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

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

334

12 April 1907

William George Greenwood
Ethel May Mettam

William George Greenwood
Ethel May Mettam
💍 1907/2186

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2312

George Patrick Mettam, Father

12 April 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	334
Date of Notice	12 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Greenwood	Ethel May Mettam
	💍 1907/2186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2312
Consent	George Patrick Mettam, Father
Date of Certificate	12 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

335

13 April 1907

Johnson Rogers
Mona Rebecca Gosset

Johnson Rogers
Mona Rebecca Gosset
💍 1907/2266

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
16 years

St. Patrick's Presbytery, Auckland

07/2394

William Montgomery Gosset, Father

13 April 1907

H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	335
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Johnson Rogers	Mona Rebecca Gosset
	💍 1907/2266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Presbytery, Auckland
Folio	07/2394
Consent	William Montgomery Gosset, Father
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

336

13 April 1907

Thomas Herbert Salmon
Fanny Esther Yeat

Thomas Herbert Salmon
Fanny Esther Fear
💍 1907/2084

Bachelor
Spinster

Evangelist

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

House of Mr. Yeat, Mount Albert

07/2209

13 April 1907

Rev. J. M. Harris, Methodist

No	336
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Herbert Salmon	Fanny Esther Yeat
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Herbert Salmon	Fanny Esther Fear
	💍 1907/2084
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Evangelist
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Yeat, Mount Albert
Folio	07/2209
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Harris, Methodist

337

13 April 1907

Harald Hagernys Pettersen
Annie Louisa Stewart

Harold Hagerup Pettersen
Annie Louisa Stewart
💍 1907/2092

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
2 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

07/2216

13 April 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	337
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harald Hagernys Pettersen	Annie Louisa Stewart
BDM Match (92%)	Harold Hagerup Pettersen	Annie Louisa Stewart
	💍 1907/2092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/2216
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

338

13 April 1907

Thomas James Campbell
Louisa Ethel Baylis

Thomas James Campbell
Louisa Ethel Bayliss
💍 1907/2135

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
22 years

Primitive Methodist Church, 22 Eden Terrace

07/2261

13 April 1907

Rev. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	338
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Campbell	Louisa Ethel Baylis
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas James Campbell	Louisa Ethel Bayliss
	💍 1907/2135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, 22 Eden Terrace
Folio	07/2261
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

339

15 April 1907

John Charles Weatherburn
Gladys Dickie

John Charles Weatherburn
Gladys Dickie
💍 1907/2133

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
8 years

House of Mother of Bride, 8 Alven Road

07/2259

15 April 1907

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	339
Date of Notice	15 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Weatherburn	Gladys Dickie
	💍 1907/2133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, 8 Alven Road
Folio	07/2259
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

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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).