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 031

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

127

14 February 1907

Henry Robert Linkhorn
Patricia Jane McDonald Thomson

Henry Robert Linkhorn
Patricia Jane McDonald Thomson
💍 1907/169

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
6 weeks

Church of Christ, Ponsonby Road

07/159

14 February 1907

Mr. C. Watt, Church of Christ

No	127
Date of Notice	14 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Robert Linkhorn	Patricia Jane McDonald Thomson
	💍 1907/169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby Road
Folio	07/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. C. Watt, Church of Christ

128

15 February 1907

John Harding
Florence Nora Maskell

John Harding
Florence Maria Maskell
💍 1907/111

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 week

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

07/97

15 February 1907

Rev. J. G. Evershed, Church of England

No	128
Date of Notice	15 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Harding	Florence Nora Maskell
BDM Match (93%)	John Harding	Florence Maria Maskell
	💍 1907/111
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	07/97
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Evershed, Church of England

129

15 February 1907

William Fotheringham
Mary Ann McMaster

William Fotheringham
Mary Ann McMaster
💍 1907/168

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
32

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
10 weeks

House of B. P. Olsen, Epsom

07/158

15 February 1907

Rev. W. R. Tuck, Methodist

No	129
Date of Notice	15 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Fotheringham	Mary Ann McMaster
	💍 1907/168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	10 weeks
Marriage Place	House of B. P. Olsen, Epsom
Folio	07/158
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Tuck, Methodist

130

15 February 1907

Henry Bruce Gibson
Violet Georgina Farrant

Henry Bruce Gibson
Violet Georgina Farrant
💍 1907/156

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
21 years

House of mother of Bride, Grey Lynn

07/168

15 February 1907

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	130
Date of Notice	15 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bruce Gibson	Violet Georgina Farrant
	💍 1907/156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	21 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of Bride, Grey Lynn
Folio	07/168
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

131

16 February 1907

Earl Skogman
Ida Carlson

Carl Skogman
Ida Carlson
💍 1907/64

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

35
41

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 months

House of Lund, Mount Roskill

07/24

16 February 1907

Rev. G. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

No	131
Date of Notice	16 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Earl Skogman	Ida Carlson
BDM Match (96%)	Carl Skogman	Ida Carlson
	💍 1907/64
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	35	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Lund, Mount Roskill
Folio	07/24
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

132

16 February 1907

Thomas Jordan
Amelia Maria Graham

Thomas Jordan
Amelia Maria Graham
💍 1907/132

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

House of Father of Bride, Henderson

07/119

16 February 1907

Rev. G. W. J. Spence, Primitive Methodist

No	132
Date of Notice	16 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Jordan	Amelia Maria Graham
	💍 1907/132
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Henderson
Folio	07/119
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. J. Spence, Primitive Methodist

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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).