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 120

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

640

15 July 1907

Estoterville Alfred Grey Skipworth
Caroline Burnett

Estoteville Alfred Grey Skipworth
Caroline Burnett
💍 1907/3424

Bachelor
Divorcee

Wood Turner

42
40

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
40 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

07/4344

15 July 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	640
Date of Notice	15 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Estoterville Alfred Grey Skipworth	Caroline Burnett
BDM Match (99%)	Estoteville Alfred Grey Skipworth	Caroline Burnett
	💍 1907/3424
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Wood Turner
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	07/4344
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

641

16 July 1907

William Bannerman
Augusta Fraser

William Bannerman
Augusta Fraser
💍 1907/4957

Bachelor
Widow

Accountant

44
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

House of W. Freney, Scarboro' Terrace Parnell

07/4449

16 July 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	641
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bannerman	Augusta Fraser
	💍 1907/4957
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Accountant
Age	44	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	House of W. Freney, Scarboro' Terrace Parnell
Folio	07/4449
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

642

16 July 1907

Roland George Muir
Ethel Timm

Roland George Muir
Ethel Trimm
💍 1907/5037

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

22
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 week

House of father of bride Mount Eden

07/4590

16 July 1907

Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

No	642
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roland George Muir	Ethel Timm
BDM Match (95%)	Roland George Muir	Ethel Trimm
	💍 1907/5037
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	House of father of bride Mount Eden
Folio	07/4590
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

643

16 July 1907

Joseph Waterworth
Catherine Ammatt

Joseph Waterworth
Catherine Ammatt
💍 1907/5015

Widower
Widow

Miner

54
56

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4533

16 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	643
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Waterworth	Catherine Ammatt
	💍 1907/5015
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	54	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4533
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

644

17 July 1907

Arthur Charles Bates
Alice Grace Brown

Arthur Charles Bates
Alice Grace Brown
💍 1907/5437

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
6 years

House of father of bride, East Street Auckland

07/5264

17 July 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	644
Date of Notice	17 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Bates	Alice Grace Brown
	💍 1907/5437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, East Street Auckland
Folio	07/5264
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

645

14 July 1907

Cecil Henry Oliver
Ellen Peters

Cecil Henry Oliver
Ellen Peters
💍 1907/2779

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 year

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4534

17 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	645
Date of Notice	14 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Henry Oliver	Ellen Peters
	💍 1907/2779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4534
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 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).