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 043

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

199

12 March 1907

Frederick William Blank
Rose Templeton

Frederick William Blank
Rose Templeton
💍 1907/8281

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

1.5 years
3 years

House of M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/43

12 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	199
Date of Notice	12 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Blank	Rose Templeton
	💍 1907/8281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1.5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/43
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

200

12 March 1907

John Albert Goodall
Annie Smith

John Albert Endeau
Annie Smith
💍 1907/8313

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

31
22

Auckland
Auckland

3.5 years
22 years

Church of England, Mount Roskill

07/150

12 March 1907

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	200
Date of Notice	12 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Albert Goodall	Annie Smith
BDM Match (84%)	John Albert Endeau	Annie Smith
	💍 1907/8313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3.5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mount Roskill
Folio	07/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

201

12 March 1907

James Avent
Margaret Ann Norris

James Avent
Margaret Ann Norris
💍 1907/1719

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
32

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
28 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

07/1814

12 March 1907

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	201
Date of Notice	12 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Avent	Margaret Ann Norris
	💍 1907/1719
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	07/1814
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

202

14 March 1907

Reginald John Fenton
Anna Mary Douglas Peat

Reginald John Fenton
Anna Mary Douglas Peat
💍 1907/8286

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
18 years

House of Father of Bride, Grafton Road

07/47

John George Peat, father

14 March 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	202
Date of Notice	14 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald John Fenton	Anna Mary Douglas Peat
	💍 1907/8286
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Grafton Road
Folio	07/47
Consent	John George Peat, father
Date of Certificate	14 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

203

14 March 1907

William Henry Tonar
Jessie Mackay

William Henry Tonar
Jessie Mackay
💍 1907/144

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit grower

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
25 years

Methodist Church, Takapuna

07/107

14 March 1907

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	203
Date of Notice	14 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Tonar	Jessie Mackay
	💍 1907/144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit grower
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Takapuna
Folio	07/107
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

204

15 March 1907

Sydney Vernon
Isobel Keesing

Sydney Vernon
Isobel Keesing
💍 1907/112

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
20 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

07/98

15 March 1907

Rev. J. Evershed, Church of England

No	204
Date of Notice	15 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Vernon	Isobel Keesing
	💍 1907/112
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	07/98
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Evershed, 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).