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 059

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

286

3 April 1907

William Taig
Edith Maria Logan

William Craig
Edith Maria Logan
💍 1907/2298

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
1 week

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

07/2408

3 April 1907

Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist

No	286
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Taig	Edith Maria Logan
BDM Match (92%)	William Craig	Edith Maria Logan
	💍 1907/2298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	1 week
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	07/2408
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist

287

3 April 1907

Frederick Thomas Rimpton
Minnie Conley

Frederick Thomas Kimpton
Minnie Conley
💍 1907/2173

Widower
Spinster

Master Mariner

54
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 weeks

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/2275

3 April 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	287
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomas Rimpton	Minnie Conley
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Thomas Kimpton	Minnie Conley
	💍 1907/2173
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	54	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2275
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

288

3 April 1907

Archibald Thomas Williamson
Mary Stewart

Archibald Thomas Williamson
Mary Stewart
💍 1907/2199

William Miller
Mary Stewart
💍 1907/4411

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

30
31

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
2 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/2318

3 April 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	288
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Thomas Williamson	Mary Stewart
	💍 1907/2199
BDM Match (63%)	William Miller	Mary Stewart
	💍 1907/4411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/2318
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

289

3 April 1907

Romeo Alexander Bragato
Laura Hayes Condon

Romeo Alexander Bragato
Laura Hayes Condon
💍 1907/2265

Bachelor
Spinster

Government Viticulturist

48
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
23 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/2393

3 April 1907

Rev. H. L. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	289
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Romeo Alexander Bragato	Laura Hayes Condon
	💍 1907/2265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Government Viticulturist
Age	48	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/2393
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

290

3 April 1907

Henry Percy Hobson
Agnes Smith

Henry Percy Hobson
Agnes Smith
💍 1907/2250

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
24 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

07/2378

3 April 1907

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	290
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Percy Hobson	Agnes Smith
	💍 1907/2250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2378
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

291

3 April 1907

John Anderson
Daisy Maud Nairn

John Anderson
Daisy Maud Nairn
💍 1907/2274

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
19 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

07/2401

William Charles Nairn, Father

3 April 1907

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	291
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Anderson	Daisy Maud Nairn
	💍 1907/2274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/2401
Consent	William Charles Nairn, Father
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

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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).