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

478

31 May 1907

Percy Henry Taupaungi
Katherine Maloney

Percy Henry Yaupaungi
Katherine Maloney
💍 1907/47

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
25 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2294

31 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	478
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Henry Taupaungi	Katherine Maloney
BDM Match (98%)	Percy Henry Yaupaungi	Katherine Maloney
	💍 1907/47
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2294
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

479

31 May 1907

Albert Howard Ross
Bertha Lodia Gibson

Albert Howard Ross
Bertha Lodia Gibson
💍 1907/2080

Bachelor
Spinster

Physician

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
4 days

House of Dr Keller Ponsonby

07/2205

31 May 1907

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	479
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Howard Ross	Bertha Lodia Gibson
	💍 1907/2080
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Physician
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Dr Keller Ponsonby
Folio	07/2205
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

480

31 May 1907

Herbert Baker
Agnes Wilson

Herbert Baker
Agnes Wilson
💍 1907/4570

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 weeks
1 week

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/3905

31 May 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	480
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Baker	Agnes Wilson
	💍 1907/4570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/3905
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

481

31 May 1907

Sevren Christensen
Elizabeth Carmichael

Sevren Christensen
Elizabeth Carmichael
💍 1907/4586

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
3 weeks

Presbyterian Manse Devonport

07/3897

31 May 1907

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	481
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sevren Christensen	Elizabeth Carmichael
	💍 1907/4586
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Devonport
Folio	07/3897
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

482

31 May 1907

George Forrest Robert Reid
Charlotte Louisa Rivers

George Forrest Robert Reid
Charlotte Louisa Rivers
💍 1907/2059

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

38
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
3 days

Registrar's Office Auckland

07/2184

31 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	482
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Forrest Robert Reid	Charlotte Louisa Rivers
	💍 1907/2059
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	07/2184
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

483

31 May 1907

William Higgins McReynolds
Sarah McClung

William Higgins McReynolds
Sarah McClung
💍 1907/2060

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

07/2185

Agnes McClung, Mother

31 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	483
Date of Notice	31 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Higgins McReynolds	Sarah McClung
	💍 1907/2060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	07/2185
Consent	Agnes McClung, Mother
Date of Certificate	31 May 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).