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 081

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

418

6 May 1907

Sydenham Henry Scott
Evelyn Frances Breese

Sydenham Henry Scott
Evelyn Frances Breese
💍 1907/2295

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
6 months

Methodist Church, Onehunga

07/2423

6 May 1907

Rev. T. F. Jones, Methodist

No	418
Date of Notice	6 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydenham Henry Scott	Evelyn Frances Breese
	💍 1907/2295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Onehunga
Folio	07/2423
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. F. Jones, Methodist

419

7 May 1907

Harold George Bree
Margaret Metcalfe Hare

Harold George Bree
Margaret Metcalf Hare
💍 1907/2299

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
6 weeks

House of mother of Bride, Sackville St.

07/2426

7 May 1907

Rev. S. M. Cobb, Seventh-day Adventist

No	419
Date of Notice	7 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold George Bree	Margaret Metcalfe Hare
BDM Match (98%)	Harold George Bree	Margaret Metcalf Hare
	💍 1907/2299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	House of mother of Bride, Sackville St.
Folio	07/2426
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. M. Cobb, Seventh-day Adventist

420

7 May 1907

Arthur Henry Myers
Alice Maude Cozens

Arthur Henry Myers
Alice Maude Cozens
💍 1907/2071

Bachelor
Spinster

Mat Maker

40
33

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
33 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2172

7 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	420
Date of Notice	7 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Myers	Alice Maude Cozens
	💍 1907/2071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mat Maker
Age	40	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	33 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2172
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 May 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

421

8 May 1907

Thomas Mitchell Crawford
Janet Finlayson

Thomas Mitchell Crawford
Janet Finlayson
💍 1907/2082

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

23
40

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
1 month

House of Mr. J. B. Finlayson, Symonds St.

07/2207

8 May 1907

Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	421
Date of Notice	8 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Mitchell Crawford	Janet Finlayson
	💍 1907/2082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	23	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. B. Finlayson, Symonds St.
Folio	07/2207
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

422

8 May 1907

Thomas Taylor
Louisa Jane Lee

Thomas Taylor
Louisa Jane Lee
💍 1907/2215

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
19 years

Door of Hope, Cook St. Auckland

07/2342

John Thomas Lee, father of bride

8 May 1907

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	422
Date of Notice	8 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Taylor	Louisa Jane Lee
	💍 1907/2215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Door of Hope, Cook St. Auckland
Folio	07/2342
Consent	John Thomas Lee, father of bride
Date of Certificate	8 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

423

9 May 1907

Frederick Batson
Ellen Mary Curtis

Frederick Batson
Ellen Mary Curtis
💍 1907/2072

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

21
25

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2173

9 May 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	423
Date of Notice	9 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Batson	Ellen Mary Curtis
	💍 1907/2072
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2173
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 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).