Intentions to Marry, 1921 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840499, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1921 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.

1921d contains pages 1317-1734, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1337

District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 March 1921 Registrar R. B. Brathwaite

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

21 February 1921

Euelin Vernon Fulford
Nellie Florence Bailey

Huelin Vernon Fulford
Nellie Florence Bailey
💍 1921/10124

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist
Domestic Duties

28
19

Havelock North
Hastings

28 years
2 weeks

Presbyterian Church Havelock North

2927

Issued under section 27 of Marriage Act.

7 March 1921

Rev. R. Waugh, Presbyterian

No	21
Date of Notice	21 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Euelin Vernon Fulford	Nellie Florence Bailey
BDM Match (98%)	Huelin Vernon Fulford	Nellie Florence Bailey
	💍 1921/10124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist	Domestic Duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Hastings
Length of Residence	28 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Havelock North
Folio	2927
Consent	Issued under section 27 of Marriage Act.
Date of Certificate	7 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Waugh, Presbyterian

28 February 1921

Fred Kate Bevan
Bertha Annie Brimer

Fred Kater Bevan
Bertha Annie Brimer
💍 1921/9391

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk N.Z. Railways
Domestic Duties

28
29

Hastings
Hastings

5 days
28 years

St Matthew's Church Hastings

2003

28 February 1921

Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

No	22
Date of Notice	28 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Kate Bevan	Bertha Annie Brimer
BDM Match (97%)	Fred Kater Bevan	Bertha Annie Brimer
	💍 1921/9391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk N.Z. Railways	Domestic Duties
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 days	28 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Hastings
Folio	2003
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

3 March 1921

Arthur Oscar Alleway
Eleanor Gwendoline Gale

Arthur Oscar Alleway
Eleanor Gwendoline Gale
💍 1921/9392

Bachelor
Spinster

Piano Repairer
Telephone Operator

25
24

Hastings
Hastings

3 months
4 days

Presbyterian Church Hastings

2004

3 March 1921

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	23
Date of Notice	3 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Oscar Alleway	Eleanor Gwendoline Gale
	💍 1921/9392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Piano Repairer	Telephone Operator
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	2004
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

5 March 1921

Clarence James Stone
Rosella Eileen Bainbridge

Clarence James Stowe
Cecelia Eileen Bainbridge
💍 1921/9393

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey
Domestic Duties

25
20

Hastings
Hastings

25 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

2005

George Bainbridge, father of bride

5 March 1921

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	24
Date of Notice	5 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence James Stone	Rosella Eileen Bainbridge
BDM Match (90%)	Clarence James Stowe	Cecelia Eileen Bainbridge
	💍 1921/9393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	25 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	2005
Consent	George Bainbridge, father of bride
Date of Certificate	5 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

9 March 1921

Piki Matene Kupa
Emma Kupa

Pipi Matene
Emma Kupa
💍 1921/9394

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
18

Fernhill Hastings
Fernhill Hastings

3 years
18 years

Registrar's Office Hastings

2006

Hemi Kupa, father of bride

9 March 1921

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	25
Date of Notice	9 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Piki Matene Kupa	Emma Kupa
BDM Match (81%)	Pipi Matene	Emma Kupa
	💍 1921/9394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Fernhill Hastings	Fernhill Hastings
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Hastings
Folio	2006
Consent	Hemi Kupa, father of bride
Date of Certificate	9 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

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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).