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 285

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 March 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

2 March 1907

Walter Graham Milne
Violet Emily Wright

Walter Graham Milne
Violet Emily Wright
💍 1907/268

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

30
19

Karangahake
Puriri

6 months
6 months

Registrar's Office, Ohinemuri

07/319

2 March 1907

Registrar of Marriages, Paeroa

No	8
Date of Notice	2 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Graham Milne	Violet Emily Wright
	💍 1907/268
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Karangahake	Puriri
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Ohinemuri
Folio	07/319
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Paeroa

12 March 1907

Leslie Kulmar
Selina Rose Fennell

Leslie Kulmar
Seline Rose Pennell
💍 1907/307

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Domestic duties

31
24

Thames
Thames

14 days
14 days

In the house of Mr F. Gibbons, Kopu

07/349

12 March 1907

R. Taylor, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	9
Date of Notice	12 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Kulmar	Selina Rose Fennell
BDM Match (95%)	Leslie Kulmar	Seline Rose Pennell
	💍 1907/307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Domestic duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr F. Gibbons, Kopu
Folio	07/349
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Taylor, Methodist Church of Australasia

25 March 1907

David James Robert Adamson
Annie Johnston

David James Robert Adamson
Annie Johnston
💍 1907/333

Duncan Davidson
Annie Johnston
💍 1907/6626

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

29
25

Thames
Thames

3 days
5 years

In St. George's Church, Thames

07/353

26 March 1907

Rev. T. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David James Robert Adamson	Annie Johnston
	💍 1907/333
BDM Match (63%)	Duncan Davidson	Annie Johnston
	💍 1907/6626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	In St. George's Church, Thames
Folio	07/353
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. O'Callaghan, Church of England

28 March 1907

Frederick Christian Hansen
Mary Bromley May

Frederick Christian Hansen
Mary Bromley Kay
💍 1907/8202

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic duties

23
22

Thames
Thames

23 years
2 years

In the house of Mr Hansen, Thames

07/2116

28 March 1907

Rev. H. R. Woolley, Baptist

No	11
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Christian Hansen	Mary Bromley May
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Christian Hansen	Mary Bromley Kay
	💍 1907/8202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	23 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Hansen, Thames
Folio	07/2116
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Woolley, Baptist

28 March 1907

Robert Lloyd
Clara Nolan

Robert Lloyd
Clara Nolan
💍 1907/1973

Widower
Spinster

Clerk
Milliner

36
37

Thames
Thames

36 years
37 years

Church of England, Thames

07/2072

28 March 1907

Revd. Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Lloyd	Clara Nolan
	💍 1907/1973
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Milliner
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	36 years	37 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	07/2072
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd. Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

28 March 1907

Thomas Henry Scandrett
Lucy Susie Driver

Thomas Henry Scandrett
Lucy Susie Driver
💍 1907/1993

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
28

Thames
Thames

1 day
28 years

In the house of Mrs Driver, Thames

07/2115

1 April 1907

Revd. W. R. Woolley, Baptist

No	13
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Scandrett	Lucy Susie Driver
	💍 1907/1993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Driver, Thames
Folio	07/2115
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Revd. W. R. Woolley, Baptist

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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).