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

652

22 July 1907

John Wallis Chambers
Minnie Rawson

John Wallis Chambers
Minnie Rawson
💍 1907/4981

Bachelor
Spinster

Tally Clerk

37
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 years

St. Benedict's Presbytery, Auckland

07/4473

22 July 1907

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	652
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wallis Chambers	Minnie Rawson
	💍 1907/4981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tally Clerk
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Presbytery, Auckland
Folio	07/4473
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

653

22 July 1907

Charles Shanley
Edith May

Charles Shanley
Edith May
💍 1907/2781

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
9 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4535

William May, father

22 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	653
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Shanley	Edith May
	💍 1907/2781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4535
Consent	William May, father
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

654

22 July 1907

William Millar
Mary Pearce

William Miller
Mary Pearce
💍 1907/3452

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

33
46

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
30 years

House of Bride, Cobden Street, Auckland

07/4502

22 July 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	654
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Millar	Mary Pearce
BDM Match (96%)	William Miller	Mary Pearce
	💍 1907/3452
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride, Cobden Street, Auckland
Folio	07/4502
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

655

22 July 1907

Louis Radinovic
Ada Martha Gill

Louis Radinovic
Ada Martha Gill
💍 1907/4936

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
21 years

House of Father of Bride, Oratia

07/4427

22 July 1907

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	655
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Radinovic	Ada Martha Gill
	💍 1907/4936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Oratia
Folio	07/4427
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

656

22 July 1907

Julius Gotfred Jensen
Ethel Maud Spry

Julius Gotfred Jensen
Ethel Maud Spry
💍 1907/3476

Bachelor
Spinster

Stonemason

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
8 years

House of Rev. G. Clement, Ponsonby

07/4562

22 July 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	656
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Julius Gotfred Jensen	Ethel Maud Spry
	💍 1907/3476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stonemason
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. G. Clement, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4562
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

657

22 July 1907

Charles McPike
Ethel Vercoe

Charles McPike
Ethel Vercoe
💍 1907/3425

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4345

22 July 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	657
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles McPike	Ethel Vercoe
	💍 1907/3425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4345
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 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).