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 018

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

21 January 1907

Francis Augustus White
Lily Lavinia Brierly

Francis Augustus White
Lily Lavinia Brierly
💍 1907/62

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

26
23

Auckland
Ponsonby

26 years
23 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

07/22

21 January 1907

Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	54
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Augustus White	Lily Lavinia Brierly
	💍 1907/62
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	26 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	07/22
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

19 January 1907

Richard Alphonsus Keenan
Minna Knight

Richard Alphonsus Keenan
Minna Knight
💍 1907/1749

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/1869

19 January 1907

Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	55
Date of Notice	19 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Alphonsus Keenan	Minna Knight
	💍 1907/1749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/1869
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

19 January 1907

Thomas Charles Jay
Mildred Beatrice Jones

Thomas Charles Jay
Mildred Beatrice Jones
💍 1907/70

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
18

Auckland
Kingsland

2 years
18 years

House of Rev. J. W. Newbold, Kingsland

07/7

Mary Ann Jones, mother

19 January 1907

Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist

No	56
Date of Notice	19 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Charles Jay	Mildred Beatrice Jones
	💍 1907/70
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. W. Newbold, Kingsland
Folio	07/7
Consent	Mary Ann Jones, mother
Date of Certificate	19 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist

21 January 1907

Thomas Greenhalgh
Rose Amelia Lingard

Thomas Greenhalgh
Rose Amelia Lingard
💍 1907/347

Bachelor
Spinster

Papermaker

22
20

Auckland
Riverhead

6 years
6 years

House of Bridegroom, Riverhead

07/392

John Lingard, father

21 January 1907

Rev. J. P. Bathgate, Presbyterian

No	58
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Greenhalgh	Rose Amelia Lingard
	💍 1907/347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Papermaker
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Riverhead
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, Riverhead
Folio	07/392
Consent	John Lingard, father
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Bathgate, Presbyterian

21 January 1907

Francis Montgomery Moore Ritchie
Mabel McCabe

Francis Montgomery Moore Ritchie
Mabel McCabe
💍 1907/8327

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
21

Auckland
Beresford Street

3 years
21 years

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

07/216

21 January 1907

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	59
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Montgomery Moore Ritchie	Mabel McCabe
	💍 1907/8327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Beresford Street
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	07/216
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

21 January 1907

Neil Cornelius Johnson
Isabel Knox Hatrick

Neil Cornelius Johnson
Isabel Knox Hatrick
💍 1907/140

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

31
24

Auckland
Epsom

31 years
8 months

House of M. A. P. Johnson, Epsom

07/126

21 January 1907

Rev. R. Y. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	60
Date of Notice	21 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Cornelius Johnson	Isabel Knox Hatrick
	💍 1907/140
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	31 years	8 months
Marriage Place	House of M. A. P. Johnson, Epsom
Folio	07/126
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Y. Macnicol, Presbyterian

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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).