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

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

676

26 July 1907

Harold Edward Wilson
Kate Picknell

Harold Edward Wilson
Kate Picknell
💍 1907/5038

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

30
34

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 1/2 years

House of father of bride, Onehunga

07/4591

26 July 1907

Rev. J. M. Stoops, Congregational Independent

No	676
Date of Notice	26 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Edward Wilson	Kate Picknell
	💍 1907/5038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Onehunga
Folio	07/4591
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Stoops, Congregational Independent

677

26 July 1907

Vivian Henry McMurdo
Hilda Bernardean McDonnell

Vivian Henry McMurdo
Hilda Bernardine McDonnell
💍 1907/5447

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

07/5273

26 July 1907

Rev. W. Connolly, Church of England

No	677
Date of Notice	26 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Henry McMurdo	Hilda Bernardean McDonnell
BDM Match (94%)	Vivian Henry McMurdo	Hilda Bernardine McDonnell
	💍 1907/5447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	07/5273
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Connolly, Church of England

678

27 July 1907

William Charles Gillam
Elizabeth Clapperton Motion

William Charles Gillam
Elizabeth Clapperton Motion
💍 1907/3477

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
28

House of Mrs. W. W. Kentwell, York St., Auckland

07/4563

27 July 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	678
Date of Notice	27 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Gillam	Elizabeth Clapperton Motion
	💍 1907/3477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	28
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. W. W. Kentwell, York St., Auckland
Folio	07/4563
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

679

24 July 1907

Robert Alexander Jenkins
Alice Josephine McLeod

Robert Alexander Jenkins
Alice Josephine McLeod
💍 1907/7505

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
10

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

07/7289

27 July 1907

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	679
Date of Notice	24 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alexander Jenkins	Alice Josephine McLeod
	💍 1907/7505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	10
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/7289
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

680

27 July 1907

Clifford Gordon Bradley
Ida Davidson

Clifford Gordon Bradly
Ida Davidson
💍 1907/2784

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
8

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4538

27 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	680
Date of Notice	27 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Gordon Bradley	Ida Davidson
BDM Match (98%)	Clifford Gordon Bradly	Ida Davidson
	💍 1907/2784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	8
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4538
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

681

29 July 1907

Carl Axel Anderson
Laura Hansen

Carl Axel Anderson
Laura Hansen
💍 1907/5045

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

43
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 days

Unitarian Church, Ponsonby

07/4575

29 July 1907

Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

No	681
Date of Notice	29 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Axel Anderson	Laura Hansen
	💍 1907/5045
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Unitarian Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4575
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

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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).