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

23 January 1907

Samuel Hornwall Matthews
Rose Ethel Finey

Samuel Cornwall Matthews
Rose Ethel Finey
💍 1907/102

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
19

Auckland
Parnell

2 years
19

Knox Church, Parnell

07/89

Solomon Finey, Father

23 January 1907

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	67
Date of Notice	23 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hornwall Matthews	Rose Ethel Finey
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Cornwall Matthews	Rose Ethel Finey
	💍 1907/102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	2 years	19
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	07/89
Consent	Solomon Finey, Father
Date of Certificate	23 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

23 January 1907

Herbert James Leahy
Winifred Smith

Herbert James Leahy
Winifred Smith
💍 1907/109

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
14 years

House of father of Bride, Eden Terrace

07/77

23 January 1907

Rev. G. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist

No	68
Date of Notice	23 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James Leahy	Winifred Smith
	💍 1907/109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	14 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Eden Terrace
Folio	07/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist

23 January 1907

Hugh James Craig
Mary Louisa Bart

Hugh James Craig
Mary Louisa Earl
💍 1907/8283

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
25

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
25

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/27

23 January 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	69
Date of Notice	23 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh James Craig	Mary Louisa Bart
BDM Match (94%)	Hugh James Craig	Mary Louisa Earl
	💍 1907/8283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	25
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/27
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

23 January 1907

Alfred George Pillinger
Kathleen Beatrice Wrathall

Alfred George Pillinger
Kathleen Beatrice Wrathall
💍 1907/124

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
17

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

07/111

23 January 1907

Rev. G. A. Garver, Church of England

No	70
Date of Notice	23 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Pillinger	Kathleen Beatrice Wrathall
	💍 1907/124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	17
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	07/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Garver, Church of England

24 January 1907

Samuel Dunmow Chiles
Maud Adelaide Bennett

Samuel Duncan Chiles
Maud Adelaide Bennett
💍 1907/163

Widower
Spinster

Upholsterer

32
20

Auckland
Eden Terrace

20 years
20

House of Alexander John Bennett, father of Bride

07/174

Alexander John Bennett, Father

24 January 1907

Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

No	71
Date of Notice	24 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Dunmow Chiles	Maud Adelaide Bennett
BDM Match (93%)	Samuel Duncan Chiles	Maud Adelaide Bennett
	💍 1907/163
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Eden Terrace
Length of Residence	20 years	20
Marriage Place	House of Alexander John Bennett, father of Bride
Folio	07/174
Consent	Alexander John Bennett, Father
Date of Certificate	24 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

25 January 1907

Peter Philpott
Nellie Violet Foster

Peter Philpott
Nellie Voilet Coster
💍 1907/8272

Widower
Spinster

Bootmaker

42
23

Auckland
Wellington St.

33 years
23

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

07/26

25 January 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	72
Date of Notice	25 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Philpott	Nellie Violet Foster
BDM Match (93%)	Peter Philpott	Nellie Voilet Coster
	💍 1907/8272
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	42	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington St.
Length of Residence	33 years	23
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	07/26
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 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).