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

592

1 July 1907

James Marra
Mary Kate Martin

James Marra
Mary Kate Martin
💍 1907/3442

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27 years
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/4338

1 July 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	592
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Marra	Mary Kate Martin
	💍 1907/3442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27 years	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/4338
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

593

1 July 1907

Sylvester Keen
Conradine Lydia Hare

Sylvester Keen
Conradine Lydia Harr
💍 1907/3455

Bachelor
Spinster

Home Missionary

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
25 years

St. John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby

07/4505

1 July 1907

Rev. A. J. Seamer, Methodist

No	593
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sylvester Keen	Conradine Lydia Hare
BDM Match (98%)	Sylvester Keen	Conradine Lydia Harr
	💍 1907/3455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Home Missionary
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/4505
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Seamer, Methodist

594

1 July 1907

Thomas Wise
Pearl Jane

Thomas Wise
Pearle Jane
💍 1907/5022

Bachelor
Spinster

Stable Keeper

41
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
21 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland

07/4577

1 July 1907

Rev. J. U. Luxford, Methodist

No	594
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wise	Pearl Jane
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Wise	Pearle Jane
	💍 1907/5022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stable Keeper
Age	41	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	07/4577
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. U. Luxford, Methodist

595

1 July 1907

James McEwen
Ada May Andrews

James McEwan
Ada May Andrews
💍 1907/4970

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
19 years

Presbyterian Church, Papatoitoi

07/4439

1 July 1907

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	595
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McEwen	Ada May Andrews
BDM Match (96%)	James McEwan	Ada May Andrews
	💍 1907/4970
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Papatoitoi
Folio	07/4439
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

596

1 July 1907

Walter William Brent
Annie Agnes O'Hanlon

Walter William Brent
Annie Agnes O'Hanlon
💍 1907/5004

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, 3 Wellington Street

07/4523

1 July 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	596
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter William Brent	Annie Agnes O'Hanlon
	💍 1907/5004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, 3 Wellington Street
Folio	07/4523
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

597

1 July 1907

William Henning
Agnes Jean Ellen Goodbey

William Henning
Agnes Jean Ellen Goodbey
💍 1907/4955

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Car Mechanic

22
27

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
5 years

House of Rev. R. L. Walker, Wellington Street

07/4447

1 July 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	597
Date of Notice	1 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henning	Agnes Jean Ellen Goodbey
	💍 1907/4955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Car Mechanic
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. L. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/4447
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

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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).