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 Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodghins

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

10 January 1907

Harry Stephens
Ada Matilda Woods

Harry Stephens Jupp
Ada Matilda Mexted
💍 1907/2989

Bachelor
Spinster

Turner

24
21

Wellington
Tawa Flat

24 yrs
21 yrs

Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington

07/2970

10 January 1907

Rev. John Dawson

No	31
Date of Notice	10 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Stephens	Ada Matilda Woods
BDM Match (70%)	Harry Stephens Jupp	Ada Matilda Mexted
	💍 1907/2989
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Turner
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Tawa Flat
Length of Residence	24 yrs	21 yrs
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	07/2970
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

10 January 1907

Thomas Henry Te Puni
Nina Baldwin

Thomas Henry Te Puni
Nina Baldwin
💍 1907/808

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

22
23

Petone
Petone

1 year
1 month

Registrar's Office, Wellington

07/899

10 January 1907

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	32
Date of Notice	10 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Te Puni	Nina Baldwin
	💍 1907/808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	1 year	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	07/899
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1907
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

11 January 1907

George Lowry Leonards
Annie Armitage

Leonard George Lowry
Annie Armitage
💍 1907/4898

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

21
22

Hutt
Hutt

1 yr 3 mths
1 yr 9 mths

Residence of W. F. Armitage, Main Road, Hutt

07/4315

11 January 1907

Rev. J. F. Martin

No	33
Date of Notice	11 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Lowry Leonards	Annie Armitage
BDM Match (64%)	Leonard George Lowry	Annie Armitage
	💍 1907/4898
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Hutt	Hutt
Length of Residence	1 yr 3 mths	1 yr 9 mths
Marriage Place	Residence of W. F. Armitage, Main Road, Hutt
Folio	07/4315
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Martin

11 January 1907

Bell Tamplin Edwards
Harriet Louisa Hammond

Edward Bell Tamplin
Harriet Louisa Hammond
💍 1907/730

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

30
34

Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie

1 yr
2 yrs

Church of England, Kilbirnie

07/821

11 January 1907

Rev. G. A. McNickle

No	34
Date of Notice	11 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bell Tamplin Edwards	Harriet Louisa Hammond
BDM Match (63%)	Edward Bell Tamplin	Harriet Louisa Hammond
	💍 1907/730
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	1 yr	2 yrs
Marriage Place	Church of England, Kilbirnie
Folio	07/821
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. McNickle

11 January 1907

Halvor Emil Meinung
Annie Beatrice Styles

Halvor Emil Meining
Annie Beatrice Styles
💍 1907/809

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

33
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 wks
2 mos

Registrar's Office, Wellington

07/900

11 January 1907

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	11 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Halvor Emil Meinung	Annie Beatrice Styles
BDM Match (97%)	Halvor Emil Meining	Annie Beatrice Styles
	💍 1907/809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 wks	2 mos
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	07/900
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1907
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy 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 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).