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 049

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

235

25 March 1907

Cape Charles Mears
Henrietta Rosie Shaw

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
18

Auckland

15 months
18 years

House of father of Bride, Waikumete

07/76

Elihu John Shaw, Father

25 March 1907

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	235
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cape Charles Mears	Henrietta Rosie Shaw
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	18 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Waikumete
Folio	07/76
Consent	Elihu John Shaw, Father
Date of Certificate	25 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

236

25 March 1907

Albert Vincent Mills Ryder
Mary Naomi Ashby

Albert Vincent Mills Ryder
May Naomi Ashby
💍 1907/2043

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

29
28

Auckland

16 months
16 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/2144

25 March 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	236
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Vincent Mills Ryder	Mary Naomi Ashby
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Vincent Mills Ryder	May Naomi Ashby
	💍 1907/2043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/2144
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

237

25 March 1907

Michael Hanlon
Mary Eva Kirkwood

Michael Hanlon
Mary Eva Kirkwood
💍 1907/119

Bachelor
Spinster

Glazier

27
23

Auckland

27 years
4 years

House of mother of bride, Hepburn St.

07/81

25 March 1907

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	237
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hanlon	Mary Eva Kirkwood
	💍 1907/119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Glazier
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Hepburn St.
Folio	07/81
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

238

25 March 1907

Arthur Edwin Bush
Daisy May Bartlett

Arthur Edwin Bush
Daisy May Bartlett
💍 1907/8335

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

40
25

Auckland

3 years
2 years

House of father of bride, Remuera

07/223

25 March 1907

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	238
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edwin Bush	Daisy May Bartlett
	💍 1907/8335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	40	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Remuera
Folio	07/223
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

239

25 March 1907

Hector Scandrett
Eliza Charlotte Cowley

Hector Scandrett
Eliza Charlotte Cowley
💍 1907/8311

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

38
32

Auckland

9 months
2 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

07/148

25 March 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	239
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Scandrett	Eliza Charlotte Cowley
	💍 1907/8311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/148
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

240

25 March 1907

George Augustus Monks
Ada Minnie Burr

George Augustus Monk
Ada Minnie Burr
💍 1907/8288

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
20

Auckland

11 years
5 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/49

Henry Ernest Burr, Father

25 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	240
Date of Notice	25 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Augustus Monks	Ada Minnie Burr
BDM Match (98%)	George Augustus Monk	Ada Minnie Burr
	💍 1907/8288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/49
Consent	Henry Ernest Burr, Father
Date of Certificate	25 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).