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 Newman Quarter ending 30 June 1907 Registrar J. D. Moore

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

5 April 1907

Albert Ernest Wilkin Cadwallader
Pearl Myrtle Eliza Cadwallader

Albert Ernest Wilkin
Pearl Myrtle Eliza Cadwallader
💍 1907/2688

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
19

Nireaha
Nireaha

3 years
5 years

Church of England, Nireaha

07/2828

William Albert Cadwallader, Father

5 April 1907

Rev. J. H. Kilcal

No	40
Date of Notice	5 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Wilkin Cadwallader	Pearl Myrtle Eliza Cadwallader
BDM Match (81%)	Albert Ernest Wilkin	Pearl Myrtle Eliza Cadwallader
	💍 1907/2688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Nireaha	Nireaha
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Nireaha
Folio	07/2828
Consent	William Albert Cadwallader, Father
Date of Certificate	5 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Kilcal

1 May 1907

Herbert Leslie Morrah Pickering
Amy Louisa Pickering

Herbert Leslie Morrah
Amy Louisa Pickering
💍 1907/4583

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
24

Otaki
Puketoi

1 year
2 years

Residence of Mr. Pickering, Puketoi

07/3917

1 May 1907

Rev. John Humphrey

No	41
Date of Notice	1 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Leslie Morrah Pickering	Amy Louisa Pickering
BDM Match (84%)	Herbert Leslie Morrah	Amy Louisa Pickering
	💍 1907/4583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Otaki	Puketoi
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Pickering, Puketoi
Folio	07/3917
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Humphrey

13 May 1907

Ernest George Percival Dowsett
Janie Elizabeth Angove

Ernest George Percival Dowsett
Janie Elizabeth Angove
💍 1907/2686

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
21

Newman
Newman

19 years
7 years

Residence of J. Dowsett, Newman

07/2826

13 May 1907

Rev. S. J. Marshall

No	42
Date of Notice	13 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Percival Dowsett	Janie Elizabeth Angove
	💍 1907/2686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Newman	Newman
Length of Residence	19 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Dowsett, Newman
Folio	07/2826
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Marshall

11 June 1907

John Archer Logan
Maryann Elizabeth Simmons

John Archer Logan
Mary Ann Elizabeth Simmons
💍 1907/2687

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

34
22

Nukanni
Nukanni

3 days
3 days

Residence of Mr. Freeman Percy, Nukanni

07/2827

11 June 1907

Rev. J. H. Kilcal

No	43
Date of Notice	11 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Archer Logan	Maryann Elizabeth Simmons
BDM Match (96%)	John Archer Logan	Mary Ann Elizabeth Simmons
	💍 1907/2687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Nukanni	Nukanni
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Freeman Percy, Nukanni
Folio	07/2827
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Kilcal

17 June 1907

George Henry Thomas Drysdale
Margaret Matthew Drysdale

George Henry Thomas
Margaret Matthew Drysdale
💍 1907/2685

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

23
22

Nireaha
Nireaha

3 days
3 days

Residence of Mr. Ebenezer Drysdale, Nireaha

07/2825

17 June 1907

Rev. William Woollaas

No	44
Date of Notice	17 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Thomas Drysdale	Margaret Matthew Drysdale
BDM Match (84%)	George Henry Thomas	Margaret Matthew Drysdale
	💍 1907/2685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Nireaha	Nireaha
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Ebenezer Drysdale, Nireaha
Folio	07/2825
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Woollaas

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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).