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 341

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar G. G. Hodgkins

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

146

25 February 1907

John Garson Phillips
Annie Moody

John Garson Phillips
Annie Moody
💍 1907/863

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

33
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 Months
13 Months

Registrars Office, Wellington

07/932

25 February 1907

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	146
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Garson Phillips	Annie Moody
	💍 1907/863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 Months	13 Months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	07/932
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

147

25 February 1907

Thomas Edmund Reynolds
Jannet Milne Henderson

Thomas Edmund Reynolds
Jannet Milne Henderson
💍 1907/689

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

32
19

Wellington
Wellington

5 Years
19 Years

Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington

07/779

John Henderson, Father

25 February 1907

Rev W. A. Aspland

No	147
Date of Notice	25 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edmund Reynolds	Jannet Milne Henderson
	💍 1907/689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 Years	19 Years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington
Folio	07/779
Consent	John Henderson, Father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev W. A. Aspland

148

26 February 1907

John Oliver Liddell
Margaret McArthur

John Oliver Liddell
Margaret McArthur
💍 1907/800

Bachelor
Spinster

Car Conductor

27
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
2 days

Residence of A. Oswald, 8a Barker Street, Wellington

07/892

26 February 1907

Rev J. Gibb D.D.

No	148
Date of Notice	26 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Oliver Liddell	Margaret McArthur
	💍 1907/800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Car Conductor
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Residence of A. Oswald, 8a Barker Street, Wellington
Folio	07/892
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Gibb D.D.

149

26 February 1907

Peter McLorum
Annie Richmond Liddell

Peter McGorum
Annie Richmond Liddell
💍 1907/799

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder

27
22

Wellington
Wellington

1 Year
2 days

Residence of A. Oswald, 8a Barker Street, Wellington

07/891

26 February 1907

Rev J. Gibb D.D.

No	149
Date of Notice	26 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter McLorum	Annie Richmond Liddell
BDM Match (96%)	Peter McGorum	Annie Richmond Liddell
	💍 1907/799
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 Year	2 days
Marriage Place	Residence of A. Oswald, 8a Barker Street, Wellington
Folio	07/891
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Gibb D.D.

150

26 February 1907

James Henry Fleming
Mabel May Fogg

James Henry Fleming
Mabel May Fogg
💍 1907/2981

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

31
25

Wellington
Wellington

5 Months
7 Weeks

Residence of Rev J. Dawson, Webb Street, Wellington

07/2968

26 February 1907

Rev J. Dawson

No	150
Date of Notice	26 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Fleming	Mabel May Fogg
	💍 1907/2981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 Months	7 Weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev J. Dawson, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	07/2968
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Dawson

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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).