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 Hunterville Quarter ending 31 December 1907 Registrar John Francis Perry

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

301

28 October 1907

Frank Randolph Howe
Florence May Amadio

Frank Randolph Howie
Florence May Amadio
💍 1907/7134

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Tailoress

22
22

Hunterville
Hunterville

8 years
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Hunterville

07/6696

28 October 1907

The Rev. J. B. Hall, John F. Perry

No	301
Date of Notice	28 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Randolph Howe	Florence May Amadio
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Randolph Howie	Florence May Amadio
	💍 1907/7134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Tailoress
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Hunterville
Length of Residence	8 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hunterville
Folio	07/6696
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1907
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. B. Hall, John F. Perry

302

11 November 1907

Daniel Mackie
Louisa Leat

Daniel Mackie
Louisa Leat
💍 1907/7137

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Man
Domestic Duties

24
22

Sandon Block
Sandon Block, Hunterville

13 years
13 years

At the residence of W. H. Leat, Sandon Block, Hunterville

07/6699

11 November 1907

The Rev. J. Blackburn, John F. Perry

No	302
Date of Notice	11 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Mackie	Louisa Leat
	💍 1907/7137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Man	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Sandon Block	Sandon Block, Hunterville
Length of Residence	13 years	13 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of W. H. Leat, Sandon Block, Hunterville
Folio	07/6699
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1907
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. Blackburn, John F. Perry

303

23 November 1907

Alfred Moon
Ann Emily Bright

Alfred Moon
Ann Emily Bright
💍 1907/7136

Bachelor
Minor

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

25
18

Marlon
Rata

3 weeks
16 years

At the residence of W. Uthu Polaha, Rata

07/6698

Mary Jane Bright, mother

23 November 1907

The Rev. J. Carr, John F. Perry

No	303
Date of Notice	23 November 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Moon	Ann Emily Bright
	💍 1907/7136
Condition	Bachelor	Minor
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Marlon	Rata
Length of Residence	3 weeks	16 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of W. Uthu Polaha, Rata
Folio	07/6698
Consent	Mary Jane Bright, mother
Date of Certificate	23 November 1907
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. Carr, John F. Perry

304

14 December 1907

James Henry Taylor
Mary Stent

James Henry Taylor
Mary Stent
💍 1907/7135

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
24

Nelson
Sandon Block, Hunterville

Life
Life

At the residence of W. Charlie Stent, Sandon Block, Hunterville

07/6697

14 December 1907

The Rev. J. B. Hall, John F. Perry

No	304
Date of Notice	14 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Taylor	Mary Stent
	💍 1907/7135
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Sandon Block, Hunterville
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	At the residence of W. Charlie Stent, Sandon Block, Hunterville
Folio	07/6697
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1907
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. B. Hall, John F. Perry

305

24 December 1907

Edgar Shields Smith
Frances Charlotte Weston

Edgar Shield Smith
Frances Charlotte Weston
💍 1907/7138

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
23

Whakahatane
Hunterville

1 year
15 years

At the Church of England, Hunterville, Whakahatane

07/6700

24 December 1907

The Rev. J. Blackburn, John F. Perry

No	305
Date of Notice	24 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Shields Smith	Frances Charlotte Weston
BDM Match (97%)	Edgar Shield Smith	Frances Charlotte Weston
	💍 1907/7138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Whakahatane	Hunterville
Length of Residence	1 year	15 years
Marriage Place	At the Church of England, Hunterville, Whakahatane
Folio	07/6700
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1907
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. Blackburn, John F. Perry

306

31 December 1907

Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson
Florence Annie Dalziell

Robert Kirkpatric Simpson
Florence Annie Dalziell
💍 1908/691

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

40
28

Hunterville
Hunterville

At the residence of W. Alexander Dalziell, Hunterville

08/695

31 December 1907

The Rev. J. B. Hall, John F. Perry

No	306
Date of Notice	31 December 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson	Florence Annie Dalziell
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Kirkpatric Simpson	Florence Annie Dalziell
	💍 1908/691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	40	28
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Hunterville
Length of Residence	At the residence of W. Alexander Dalziell, Hunterville
Marriage Place	At the residence of W. Alexander Dalziell, Hunterville
Folio	08/695
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1907
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. B. Hall, John F. Perry

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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).