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

103

5 February 1907

Edward George Bastable
Helen Ann Trerise

Edward George Bastable
Helen Ann Trerise
💍 1907/8299

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Hand

39
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Mathews Church

07/137

5 February 1907

Rev. W. G. Gillam, Church of England

No	103
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Bastable	Helen Ann Trerise
	💍 1907/8299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Hand
Age	39	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Mathews Church
Folio	07/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Gillam, Church of England

104

5 February 1907

Edward Mosheim
Annie Godley

Edward Ernest Mosheim
Annie Godley
💍 1907/8168

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years

Registrar's Office

07/200

5 February 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	104
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Mosheim	Annie Godley
BDM Match (83%)	Edward Ernest Mosheim	Annie Godley
	💍 1907/8168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/200
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

105

6 February 1907

Frederick William Morman Epps
Margaret Isola Bella Lillian Carnahan

Frederick William Norman Epps
Margaret Isolabella Lillian Carnahan
💍 1907/3900

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman

26
23

Auckland
Grey Lynn

3 days
23 years

House of Father of Bride

07/196

6 February 1907

Mr. W. B. Watt, Church of Christ

No	105
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Morman Epps	Margaret Isola Bella Lillian Carnahan
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick William Norman Epps	Margaret Isolabella Lillian Carnahan
	💍 1907/3900
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride
Folio	07/196
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. W. B. Watt, Church of Christ

106

6 February 1907

George Henry Horan
Ellen Alice Miller

George Henry Horan
Ellen Alice Miller
💍 1907/4792

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
3 years

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

07/4231

6 February 1907

Rev. J. P. McIhoe, Roman Catholic

No	106
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Horan	Ellen Alice Miller
	💍 1907/4792
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	07/4231
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. McIhoe, Roman Catholic

107

6 February 1907

George Reno Megerney
Elizabeth Jane Hamsant

George Reno Megerney
Elizabeth Jane Hunnant
💍 1907/59

Bachelor
Spinster

Seedsman

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
6 years

St. Thomas' Church

07/2

6 February 1907

Rev. W. M. Du Rieu, Church of England

No	107
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Reno Megerney	Elizabeth Jane Hamsant
BDM Match (93%)	George Reno Megerney	Elizabeth Jane Hunnant
	💍 1907/59
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seedsman
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	07/2
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Du Rieu, Church of England

108

6 February 1907

William McCord
Agnes Smith

William McCord
Agnes Smith
💍 1907/8293

William Frame
Jane Smith
💍 1907/7945

Richard Edward McClelland
Agnes Smith
💍 1907/574

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
44 years

House of Registrar in 44 Walker Wellington Street

07/31

6 February 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	108
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McCord	Agnes Smith
	💍 1907/8293
BDM Match (65%)	William Frame	Jane Smith
	💍 1907/7945
BDM Match (64%)	Richard Edward McClelland	Agnes Smith
	💍 1907/574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	44 years
Marriage Place	House of Registrar in 44 Walker Wellington Street
Folio	07/31
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 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).