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 190

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

1057

26 November 1907

John Guthrie Currie
Vivian Mary Andrew

John Guthrie Currie
Vivian Mary Andrew
💍 1907/6857

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
23 years

St Paul's Church, Auckland

07/6145

26 November 1907

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	1057
Date of Notice	26 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Guthrie Currie	Vivian Mary Andrew
	💍 1907/6857
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6145
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

1058

26 November 1907

John Joseph Knox
Alice Maud Day

John Joseph Knox
Alice Maud Day
💍 1907/6875

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years

St Matthew's Vicarage, Auckland

07/6170

Michael Knox, father; Dinah Pollard, mother

26 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	1058
Date of Notice	26 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Knox	Alice Maud Day
	💍 1907/6875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Vicarage, Auckland
Folio	07/6170
Consent	Michael Knox, father; Dinah Pollard, mother
Date of Certificate	26 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

1059

26 November 1907

Bertram Stidolph Angus
Edith Amelia Kate Grainger

Bertram Stidolph Angus
Edith Amelia Kate Grainger
💍 1907/7781

Bachelor
Spinster

Seedsman

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
28 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/7670

26 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	1059
Date of Notice	26 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Stidolph Angus	Edith Amelia Kate Grainger
	💍 1907/7781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seedsman
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/7670
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

1060

26 November 1907

Basil Henry Roberton
Mignonette Selina Morton Carter

Basil Henry Roberton
Miqnonette Selina Morton Carter
💍 1907/6891

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 days

St Mark's Church, Remuera

07/6207

26 November 1907

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	1060
Date of Notice	26 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Basil Henry Roberton	Mignonette Selina Morton Carter
BDM Match (98%)	Basil Henry Roberton	Miqnonette Selina Morton Carter
	💍 1907/6891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	07/6207
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

1061

26 November 1907

Lewis Septimus Civil
June Olive Fowler

Lewis Septimus Civil
June Olive Fowler
💍 1907/6110

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/6295

26 November 1907

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	1061
Date of Notice	26 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Septimus Civil	June Olive Fowler
	💍 1907/6110
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/6295
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

1062

27 November 1907

Edward Arrott Reid
Janet Euphemia Smith

Edward Arrott Reid
Janet Euphemia Smith
💍 1907/6929

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Inspector

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 days

St Andrew's Church, Alben Road

07/6225

Thomas George Smith, father

27 November 1907

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	1062
Date of Notice	27 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Arrott Reid	Janet Euphemia Smith
	💍 1907/6929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Inspector
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Alben Road
Folio	07/6225
Consent	Thomas George Smith, father
Date of Certificate	27 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

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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).