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 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

1021

18 November 1907

Cecil Munroe Emanuel
Eva Rose Neumegen

Cecil Munro Emanuel
Eva Rose Neumegen
💍 1907/7502

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
23 years

Jewish Synagogue, Auckland

07/7286

18 November 1907

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew Congregations

No	1021
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Munroe Emanuel	Eva Rose Neumegen
BDM Match (98%)	Cecil Munro Emanuel	Eva Rose Neumegen
	💍 1907/7502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Jewish Synagogue, Auckland
Folio	07/7286
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew Congregations

1022

18 November 1907

Horace Frederick Arthur Cash
Helen Beatrice Williams

Horace Frederick Arthur Cash
Helen Beatrice Williams
💍 1907/6854

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
22 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/6166

18 November 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	1022
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Frederick Arthur Cash	Helen Beatrice Williams
	💍 1907/6854
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/6166
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

1023

18 November 1907

William Joseph De Suza
Alice Maud McCowatt

William Joseph De Suza
Alice Maud McCowatt
💍 1907/6103

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
23 years

House of father of bride, Eden Terrace

07/6351

18 November 1907

Rev. T. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	1023
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph De Suza	Alice Maud McCowatt
	💍 1907/6103
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Eden Terrace
Folio	07/6351
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

1024

18 November 1907

Theodore Taylor
Clara Edna Brown-Ross

Theodore Taylor
Clara Edna Brown Ross
💍 1907/6900

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Clerk

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
8 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

07/6198

18 November 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	1024
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theodore Taylor	Clara Edna Brown-Ross
BDM Match (98%)	Theodore Taylor	Clara Edna Brown Ross
	💍 1907/6900
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Clerk
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	07/6198
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

1025

18 November 1907

Joseph Spinley
Sarah Jane Pike

Joseph Spinley
Sarah Jane Pike
💍 1907/6333

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Classer

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
26 years

House of father of bride, Richmond

07/6334

18 November 1907

Rev. W. R. Woolley, Baptist

No	1025
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Spinley	Sarah Jane Pike
	💍 1907/6333
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Classer
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	26 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Richmond
Folio	07/6334
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Woolley, Baptist

1026

18 November 1907

Frank Hadfield Statham
May Pierpoint Smith

Frank Hadfield Statham
May Pierpoint Smith
💍 1907/3973

Bachelor
Spinster

Mining Engineer

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
3 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/6112

18 November 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	1026
Date of Notice	18 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Hadfield Statham	May Pierpoint Smith
	💍 1907/3973
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mining Engineer
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/6112
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).