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

877

4 October 1907

William Motion
Grace Young

William Motion
Grace Young
💍 1907/3980

Widower
Widow

Master Mariner

58
55

Auckland
Auckland

52 years
54 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

07/6096

4 October 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	877
Date of Notice	4 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Motion	Grace Young
	💍 1907/3980
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	58	55
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	52 years	54 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	07/6096
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

878

4 October 1907

Lewis Henry White
Florence Amy Dormer

Lewis Henry White
Florence Amy Dormer
💍 1907/6949

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
7 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/6269

4 October 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	878
Date of Notice	4 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Henry White	Florence Amy Dormer
	💍 1907/6949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/6269
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

879

5 October 1907

James Frederick Belmont
Lizzie King

James Frederick Belmont
Lizzie King
💍 1907/6908

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

29
31

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
18 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/6220

5 October 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	879
Date of Notice	5 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Frederick Belmont	Lizzie King
	💍 1907/6908
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	18 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/6220
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

880

5 October 1907

William Harold Christmas
Fanny Butler

William Harold Christmas
Fanny Butler
💍 1907/6840

William Henry Poritt
Mary Butler
💍 1907/2291

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
10 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

07/6152

Sarah Butler, Mother

5 October 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	880
Date of Notice	5 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Harold Christmas	Fanny Butler
	💍 1907/6840
BDM Match (65%)	William Henry Poritt	Mary Butler
	💍 1907/2291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	07/6152
Consent	Sarah Butler, Mother
Date of Certificate	5 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

881

5 October 1907

Arthur Gauntlett Hill Butts
Emma Margaret Scott

Arthur Gauntlett Hill Butts
Emma Margaret Scott
💍 1907/6842

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
29 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

07/6154

5 October 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	881
Date of Notice	5 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Gauntlett Hill Butts	Emma Margaret Scott
	💍 1907/6842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	07/6154
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

882

7 October 1907

Thomas Reginald Charante Hazard
Alice Maude Binney

Thomas Reginald S Hazard
Alice Maude Binney
💍 1907/6873

Bachelor
Spinster

Metallurgist

30
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
33 years

St. Sepulchre's Church Auckland

07/6186

7 October 1907

Rev. P. T Williams, Church of England

No	882
Date of Notice	7 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Reginald Charante Hazard	Alice Maude Binney
BDM Match (87%)	Thomas Reginald S Hazard	Alice Maude Binney
	💍 1907/6873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Metallurgist
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	33 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church Auckland
Folio	07/6186
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. T Williams, 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).