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 AUCKLAND Quarter ending 31 December 1907

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

1144

24 December 1907

Lawrence Rooney
Jane Jenkinson

Lawrence Cooney
Jane Jenkinson
💍 1907/6909

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

House of Hills, Napier St., Auckland

07/6229

24 December 1907

Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

No	1144
Date of Notice	24 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Rooney	Jane Jenkinson
BDM Match (97%)	Lawrence Cooney	Jane Jenkinson
	💍 1907/6909
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Hills, Napier St., Auckland
Folio	07/6229
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

1148

24 December 1907

Ernest James Edwards
Margaret Eleanor Galloway

Ernest James Edwards
Margaret Eleanor Galloway
💍 1907/6189

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

St. John's Methodist Church, Epsom

07/6289

24 December 1907

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	1148
Date of Notice	24 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Edwards	Margaret Eleanor Galloway
	💍 1907/6189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Methodist Church, Epsom
Folio	07/6289
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

1149

24 December 1907

Cornelius Bartholomew Bryan
Frances Antoinette Brichton

Cornelius Bartholomew Bryan
Frances Antoinette Crichton
💍 1907/6819

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
14 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/6131

Mary formerly Teakell Brichton, Mother

24 December 1907

E. B. Lyons, Registrar

No	1149
Date of Notice	24 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cornelius Bartholomew Bryan	Frances Antoinette Brichton
BDM Match (98%)	Cornelius Bartholomew Bryan	Frances Antoinette Crichton
	💍 1907/6819
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6131
Consent	Mary formerly Teakell Brichton, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 December 1907
Officiating Minister	E. B. Lyons, Registrar

1180

30 December 1907

Alexander Francis Duthie
Maggie Murray Tait Simpers

Alexander Francis Duthie
Maggie Murray Tait Simpson
💍 1907/6935

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
12 years

Presbyterian Church, Onehunga

07/6255

30 December 1907

Rev. A. D. Scott, Presbyterian

No	1180
Date of Notice	30 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Francis Duthie	Maggie Murray Tait Simpers
BDM Match (94%)	Alexander Francis Duthie	Maggie Murray Tait Simpson
	💍 1907/6935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Onehunga
Folio	07/6255
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Scott, Presbyterian

1181

30 December 1907

Henry John Renman
Charlotte Jane Halforn

Henry John Penman
Charlotte Jane Dalton
💍 1907/6109

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 years

Primitive Methodist Church, 5 Alexandra St.

07/6357

30 December 1907

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	1181
Date of Notice	30 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Renman	Charlotte Jane Halforn
BDM Match (90%)	Henry John Penman	Charlotte Jane Dalton
	💍 1907/6109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, 5 Alexandra St.
Folio	07/6357
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

1182

30 December 1907

Sydney Grandfield
Eliza Kate Martin

Sydney Dransfield
Eliza Kate Martin
💍 1907/6861

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

34
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

07/6149

30 December 1907

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	1182
Date of Notice	30 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Grandfield	Eliza Kate Martin
BDM Match (94%)	Sydney Dransfield	Eliza Kate Martin
	💍 1907/6861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6149
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, 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).