. Wayne, Church of England Minister

No	169
Date of Notice	29 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Fletcher Hull	Mary Jane Hull
BDM Match (88%)	Edward Fletcher	Mary Jane Hull
	💍 1907/2582
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Makatuku	Ormondville
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Blessed Saviour, Ormondville
Folio	07/2720
Consent	William Hull, brother of bride
Date of Certificate	29 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Wayne, Church of England Minister

170

11 June 1907

William Gavin Callender
Elizabeth Maud Ellingham

William Gewin Callender
Elizabeth Maud Ellingham
💍 1907/2586

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

24
24

Ormondville
Ashley Clinton

14 years
20 years

Residence of Thomas Ellingham, Ashley Clinton

07/2724

Thomas Ellingham, father of bride

11 June 1907

Rev. F. W. Martin, Church of England Minister

No	170
Date of Notice	11 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gavin Callender	Elizabeth Maud Ellingham
BDM Match (96%)	William Gewin Callender	Elizabeth Maud Ellingham
	💍 1907/2586
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Ormondville	Ashley Clinton
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Ellingham, Ashley Clinton
Folio	07/2724
Consent	Thomas Ellingham, father of bride
Date of Certificate	11 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Martin, Church of England Minister

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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).