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 Waipawa Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar Leonard Pratley

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

773

7 February 1907

Herbert Hopkinson
Rebecca Almond

Herbert Hopkinson
Rebecca Almond
💍 1907/1775

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

24
24

Waipawa
Waipawa

9 months
4 months

Residence of Revd G. H. Williams, Pumehon

07/1895

7 February 1907

Revd G. H. Stowell

No	773
Date of Notice	7 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Hopkinson	Rebecca Almond
	💍 1907/1775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	9 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Revd G. H. Williams, Pumehon
Folio	07/1895
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd G. H. Stowell

774

8 February 1907

M. J. Staunton
Catherine Ellen Mc. Curreen

Widower
Spinster

Postmaster
Domestic duties

46
23

Waipawa
Waipawa

one year
4 years

Catholic Church, Waipawa

07/1898

8 February 1907

Revd W. Johnston

No	774
Date of Notice	8 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	M. J. Staunton	Catherine Ellen Mc. Curreen
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Postmaster	Domestic duties
Age	46	23
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	one year	4 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Waipawa
Folio	07/1898
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Johnston

775

10 February 1907

Charles S. Miles
Catherine Ellen Duggan

Charles George Miles
Catherine Ellen Duggan
💍 1907/1777

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
28

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 days
3 days

Catholic Church, Waipawa

07/1897

10 February 1907

Revd W. Johnston

No	775
Date of Notice	10 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles S. Miles	Catherine Ellen Duggan
BDM Match (85%)	Charles George Miles	Catherine Ellen Duggan
	💍 1907/1777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	28
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Waipawa
Folio	07/1897
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Johnston

776

9 February 1907

Michael Moloney
Margaret Smythe

Michael Moloney
Margaret Smyth
💍 1907/1776

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

47
37

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 days
3 days

Catholic Church, Waipawa

07/1896

9 February 1907

Revd W. Johnston

No	776
Date of Notice	9 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Moloney	Margaret Smythe
BDM Match (97%)	Michael Moloney	Margaret Smyth
	💍 1907/1776
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	47	37
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Waipawa
Folio	07/1896
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Johnston

777

15 February 1907

John Henry Peters
Mary Pellow

John Henry Peters
Mary Pellow
💍 1907/1780

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruiterer
Domestic duties

28
23

Waipawa
Waipawa

28 years
5 years

Church of England, Waipawa

07/1900

15 February 1907

Revd N. Ploux

No	777
Date of Notice	15 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Peters	Mary Pellow
	💍 1907/1780
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruiterer	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	28 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waipawa
Folio	07/1900
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd N. Ploux

778

18 February 1907

Alfred George Bernard Williams
Margaret Eleanor Boyle

Alfred George Bernard Williams
Margaret Eleanor Boyle
💍 1907/1779

Bachelor
Spinster

Livery Stable Proprietor
Domestic duties

26
24

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 years
24 years

Catholic Church, Waipawa

07/1899

18 February 1907

Revd W. Johnston

No	778
Date of Notice	18 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Bernard Williams	Margaret Eleanor Boyle
	💍 1907/1779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Livery Stable Proprietor	Domestic duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Waipawa
Folio	07/1899
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Johnston

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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).