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).

Page 454

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar G. L. Hody Rues

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

661

27 August 1907

Michael Francis Gardiner
Mary Georgina Fitzgerald

Michael Francis Gardiner
Mary Georgina Fitzgerald
💍 1907/5431

Widower
Widow

Engineer

48
40

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
12 months

St. Anne's Church, Wellington South

07/5232

27 August 1907

Rev. J. Ainsworth

No	661
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Francis Gardiner	Mary Georgina Fitzgerald
	💍 1907/5431
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engineer
Age	48	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church, Wellington South
Folio	07/5232
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ainsworth

662

27 August 1907

James Featherslone Langdon
May Alder

James Featherstone Langdon
May Alder
💍 1907/3696

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

44
33

Wellington
Wellington

12 months
12 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

07/5705

27 August 1907

Registrar

No	662
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Featherslone Langdon	May Alder
BDM Match (98%)	James Featherstone Langdon	May Alder
	💍 1907/3696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	44	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	07/5705
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar

663

27 August 1907

William Ashling Clark
Eleanor Anne Minnie Passau

William Ashley Clark
Eleanor Anna Minnie Passan
💍 1907/5418

Widower
Widow

Shipping Clerk

54
52

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
11 years

Congregational Church, The Terrace, Wellington

07/5243

27 August 1907

Rev. J. T. Geasson

No	663
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ashling Clark	Eleanor Anne Minnie Passau
BDM Match (89%)	William Ashley Clark	Eleanor Anna Minnie Passan
	💍 1907/5418
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	54	52
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	07/5243
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Geasson

664

27 August 1907

Thomas Sauvarin
Alice Elizabeth Rogers

Thomas Sauvarun
Alice Elizabeth Roger
💍 1907/5389

Bachelor
Spinster

Glass Beveller

23
20

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
8 years

St. James Church, South Wellington

07/5788

Thomas Rogers (Father)

27 August 1907

Rev. W. Shirer

No	664
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Sauvarin	Alice Elizabeth Rogers
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Sauvarun	Alice Elizabeth Roger
	💍 1907/5389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Glass Beveller
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, South Wellington
Folio	07/5788
Consent	Thomas Rogers (Father)
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

665

27 August 1907

Albert Johnson
Hilda Maria Greenfield

Albert Johnson
Hilda Maria Greenfield
💍 1907/5380

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
21

Petone
Petone

3 days
Life

St. Augustine's Church, Petone

07/5755

27 August 1907

Rev. J. D. Russell

No	665
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Johnson	Hilda Maria Greenfield
	💍 1907/5380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Petone
Folio	07/5755
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Russell

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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).