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 170

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

937

23 October 1907

Henry Thomas Head
Elizabeth Siddall

Henry Thomas Head
Elizabeth Siddall
💍 1907/6119

Bachelor
Divorcee

Coach, Builder

38
36

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
1 month

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6313

23 October 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	937
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Head	Elizabeth Siddall
	💍 1907/6119
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Coach, Builder
Age	38	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6313
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

938

23 October 1907

Frank Wallace Cawkwell
Minnie Stuart Wells

Frank Wallace Cawkwell
Minnie Stuart Wells
💍 1907/6918

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
15 years

St. David's Church, Khyber Pass

07/6238

23 October 1907

Rev. A. Miller, Presbyterian

No	938
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Wallace Cawkwell	Minnie Stuart Wells
	💍 1907/6918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	07/6238
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Miller, Presbyterian

939

23 October 1907

Alfred David Jones
Louisa Caroline Williams

Alfred David Jones
Louisa Caroline Williams
💍 1907/7775

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
24 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland

07/7663

23 October 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	939
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred David Jones	Louisa Caroline Williams
	💍 1907/7775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland
Folio	07/7663
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

940

23 October 1907

Frederick William Wilson
Annie Louisa Pilkington

Frederick William Wilson
Annie Louisa Pilkington
💍 1907/8090

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Secretary

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
25 years

St. John's Chapel, West Tamaki

07/8218

23 October 1907

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	940
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Wilson	Annie Louisa Pilkington
	💍 1907/8090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Secretary
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Chapel, West Tamaki
Folio	07/8218
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

941

23 October 1907

John Potter Vincent
Annie Jones

John Potter Vincent
Annie Jones
💍 1907/8222

Divorcee
Spinster

Bagmaker

37
23

Auckland
Auckland

37 years
10 years

House of Bridegroom, 11 Avon Street, Auckland

07/6310

23 October 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	941
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Potter Vincent	Annie Jones
	💍 1907/8222
Condition	Divorcee	Spinster
Profession	Bagmaker
Age	37	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	37 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, 11 Avon Street, Auckland
Folio	07/6310
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

942

23 October 1907

George Buck Cummings
Olive Ann Preen

George Buck Cummings
Olive Ann Preen
💍 1907/6889

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 days

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

07/6197

23 October 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	942
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Buck Cummings	Olive Ann Preen
	💍 1907/6889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	07/6197
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, 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).