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 Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1907 Registrar William A. Potts

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

25 November 1907

Willie Donovan
Jessie Winifred Lamb

Willie Donovan
Jessie Winifred Lamb
💍 1907/7021

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant
Domestic Duties

28
28

Thames
Thames

2 days
28 years

In the house of Mrs Lamb, Mary Street, Thames

07/6497

27 November 1907

Rev. W. R. Woolley, Baptist

No	51
Date of Notice	25 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Willie Donovan	Jessie Winifred Lamb
	💍 1907/7021
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Domestic Duties
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Lamb, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	07/6497
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Woolley, Baptist

16 December 1907

Francis Robert Parker
Caroline Bird

Francis Robert Parker
Caroline Bird
💍 1907/7014

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Dressmaker

33
24

Thames
Thames

1 day
24 years

Church of England, Thames

07/6491

18 December 1907

Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	52
Date of Notice	16 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Robert Parker	Caroline Bird
	💍 1907/7014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Dressmaker
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	07/6491
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

21 December 1907

James Thomas Taylor
Minnie Lukey

James Thomas Taylor
Minnie Lukey
💍 1907/7012

Bachelor
Spinster

Foundry Labourer
Tailoress

30
23

Thames
Thames

10 years
20 years

In the house of Mrs Lukey, Thames

07/6489

21 December 1907

Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	53
Date of Notice	21 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Taylor	Minnie Lukey
	💍 1907/7012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foundry Labourer	Tailoress
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	10 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Lukey, Thames
Folio	07/6489
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

21 December 1907

David James Martin
Ann Jeffrey

David James Martin
Ann Jeffrey
💍 1907/7010

Bachelor
Widow

Miner
Domestic Duties

65
59

Thames
Thames

9 years
32 years

In the house of Mrs Jeffrey, Thames

07/6487

21 December 1907

Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	54
Date of Notice	21 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David James Martin	Ann Jeffrey
	💍 1907/7010
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	65	59
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	9 years	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Jeffrey, Thames
Folio	07/6487
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

21 December 1907

Charles Kennedy
Lydia Ethel Kitching

Charles Kennedy
Lydia Ethel Kitching
💍 1907/7011

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

31
28

Thames
Thames

1 day
28 years

In the house of Mrs Kitching, Thames

07/6488

24 December 1907

Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	55
Date of Notice	21 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Kennedy	Lydia Ethel Kitching
	💍 1907/7011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Kitching, Thames
Folio	07/6488
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

21 December 1907

Charles Percy Baker
Millicent Mary Hodge

Charles Percy Baker
Millicent Mary Hodge
💍 1907/7015

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
School Teacher

28
27

Thames
Thames

28 years
27 years

St. George's Church, Thames

07/6492

21 December 1907

Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	56
Date of Notice	21 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Percy Baker	Millicent Mary Hodge
	💍 1907/7015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	School Teacher
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	28 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Thames
Folio	07/6492
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

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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).