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 30 September 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

856

27 September 1907

Walter James Davey
Margaret Osbaldiston

Walter James Davey
Margaret Osbaldiston
💍 1907/5445

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

31
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 week

House of Mrs. M. Cameron, 29 Church St., Ponsonby

07/5271

27 September 1907

Rev. H. W. Johnston, Presbyterian

No	856
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter James Davey	Margaret Osbaldiston
	💍 1907/5445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. M. Cameron, 29 Church St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/5271
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. W. Johnston, Presbyterian

857

27 September 1907

William Valentine Ralph Thorburn
Frances Mary Bellingham

William Valentine Ralph Thorburn
Frances Mary Ballingham
💍 1907/6181

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
26 years

House of mother of bride, East Tamaki

07/6281

27 September 1907

Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

No	857
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Valentine Ralph Thorburn	Frances Mary Bellingham
BDM Match (98%)	William Valentine Ralph Thorburn	Frances Mary Ballingham
	💍 1907/6181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, East Tamaki
Folio	07/6281
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

858

27 September 1907

Hibernia Smyth
Catherine Temperley

Hibernia Smyth
Catherine Temperley
💍 1907/4900

Bachelor
Widow

Settler

63
59

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
5 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/4391

27 September 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	858
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hibernia Smyth	Catherine Temperley
	💍 1907/4900
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	63	59
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4391
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

859

27 September 1907

Joseph Austin King
Mary Annie Hodgson

Joseph Austin King
Mary Annie Hodgson
💍 1907/4933

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
22 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

07/4425

27 September 1907

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	859
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Austin King	Mary Annie Hodgson
	💍 1907/4933
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	07/4425
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

860

27 September 1907

Stanley Foster
Irene Olive Webber

Stanley Foster
Irene Olive Webber
💍 1907/6895

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

31
17

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

House of Mr. Webber, Devonport

07/6212

14 days notice

Rev. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	860
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Foster	Irene Olive Webber
	💍 1907/6895
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	31	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Webber, Devonport
Folio	07/6212
Consent	14 days notice
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

861

27 September 1907

John Ewart
Mildred Telefsen

John Ewart
Mildred Yelefsen
💍 1907/4899

Widower
Widow

Musician

44
27

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4382

27 September 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	861
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ewart	Mildred Telefsen
BDM Match (97%)	John Ewart	Mildred Yelefsen
	💍 1907/4899
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Musician
Age	44	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4382
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 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).