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 154

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

844

23 September 1907

Walter Crago Smith
Mary Caroline Clark

Walter Crago Smith
Mary Caroline Clark
💍 1907/5020

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

31 years
8 days

House of Mr. W. Utting, Shelly Beach Road, Ponsonby

07/4515

23 September 1907

Rev. A. N. Scotter, Methodist

No	844
Date of Notice	23 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Crago Smith	Mary Caroline Clark
	💍 1907/5020
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years	8 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. W. Utting, Shelly Beach Road, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4515
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. N. Scotter, Methodist

845

23 September 1907

James Herbert Cuthbertson
Hilda May Ellis

James Herbert Cuthbertson
Hilda May Ellis
💍 1907/4997

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

33
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

House of Mr. E. Hawkes, Severne Street, Auckland

07/4465

23 September 1907

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	845
Date of Notice	23 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Herbert Cuthbertson	Hilda May Ellis
	💍 1907/4997
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. E. Hawkes, Severne Street, Auckland
Folio	07/4465
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

846

23 September 1907

Walter Lyden Henton
Alice Isabella Hall

Walter Lyden Heaton
Olive Isobella Hall
💍 1907/6505

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
22 years

Church of England, Ellerslie

07/7119

23 September 1907

Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

No	846
Date of Notice	23 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Lyden Henton	Alice Isabella Hall
BDM Match (89%)	Walter Lyden Heaton	Olive Isobella Hall
	💍 1907/6505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Ellerslie
Folio	07/7119
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

847

23 September 1907

Samuel Leonard Bygrave
Alice Mary Coombes

Samuel Leonard Bypore
Alice Mary Coombes
💍 1907/5441

Widower
Spinster

Hotel Keeper

42
37

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Place, Auckland

07/5268

23 September 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	847
Date of Notice	23 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Leonard Bygrave	Alice Mary Coombes
BDM Match (91%)	Samuel Leonard Bypore	Alice Mary Coombes
	💍 1907/5441
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper
Age	42	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Place, Auckland
Folio	07/5268
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

848

24 September 1907

Albert Walter Dixon
Edith Minnie McLeod

Albert Walter Dixon
Edith Minnie McLeod
💍 1907/2770

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
3 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4380

Donald McLeod, father

24 September 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	848
Date of Notice	24 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Walter Dixon	Edith Minnie McLeod
	💍 1907/2770
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4380
Consent	Donald McLeod, father
Date of Certificate	24 September 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

849

25 September 1907

Frederick Ross Howard
Rose Pah Evans

Fredrick Ross Howard
Rose Pah Evans
💍 1907/5446

Widower
Widow

Commercial Traveller

39
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
23 years

Methodist Church, Avondale

07/5272

25 September 1907

Rev. W. C. Oliver, Methodist

No	849
Date of Notice	25 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Ross Howard	Rose Pah Evans
BDM Match (98%)	Fredrick Ross Howard	Rose Pah Evans
	💍 1907/5446
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	39	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Avondale
Folio	07/5272
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver, Methodist

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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).