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 024

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

2 February 1907

Thomas William Beasley
Anne Eureka Griffiths

Thomas William Beasley
Annie Eureka Griffiths
💍 1907/8300

Thomas William Leiver
Rose Griffiths
💍 1908/1272

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

St. Mathews Church

07/138

2 February 1907

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	91
Date of Notice	2 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Beasley	Anne Eureka Griffiths
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas William Beasley	Annie Eureka Griffiths
	💍 1907/8300
BDM Match (65%)	Thomas William Leiver	Rose Griffiths
	💍 1908/1272
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mathews Church
Folio	07/138
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

2 February 1907

William Josial Maule
Ellen Zurlch

William Josiah Maule
Ellen Quelch
💍 1907/185

Widower
Widow

Mill Hand

47
40

Auckland
Auckland

47 years
40 years

Registrars Office

07/198

2 February 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	92
Date of Notice	2 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Josial Maule	Ellen Zurlch
BDM Match (89%)	William Josiah Maule	Ellen Quelch
	💍 1907/185
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	47	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	47 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	07/198
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

4 February 1907

Thomas Hubert Trevor
Emily Elizabeth Bramley

Thomas Hubert Trevor
Emily Elizabeth Bramley
💍 1907/186

Bachelor
Spinster

Setter

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office

07/199

4 February 1907

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	93
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hubert Trevor	Emily Elizabeth Bramley
	💍 1907/186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Setter
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	07/199
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

4 February 1907

Donald Maclean McKenzie
Alice Maud Deruch

Donald McLean McKenzie
Alice Maud Dench
💍 1907/8297

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
26

Auckland
Epsom

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Church

07/127

4 February 1907

Rev. R. J. McNicol, Presbyterian

No	94
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Maclean McKenzie	Alice Maud Deruch
BDM Match (90%)	Donald McLean McKenzie	Alice Maud Dench
	💍 1907/8297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	07/127
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. McNicol, Presbyterian

4 February 1907

Thomas Slitt
Rose Cross

Thomas Still
Rose Cross
💍 1907/137

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

25
21

Auckland
Newmarket

25 years
20 years

House of Father of Bride

07/123

Father of Bride

4 February 1907

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	95
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Slitt	Rose Cross
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Still	Rose Cross
	💍 1907/137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride
Folio	07/123
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

4 February 1907

Lewis O'Leary
Alicia McCafferty

Denis O'Leary
Alicia McCafferty
💍 1907/4791

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
25 years

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

07/4230

4 February 1907

Rev. J. P. McHor, Roman Catholic

No	96
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis O'Leary	Alicia McCafferty
BDM Match (92%)	Denis O'Leary	Alicia McCafferty
	💍 1907/4791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	25 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	07/4230
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. McHor, Roman Catholic

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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).