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 1678

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1920 Registrar H. H. Cork

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 July 1920

Donald John McLennan
Dorothy Alice Gray

Donald John McLennan
Dorothy Alice Gray
💍 1920/6169

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

34
22

Feilding
Feilding

3 Days
3 Months

St Johns Anglican Feilding

8423

27 July 1920

Rev. Alan S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

No	53
Date of Notice	27 July 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald John McLennan	Dorothy Alice Gray
	💍 1920/6169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 Days	3 Months
Marriage Place	St Johns Anglican Feilding
Folio	8423
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alan S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

28 July 1920

John Frederick Kreagher
Frederica Dorothy Wilhelmina Bismarck

John Frederick Kreagher
Frederica Dorothy Wilhelmina Bismarck
💍 1920/6170

Widower
Divorced

Farmer
Farmer

60
52

Feilding
Feilding

40 Years
40 Years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages Feilding

8424

28 July 1920

H. H. Cork, Registrar

No	54
Date of Notice	28 July 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Kreagher	Frederica Dorothy Wilhelmina Bismarck
	💍 1920/6170
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Farmer	Farmer
Age	60	52
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	40 Years	40 Years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Feilding
Folio	8424
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1920
Officiating Minister	H. H. Cork, Registrar

28 July 1920

Henry William Green
Eliza Tucker

Henry William Green
Eliza Tucker
💍 1920/6171

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Home Duties

44
42

Colyton
Colyton

6 months
9 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages Feilding

8425

28 July 1920

H. H. Cork, Registrar

No	55
Date of Notice	28 July 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Green	Eliza Tucker
	💍 1920/6171
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Home Duties
Age	44	42
Dwelling Place	Colyton	Colyton
Length of Residence	6 months	9 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Feilding
Folio	8425
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1920
Officiating Minister	H. H. Cork, Registrar

20 August 1920

Henry Malcolm Bruce Parker
Marie Florence Bray

Henry Malcolm Bruce Parker
Marie Florence Bray
💍 1920/8559

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
27

Aorangi Feilding
Aorangi Feilding

8 Years
27 Years

Anglican Church Colyton

8426

20 August 1920

Archdeacon A. Innes-Jones, Anglican

No	56
Date of Notice	20 August 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Malcolm Bruce Parker	Marie Florence Bray
	💍 1920/8559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Aorangi Feilding	Aorangi Feilding
Length of Residence	8 Years	27 Years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Colyton
Folio	8426
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1920
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon A. Innes-Jones, Anglican

3 September 1920

Campbell Tautier Port
Eva Josephine Weightman

Campbell Vantier Port
Eva Josephine Weightman
💍 1920/8570

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic Duties

22
24

Cheltenham
Awahuri

2 Years
24 Years

St Pauls Presbyterian Church Feilding

8427

3 September 1920

Rev. J. A. Miller, Presbyterian

No	57
Date of Notice	3 September 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Campbell Tautier Port	Eva Josephine Weightman
BDM Match (95%)	Campbell Vantier Port	Eva Josephine Weightman
	💍 1920/8570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham	Awahuri
Length of Residence	2 Years	24 Years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Presbyterian Church Feilding
Folio	8427
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Miller, Presbyterian

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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).