Intentions to Marry, 1914 Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840455, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

Page 1061

District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 31 March 1914

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

27 January 1914

Leo Stein
Annie St George Jensen

Leo Stein
Annie St George Jensen
💍 1914/6496

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

33
24

Dannevirke
Wanganui

4 years

Registrar's office, Wanganui

295

27 January 1914

Registrar, Wanganui

No	1
Date of Notice	27 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leo Stein	Annie St George Jensen
	💍 1914/6496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Wanganui
Length of Residence	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Wanganui
Folio	295
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Wanganui

28 January 1914

Ernest Edmund Parkinson
Grace Emma Morgan

Ernest Edmund Parkinson
Grace Emma Morgan
💍 1914/7790

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

30
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

7 years
22 years

Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke

2406

28 January 1914

Rev. F. J. Bowe

No	2
Date of Notice	28 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edmund Parkinson	Grace Emma Morgan
	💍 1914/7790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	7 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke
Folio	2406
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Bowe

2 February 1914

Cecil George Leslie Groube
Sylvia Lavina Oriel Hannen

Cecil George Leslie Groube
Sylvia Lavina Oriel Hannen
💍 1914/7013

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
10 years

Mrs E Rossiter's House, Allardice St, Dannevirke

719

2 February 1914

Rev. A. Grant

No	3
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil George Leslie Groube	Sylvia Lavina Oriel Hannen
	💍 1914/7013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Mrs E Rossiter's House, Allardice St, Dannevirke
Folio	719
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

2 February 1914

Ole Gilbert Gundersen
Clarice Marjory Clarkson

Ole Gilbert Gundersen
Clarice Marjorie Clarkson
💍 1914/6491

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

7 days
7 days

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

290

2 February 1914

Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	2 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ole Gilbert Gundersen	Clarice Marjory Clarkson
BDM Match (96%)	Ole Gilbert Gundersen	Clarice Marjorie Clarkson
	💍 1914/6491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	290
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

5 February 1914

Cuthbert Lloyd Dobson
Amy Crallan

Cuthbert Lloyd Dobson
Amy Crallan
💍 1914/7007

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep buyer

27
20

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

1 year
20 years

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

714

Jane Elizabeth Crallan, mother

9 February 1914

Rev. E. Robertshawe

No	5
Date of Notice	5 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cuthbert Lloyd Dobson	Amy Crallan
	💍 1914/7007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep buyer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	714
Consent	Jane Elizabeth Crallan, mother
Date of Certificate	9 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshawe

6 February 1914

Graham McHutcheon Speedy
Ruth Eveline Palmer

Graham McHutchon Speedy
Ruth Evelene Palmer
💍 1914/9289

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
School Teacher

31
26

Ngapaeruru
Weber

9 years
6 weeks

Residence of William Palmer, Weber

4461

6 February 1914

Rev. F. E. T. Simcox

No	6
Date of Notice	6 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Graham McHutcheon Speedy	Ruth Eveline Palmer
BDM Match (95%)	Graham McHutchon Speedy	Ruth Evelene Palmer
	💍 1914/9289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	School Teacher
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Ngapaeruru	Weber
Length of Residence	9 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of William Palmer, Weber
Folio	4461
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. E. T. Simcox

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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 1908. 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).