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 150

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

820

16 September 1907

David Provis Marshall
Annie Thompson

David Provis Marshall
Annie Thompson
💍 1907/4931

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
3 months

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

07/4423

16 September 1907

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	820
Date of Notice	16 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Provis Marshall	Annie Thompson
	💍 1907/4931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	07/4423
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

821

16 September 1907

William Charles Harding
Elizabeth Rose Fowler

William Charles Harding
Elizabeth Rose Fowler
💍 1907/5031

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmoulder

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
9 months

Christian's Chapel, Mount Roskill Road

07/4585

16 September 1907

Mr. J. Mortimer, Church of Christ

No	821
Date of Notice	16 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Harding	Elizabeth Rose Fowler
	💍 1907/5031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmoulder
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Christian's Chapel, Mount Roskill Road
Folio	07/4585
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Mortimer, Church of Christ

822

16 September 1907

Francis John Darling Macpherson
Agnes Hilda Cowley

Francis John Darling Macpherson
Agnes Hilda Cowley
💍 1907/4964

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years 5
5 years

House of father of bride, Ponsonby

07/4455

16 September 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	822
Date of Notice	16 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis John Darling Macpherson	Agnes Hilda Cowley
	💍 1907/4964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years 5	5 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4455
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

823

16 September 1907

Frank Robertson
Eliza Ada McLeod

Frank Robertson
Eliza Ada McLeod
💍 1907/6822

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit-grower

28
33

Auckland
Auckland

28 years 2
2 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

07/6134

16 September 1907

Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

No	823
Date of Notice	16 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Robertson	Eliza Ada McLeod
	💍 1907/6822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit-grower
Age	28	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years 2	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	07/6134
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

824

17 September 1907

Robert Arscott
Susannah Smith

Robert Arscott
Susannah Smith
💍 1907/3447

Bachelor
Spinster

Grain Merchant

33
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 weeks

Methodist Church, Grafton Road

07/4496

17 September 1907

Rev. G. W. Spence, Methodist

No	824
Date of Notice	17 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Arscott	Susannah Smith
	💍 1907/3447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grain Merchant
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Road
Folio	07/4496
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Spence, Methodist

825

17 September 1907

William James Crellin
Florence Margaret Rewcastle

William James Crellin
Florence Margaret Rewcastle
💍 1907/3469

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
10 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4554

17 September 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	825
Date of Notice	17 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Crellin	Florence Margaret Rewcastle
	💍 1907/3469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4554
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).