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

664

24 July 1907

Charles Ernest Reynolds Gilbert
Emily Harriet Jones

Charles Ernest Reynolds Gilbert
Emily Harriet Jones
💍 1907/5043

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

18
18

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
18 years

Salvation Army Home, Hepburn St

07/4573

George R. Gilbert, father; Caroline Easthorpe, mother

24 July 1907

Ensign D. Gunn, Salvation Army

No	664
Date of Notice	24 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ernest Reynolds Gilbert	Emily Harriet Jones
	💍 1907/5043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	18	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Home, Hepburn St
Folio	07/4573
Consent	George R. Gilbert, father; Caroline Easthorpe, mother
Date of Certificate	24 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Ensign D. Gunn, Salvation Army

665

25 July 1907

William Joseph Megson Pearce
Edith Mariane Anderson

William Joseph Megan Pearce
Edith Mariane Anderson
💍 1907/5000

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Bayfield

07/4579

25 July 1907

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	665
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Megson Pearce	Edith Mariane Anderson
BDM Match (96%)	William Joseph Megan Pearce	Edith Mariane Anderson
	💍 1907/5000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Bayfield
Folio	07/4579
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

666

25 July 1907

Edward Davenport
Florence Crow

Edward Davenport
Florence Crow
💍 1907/4923

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
4 days

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/4390

25 July 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	666
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Davenport	Florence Crow
	💍 1907/4923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/4390
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

667

25 July 1907

Patrick Madigan
Lily Noye

Patrick Madigan
Lily Noye
💍 1907/3426

Widower
Widow

Engine-driver

44
46

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
46 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4346

25 July 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	667
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Madigan	Lily Noye
	💍 1907/3426
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engine-driver
Age	44	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	46 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4346
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

668

25 July 1907

William Henry Chatwin
Mary Isabel Fitzgerald

William Henry Chatwin
Mary Isabel Fitzgerald
💍 1907/2783

Widower
Spinster

Lithographer

39
27

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
7 weeks

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4537

25 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	668
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Chatwin	Mary Isabel Fitzgerald
	💍 1907/2783
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Lithographer
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	7 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4537
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

669

25 July 1907

William Edward Hunt
Alice Louisa Court

William Edward Hunt
Alice Louisa Court
💍 1907/3781

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

28
27

Auckland
Christchurch

6 months
10 years

St. Michael's Church, Christchurch

07/5534

25 July 1907

Ven. Arch. A. W. Averill, Church of England

No	669
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Hunt	Alice Louisa Court
	💍 1907/3781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Christchurch
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Church, Christchurch
Folio	07/5534
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. A. W. Averill, 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).