Intentions to Marry, 1920 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840491, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1920 is bound in eight volumes (a to h) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1920d contains pages 1399-1884, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1693

District of Foxton Quarter ending 31 December 1920 Registrar A. Hawke

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

9 October 1920

George Peter Nielsen
Annie Sinclair Young

George Peter Nielsen
Annie St Clair Young
💍 1920/12116

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

26
26

Foxton
Foxton

8 years
26 years

All Saints Foxton

11301

9 October 1920

Rev W H Walton

No	25
Date of Notice	9 October 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Peter Nielsen	Annie Sinclair Young
BDM Match (93%)	George Peter Nielsen	Annie St Clair Young
	💍 1920/12116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	8 years	26 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Foxton
Folio	11301
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev W H Walton

12 October 1920

Tuhi Arekatera Tera
Elsie May Kelly

Tuhi Arekatera Tera
Elsie May Kelly
💍 1920/12266

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmill employee
Domestic

22
26

Foxton
Foxton

3 years
26 years

Registrar's Office Shannon

11474

11 October 1920

Registrar Shannon

No	26
Date of Notice	12 October 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tuhi Arekatera Tera	Elsie May Kelly
	💍 1920/12266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmill employee	Domestic
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Shannon
Folio	11474
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1920
Officiating Minister	Registrar Shannon

20 November 1920

James Alexander Hume
Louisa Scott

James Alexander Hume
Louisa Scott
💍 1920/12117

Divorced 13 June 1919
Widow 23 November 1900

Confectioner
Shop Assistant

48
50

Foxton
Foxton

3 days
3 days

Registrar's office Foxton

11302

27 November 1920

Registrar Foxton

No	27
Date of Notice	20 November 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander Hume	Louisa Scott
	💍 1920/12117
Condition	Divorced 13 June 1919	Widow 23 November 1900
Profession	Confectioner	Shop Assistant
Age	48	50
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Foxton
Folio	11302
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1920
Officiating Minister	Registrar Foxton

30 October 1920

Edward Walter Mahon
Florence May Hammond

Edward Walter Mahon
Florence May Hammond
💍 1920/11957

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Typist

34
28

Foxton
Foxton

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church Foxton

11303

30 October 1920

Rev W Walton

No	28
Date of Notice	30 October 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Walter Mahon	Florence May Hammond
	💍 1920/11957
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Typist
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Foxton
Folio	11303
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev W Walton

1 November 1920

William John Mahon
Lydia Emily Chandler

William John Mahon
Lydia Emily Chandler
💍 1920/11968

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
26

Foxton
Foxton

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church Foxton

11304

1 November 1920

Rev W Walton

No	29
Date of Notice	1 November 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Mahon	Lydia Emily Chandler
	💍 1920/11968
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Foxton
Folio	11304
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev W Walton

22 November 1920

David Clarke Cook
Dora Naomi Readley

David Clarke Cook
Dora Naomi Bradley
💍 1920/11

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
22

Mangawhata
Mangawhata

10 years
2 weeks

Residence James Henry Simmons Mangawhata

11305

22 November 1920

Rev T Halliday

No	30
Date of Notice	22 November 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Clarke Cook	Dora Naomi Readley
BDM Match (94%)	David Clarke Cook	Dora Naomi Bradley
	💍 1920/11
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Mangawhata	Mangawhata
Length of Residence	10 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence James Henry Simmons Mangawhata
Folio	11305
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev T Halliday

31 December 1920

Edward Trotter Jackson
Kathleen Amelia Betty

Edward Trotter Jackson
Kathleen Amelia Betty
💍 1921/2240

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank clerk
Domestic Duties

39
23

Foxton
Foxton

4 years
23 years

All Saints Anglican Foxton

31 December 1920

Rev W S H Walton

No	31
Date of Notice	31 December 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Trotter Jackson	Kathleen Amelia Betty
	💍 1921/2240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	39	23
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Anglican Foxton
Folio	85
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev W S H Walton

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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).