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 164

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

901

11 October 1907

Edmond Connell
Ella Adams

Edmond Connell
Ella Adams
💍 1907/6134

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
8 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6303

11 October 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	901
Date of Notice	11 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Connell	Ella Adams
	💍 1907/6134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	8 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6303
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

902

11 October 1907

John Moore Walker
Veronica Moody

John Moore Walker
Veronica Moody
💍 1907/6894

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

33
29

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
29 years

St. Peter's Church Onehunga

07/6210

11 October 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	902
Date of Notice	11 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Moore Walker	Veronica Moody
	💍 1907/6894
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church Onehunga
Folio	07/6210
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

903

12 October 1907

John Edward Elwarth
Mary Winifred Mahood

John Edward Elworth
Mary Winifred Mahood
💍 1907/6111

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

42
34

Auckland
Auckland

42 years
15 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6304

12 October 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	903
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Elwarth	Mary Winifred Mahood
BDM Match (97%)	John Edward Elworth	Mary Winifred Mahood
	💍 1907/6111
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	42	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	42 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6304
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

904

12 October 1907

George Alfred Battle
Nellie Tidmas

George Alfred Battle
Nellie Tidmas
💍 1907/6372

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

07/6523

12 October 1907

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	904
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alfred Battle	Nellie Tidmas
	💍 1907/6372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/6523
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

905

14 October 1907

Sydney George Cave
Flora Blanche Abbott

Sydney George Cave
Flora Blanche Abbott
💍 1907/6826

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

30
43

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
40 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

07/6137

14 October 1907

Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

No	905
Date of Notice	14 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney George Cave	Flora Blanche Abbott
	💍 1907/6826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	30	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	40 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	07/6137
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

906

14 October 1907

George Thomas Angle
Julia Groshinski

George Thomas Angle
Julia Groshinski
💍 1907/6938

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Parnell

07/6258

14 October 1907

Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

No	906
Date of Notice	14 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Angle	Julia Groshinski
	💍 1907/6938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	07/6258
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

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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).