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 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

151

25 February 1907

Harry Foreman
Annie Berger

Harry Foreman
Annie Berger
💍 1907/8322

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Conductor

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

24 yrs
3 yrs

Registrar's Office Auckland

07/202

Julius Berger. Father

25 February 1907

E. H. Lyons. Registrar

No	151
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Foreman	Annie Berger
	💍 1907/8322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Conductor
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	07/202
Consent	Julius Berger. Father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons. Registrar

152

25 February 1907

William Nicholas
Annie McDonald

William Nicholas
Annie McDonald
💍 1907/8279

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

House of Rev. C. M. Walker Wellington Street.

07/141

14 days notice

11 March 1907

Rev. C. M. Walker. Church of Our Father.

No	152
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Nicholas	Annie McDonald
	💍 1907/8279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. C. M. Walker Wellington Street.
Folio	07/141
Consent	14 days notice
Date of Certificate	11 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Walker. Church of Our Father.

153

25 February 1907

William Henry Clapham
Rose Marion Stonex

Willian Henry Clapham
Rose Marion Stonex
💍 1907/155

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

33
21

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
21 years

House of brother of bride. Ponsonby

07/167

25 February 1907

Mr G. Aldridge Church of Christ.

No	153
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Clapham	Rose Marion Stonex
BDM Match (98%)	Willian Henry Clapham	Rose Marion Stonex
	💍 1907/155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	21 years
Marriage Place	House of brother of bride. Ponsonby
Folio	07/167
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr G. Aldridge Church of Christ.

154

25 February 1907

Percy Herbert Davies
Annie Marney

Percy Herbert Davies
Annie Marney
💍 1907/154

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician

37
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

Church of England Mt Eden

07/166

25 February 1907

Rev. E. J. McFarland Church of England.

No	154
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Herbert Davies	Annie Marney
	💍 1907/154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Mt Eden
Folio	07/166
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland Church of England.

155

25 February 1907

William Glanville
Jessie Louisa Churches

William Glanville
Jessie Louisa Churches
💍 1907/8274

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 yrs
22 years

House of Rev. C. M. Walker Wellington Street

07/316

25 February 1907

Rev. C. M. Walker. Church of Our Father.

No	155
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Glanville	Jessie Louisa Churches
	💍 1907/8274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 yrs	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. C. M. Walker Wellington Street
Folio	07/316
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Walker. Church of Our Father.

156

26 February 1907

Robert Surman
Isabella Ellen Dunne

Robert Surman
Isabella Ellen Dunne
💍 1907/147

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

26 yrs
23 years

St Sepulchre's Church Auckland

07/110

26 February 1907

Rev. G. A. Carver. Church of England

No	156
Date of Notice	26 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Surman	Isabella Ellen Dunne
	💍 1907/147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 yrs	23 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church Auckland
Folio	07/110
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 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).