Intentions to Marry, 1907 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840434, 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 Feilding Quarter ending 30 June 1907 Registrar Charles Galliday

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

286

1 April 1907

Arthur James Moon
Roseann Margaret Jarvis

Arthur Gerald Moon
Roseann Margaret Jarvis
💍 1907/2621

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
27

Mataroa
Feilding

3 days
6 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

07/2759

1 April 1907

Rev. George Budd

No	286
Date of Notice	1 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Moon	Roseann Margaret Jarvis
BDM Match (83%)	Arthur Gerald Moon	Roseann Margaret Jarvis
	💍 1907/2621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Mataroa	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	07/2759
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Budd

287

1 April 1907

Gilbert Leslie Darvell
Victoria May Harford

Gilbert Leslie Darvelle
Victoria May Harford
💍 1907/2641

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

24
20

Napier
Feilding

3 days
6 years

Wesleyan Church, Feilding

07/2762

Joseph Harford, father

1 April 1907

Rev. B. E. Beecroft

No	287
Date of Notice	1 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Leslie Darvell	Victoria May Harford
BDM Match (98%)	Gilbert Leslie Darvelle	Victoria May Harford
	💍 1907/2641
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Feilding
Folio	07/2762
Consent	Joseph Harford, father
Date of Certificate	1 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. E. Beecroft

288

6 April 1907

Edwin Hicks
Amelia Mary Carthew

Edwin Hicks
Amelia Mary Cathew
💍 1907/2630

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

28
29

Feilding
Feilding

20 years
27 years

Dwelling of Wm. Carthew, East Street, Feilding

07/2761

6 April 1907

Rev. F. W. Leith

No	288
Date of Notice	6 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Hicks	Amelia Mary Carthew
BDM Match (97%)	Edwin Hicks	Amelia Mary Cathew
	💍 1907/2630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	20 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Wm. Carthew, East Street, Feilding
Folio	07/2761
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Leith

289

13 April 1907

John Browning
Caroline Agnes Weightman

John Browning
Caroline Agnes Weightman
💍 1907/2614

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
21

Feilding
Feilding

24 years
3 days

St. John's Church, Feilding

07/2753

13 April 1907

Rev. W. J. Stent

No	289
Date of Notice	13 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Browning	Caroline Agnes Weightman
	💍 1907/2614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	24 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Feilding
Folio	07/2753
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Stent

290

29 April 1907

William Hughes
Maud Fielding

William Hughes
Maud Fielding
💍 1907/2648

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
22

Norsewood
Otaki

3 days
3 days

Wesleyan Church, Feilding

07/2763

29 April 1907

Rev. B. E. Beecroft

No	290
Date of Notice	29 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hughes	Maud Fielding
	💍 1907/2648
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Norsewood	Otaki
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Feilding
Folio	07/2763
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. E. Beecroft

291

29 April 1904

John Logan
Mary Ann Watkins

John Logan
Mary Ann Watkins
💍 1907/2619

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic Servant

42
45

Cheltenham
Cheltenham

14 years
7 years

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

07/2757

29 April 1904

Rev. George Budd

No	291
Date of Notice	29 April 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Logan	Mary Ann Watkins
	💍 1907/2619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic Servant
Age	42	45
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	14 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	07/2757
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Budd

292

4 May 1907

Edward Campbell Raikes
Lilian Maud Moore

Edward Campbell Raikes
Lillian Maud Moore
💍 1907/2613

Widower
Spinster

Lay Reader

47
30

Rotorua
Feilding

3 days
25 years

Church of England, Feilding

07/2752

4 May 1907

Rev. B. B. Harper

No	292
Date of Notice	4 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Campbell Raikes	Lilian Maud Moore
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Campbell Raikes	Lillian Maud Moore
	💍 1907/2613
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Lay Reader
Age	47	30
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	07/2752
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. B. Harper

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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 1903. 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).