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 31 March 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

259

28 March 1907

Samuel Louis Biddulph
Agnes Helen Dobbie

Samuel Louis Biddulph
Agnes Hellen Dobbie
💍 1907/1897

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Lane, Auckland

07/2020

28 March 1907

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	259
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Louis Biddulph	Agnes Helen Dobbie
BDM Match (97%)	Samuel Louis Biddulph	Agnes Hellen Dobbie
	💍 1907/1897
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Lane, Auckland
Folio	07/2020
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

260

28 March 1907

Edward Murdoch Wykes
Annie Lauder

Edward Murdoch Wykes
Annie Lauder
💍 1907/1951

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
27 years

House of Rev. R. L. Walker, Newton

07/2066

Father of Bride

28 March 1907

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	260
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Murdoch Wykes	Annie Lauder
	💍 1907/1951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. L. Walker, Newton
Folio	07/2066
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

261

28 March 1907

John Farrell
Dorothy Martha Gordon

John Farrell
Dorothy Martha Gordon
💍 1907/8289

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

46
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 month

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

07/150

28 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	261
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Farrell	Dorothy Martha Gordon
	💍 1907/8289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	46	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	07/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

262

28 March 1907

Daniel Francis Joseph Hogan
Ellen Dunn

Daniel Francis Joseph Hogan
Ellen Dunn
💍 1907/2263

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

37
35

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
35

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/2391

28 March 1907

Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

No	262
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Francis Joseph Hogan	Ellen Dunn
	💍 1907/2263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	37	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	35
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/2391
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

263

28 March 1907

Francis Joseph Rambaud
Amelia Lucy Parsons

Francis Joseph Ramband
Amelia Lucy Parsons
💍 1907/8180

Widower
Widow

Seaman

45
31

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

House of Mr. Neave, Symond Street

07/82

28 March 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	263
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Rambaud	Amelia Lucy Parsons
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Joseph Ramband	Amelia Lucy Parsons
	💍 1907/8180
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	45	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Neave, Symond Street
Folio	07/82
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

264

28 March 1907

Joseph Patrick Costello
Katherine McNeil

Joseph Patrick Costello
Kathleen McNeil
💍 1907/1950

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
3 years

House of Mr. O'Keefe, College Hill

07/2063

28 March 1907

Rev. J. Williams, Roman Catholic

No	264
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Patrick Costello	Katherine McNeil
BDM Match (88%)	Joseph Patrick Costello	Kathleen McNeil
	💍 1907/1950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. O'Keefe, College Hill
Folio	07/2063
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Williams, 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).