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 Edmund Humphrey 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

616

8 July 1907

Frederick Edward Woodrow
Margaret Buckley

Frederick Edward Woodrow
Margaret Buckley
💍 1907/4986

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
23

Auckland
England

15 months
23 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

07/4477

8 July 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	616
Date of Notice	8 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edward Woodrow	Margaret Buckley
	💍 1907/4986
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	England
Length of Residence	15 months	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	07/4477
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

617

8 July 1907

George Stevenson Boyes
Amy Hamerton

George Stevenson Boyes
Amy Hamerton
💍 1907/5034

Bachelor
Spinster

Estate Agent

24
38

Auckland
Hamilton

2 days
18 months

House of Mrs. Daldy Howe Street

07/4570

8 July 1907

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	617
Date of Notice	8 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Stevenson Boyes	Amy Hamerton
	💍 1907/5034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Estate Agent
Age	24	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 days	18 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Daldy Howe Street
Folio	07/4570
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

618

8 July 1907

Edward James Scifleet
Mary Helena Griffiths

Edward James Scifleet
Mary Helena Griffiths
💍 1907/3464

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

31
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
6 months

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

07/4491

8 July 1907

Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	618
Date of Notice	8 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Scifleet	Mary Helena Griffiths
	💍 1907/3464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4491
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

619

8 July 1907

Frank Willias
Melba Young

Frank Willias
Melba Young
💍 1907/5010

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

37
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
5 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St

07/4528

8 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	619
Date of Notice	8 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Willias	Melba Young
	💍 1907/5010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	5 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St
Folio	07/4528
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

620

9 July 1907

Clement Ganley
Margaret Galvin

Clement Ganley
Margaret Galvin
💍 1907/3465

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

07/4492

9 July 1907

Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	620
Date of Notice	9 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Ganley	Margaret Galvin
	💍 1907/3465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4492
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

621

9 July 1907

Alexander Angus Dallas
Mabel May Fletcher

Alexander Angus Dallas
Mabel May Fletcher
💍 1907/3443

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
26 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4339

9 July 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	621
Date of Notice	9 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Angus Dallas	Mabel May Fletcher
	💍 1907/3443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4339
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 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).