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 010

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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 January 1907

Philip Percy Smith
Annie Elizabeth Jenkin

Philip Percy Smith
Annie Elizabeth Jenkin
💍 1907/162

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

28
23

Auckland

18 years

House of father of Bride, Arch Hill

07/173

2 January 1907

Mr. S. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	7
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Percy Smith	Annie Elizabeth Jenkin
	💍 1907/162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Arch Hill
Folio	07/173
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. S. Aldridge, Church of Christ

2 January 1907

Hugh William Davies
Edna Ward

Hugh William Davies
Edna Ward
💍 1907/71

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
18

Auckland

29 years
1 year

House of Mr. W. Halliwell, Richmond St., Ponsonby

07/8

Ellen Spence, mother

2 January 1907

Rev. S. Bond, Methodist

No	8
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh William Davies	Edna Ward
	💍 1907/71
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Mr. W. Halliwell, Richmond St., Ponsonby
Folio	07/8
Consent	Ellen Spence, mother
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Bond, Methodist

2 January 1907

Edward Neary
Belinda Letham

Edward Peary
Belinda Lethan
💍 1907/99

Bachelor
Widow

Millhand

24
23

Auckland

2 weeks
2

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

07/86

2 January 1907

Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Neary	Belinda Letham
BDM Match (92%)	Edward Peary	Belinda Lethan
	💍 1907/99
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Millhand
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	07/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

2 January 1907

Mickwell Freeman Carey
Mary Alice Emily Wilson

Mickwell Freeman Carey
Mary Alice Emily Wilson
💍 1907/1767

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

36
25

Auckland

5.5 years
25

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

07/1863

2 January 1907

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mickwell Freeman Carey	Mary Alice Emily Wilson
	💍 1907/1767
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	5.5 years	25
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	07/1863
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

2 January 1907

Mark Davis
Agnes Amelia Chapman

Mark Davis
Agnes Amelia Chapman
💍 1907/100

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
27

Auckland

2 years
23

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

07/87

2 January 1907

Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark Davis	Agnes Amelia Chapman
	💍 1907/100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	23
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	07/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

2 January 1907

Walter Job Crocker
Beatrice Mary Rattray

Walter Job Crocker
Beatrice Mary Rattray
💍 1907/191

Bachelor
Spinster

Pastry Cook

22
18

Auckland

12 years
18

Registrar's Office, Auckland

07/182

William John Rattray, father

2 January 1907

E. L. Lyons, Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Job Crocker	Beatrice Mary Rattray
	💍 1907/191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pastry Cook
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	18
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	07/182
Consent	William John Rattray, father
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	E. L. Lyons, Registrar

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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).