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 June 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

526

12 June 1907

Alphonso Senna
Eveline Mary Brennan

Alphonso Senna
Eveline Mary Brennan
💍 1907/2095

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
15 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2196

12 June 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	526
Date of Notice	12 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alphonso Senna	Eveline Mary Brennan
	💍 1907/2095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2196
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

527

12 June 1907

Thomas Herbert Wright
Ethel Gertrude Gilfillan

Thomas Herbert Wright
Ethel Gertrude Gilfillan
💍 1907/2109

Bachelor
Spinster

General Merchant

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
26 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

07/2234

12 June 1907

Rev. E J McFarland, Church of England

No	527
Date of Notice	12 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Herbert Wright	Ethel Gertrude Gilfillan
	💍 1907/2109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General Merchant
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	07/2234
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E J McFarland, Church of England

528

12 June 1907

Alfred Dewbery
Esther Maria Cook

Alfred Dewhery
Esther Maria Cook
💍 1907/2107

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Manager

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 days

House of Rev. J. Wilkins, Beresford Street

07/2232

12 June 1907

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	528
Date of Notice	12 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Dewbery	Esther Maria Cook
BDM Match (96%)	Alfred Dewhery	Esther Maria Cook
	💍 1907/2107
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Manager
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Wilkins, Beresford Street
Folio	07/2232
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

529

12 June 1907

William Rupert Walters
Mary Ellen Smith

William Rupert Walters
Mary Ellen Smith
💍 1907/2280

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

38
38

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
29 years

House of Mother of Bride, Mt. Roskill

07/2384

12 June 1907

Rev. J. Benning, Primitive Methodist

No	529
Date of Notice	12 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rupert Walters	Mary Ellen Smith
	💍 1907/2280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	29 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Mt. Roskill
Folio	07/2384
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Benning, Primitive Methodist

530

13 June 1907

Albert William Parker
Ruby Aline Spry

Albert William Parker
Ruby Aline Spry
💍 1907/2168

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
25 years

Methodist Church, Devonport

07/2270

13 June 1907

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	530
Date of Notice	13 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Parker	Ruby Aline Spry
	💍 1907/2168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	07/2270
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

531

13 June 1907

Frank Newton
Dora Wilkinson

Frank Newton
Dora Wilkinson
💍 1907/2096

Bachelor
Spinster

Yachtsman

29
32

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
8 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2197

13 June 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	531
Date of Notice	13 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Newton	Dora Wilkinson
	💍 1907/2096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Yachtsman
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2197
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 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).