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 071

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

358

19 April 1907

Arthur George Williams
Elizabeth Maria Davies

Arthur George Williams
Elizabeth Maria Davies
💍 1907/2287

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
22 years

St James Manse Auckland

07/2407

19 April 1907

Rev. R. H. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	358
Date of Notice	19 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Williams	Elizabeth Maria Davies
	💍 1907/2287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St James Manse Auckland
Folio	07/2407
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Macnicol, Presbyterian

359

19 April 1907

Percival Vaughan Craddock
Amelia Elizabeth Thomson

Percival Vaughan Craddock
Amelia Elizabeth Thomson
💍 1907/2183

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

25
20

Auckland
Wellington Street

3 years
20 years

House of Rev. M. Walker

07/2310

James Thomson, Father

19 April 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	359
Date of Notice	19 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Vaughan Craddock	Amelia Elizabeth Thomson
	💍 1907/2183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington Street
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker
Folio	07/2310
Consent	James Thomson, Father
Date of Certificate	19 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

360

20 April 1907

Adam Beattie Murray
Mary McIntyre

Adam Beattie Murray
May McIntyre
💍 1907/2293

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

34
19

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
19 years

Presbyterian Manse

07/2421

Mary McIntyre, Mother

20 April 1907

Rev. N. D. Scott, Presbyterian

No	360
Date of Notice	20 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Beattie Murray	Mary McIntyre
BDM Match (96%)	Adam Beattie Murray	May McIntyre
	💍 1907/2293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse
Folio	07/2421
Consent	Mary McIntyre, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. D. Scott, Presbyterian

361

20 April 1907

Ernest James Edmonds
Lurline Kate Moreton

Ernest James Edmonds
Lurline Kate Mereton
💍 1907/4720

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
23

Auckland
Mt Eden

2 years
23 years

House of Rev. J. W. Smith

07/2409

20 April 1907

Rev. J. W. Smith, Methodist

No	361
Date of Notice	20 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Edmonds	Lurline Kate Moreton
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest James Edmonds	Lurline Kate Mereton
	💍 1907/4720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Eden
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. W. Smith
Folio	07/2409
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Smith, Methodist

362

20 April 1907

Frederick Henry Cleary
Mary Glanville

Frederick Henry Cleary
Mary Glanville
💍 1907/2138

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
27

Auckland
Panmure

29 years
27 years

House of Rev. George Hay

07/2263

20 April 1907

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	362
Date of Notice	20 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry Cleary	Mary Glanville
	💍 1907/2138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Panmure
Length of Residence	29 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. George Hay
Folio	07/2263
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

363

20 April 1907

William Thomas Rowe
Gertrude Eliza Stewart

William Thomas Rowe
Gertrude Eliza Stewart
💍 1907/2036

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
21 years

Registrar's Office

07/2161

20 April 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	363
Date of Notice	20 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Rowe	Gertrude Eliza Stewart
	💍 1907/2036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/2161
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 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).