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 085

District of AUCKLAND Quarter ending 30 June 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

442

20 May 1907

William Laurance Pullinger
Hilda May Malcolm

William Lawrance Pullinger
Hilda May Malcolm
💍 1907/2223

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

27
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 yrs
2 1/2

House of father of bride, 3 Havelock Street

07/2326R

Malcolm, Father

20 May 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	442
Date of Notice	20 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Laurance Pullinger	Hilda May Malcolm
BDM Match (98%)	William Lawrance Pullinger	Hilda May Malcolm
	💍 1907/2223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 yrs	2 1/2
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, 3 Havelock Street
Folio	07/2326R
Consent	Malcolm, Father
Date of Certificate	20 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

443

20 May 1907

Henry Thomas Griffiths
Ada Young

Henry Thomas Griffiths
Ada Young
💍 1907/2195

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
18

Auckland
3 Wellington St.

20 yrs
3

House of Rev. M. Walker

07/2298

Sarah Young, Mother

20 May 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	443
Date of Notice	20 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Griffiths	Ada Young
	💍 1907/2195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	3 Wellington St.
Length of Residence	20 yrs	3
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker
Folio	07/2298
Consent	Sarah Young, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

444

20 May 1907

Walter Ernest McLean
Dorothy Lilian Glover

Walter Ernest McLean
Dorothy Lilian Glover
💍 1907/2221

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

29
19

Auckland
19 Liverpool St.

2 yrs
19

House of mother of bride

07/2324

Mary Ann Glover, Mother

20 May 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	444
Date of Notice	20 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ernest McLean	Dorothy Lilian Glover
	💍 1907/2221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	19 Liverpool St.
Length of Residence	2 yrs	19
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride
Folio	07/2324
Consent	Mary Ann Glover, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

445

21 May 1907

Huntley Wilbert Howden
Ada Webster

Huntley Wilbert Howden
Ada Webster
💍 1907/2259

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

24
28

Auckland
Remuera

3 days
2 wks

St. Mark's Church

07/2375

21 May 1907

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	445
Date of Notice	21 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Huntley Wilbert Howden	Ada Webster
	💍 1907/2259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	3 days	2 wks
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	07/2375
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

446

22 May 1907

John Charles Frost
Sarah McDonald

John Charles Frost
Sarah McDonald
💍 1907/2210

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

39
32

Auckland
Onehunga

5 mos
2 wks

Roman Catholic Church

07/2319

22 May 1907

Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	446
Date of Notice	22 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Frost	Sarah McDonald
	💍 1907/2210
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	5 mos	2 wks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	07/2319
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

447

22 May 1907

John Brown
Kathleen Murton

John Brown
Kathleen Murton
💍 1907/2304

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
20

Auckland
Devonport

4 days
6 mos

House of mother of bride

07/2431

Isabella McPherson, formerly Murton, Mother

22 May 1907

Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	447
Date of Notice	22 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Brown	Kathleen Murton
	💍 1907/2304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	4 days	6 mos
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride
Folio	07/2431
Consent	Isabella McPherson, formerly Murton, Mother
Date of Certificate	22 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

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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).