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 1371

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar H. Buchanan

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

4 April 1921

Hartwig Marentius Hansen
Henrietta Withnall Veal

Hartvig Marentius Hansen
Henrietta Withno Veal
💍 1921/6620

Divorced (Decree absolute 4 April 1919)
Spinster

Seaman
Clerk

33
22

Napier
Napier

2 years
4 years

Methodist Church, Napier

4773

4 April 1921

J. R. Richards, Methodist

No	50
Date of Notice	4 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hartwig Marentius Hansen	Henrietta Withnall Veal
BDM Match (91%)	Hartvig Marentius Hansen	Henrietta Withno Veal
	💍 1921/6620
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 4 April 1919)	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Clerk
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Napier
Folio	4773
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1921
Officiating Minister	J. R. Richards, Methodist

6 April 1921

Ernest Treliving Joll
Emily Rose Hard

Ernest Treliving Joll
Emily Rose Hard
💍 1921/6621

Bachelor
Spinster

Seedsman
Domestic Duties

43
25

Napier
Napier

15 years
25 years

St. John's Cathedral, Napier

4774

6 April 1921

Dean Mayne, Church of England

No	51
Date of Notice	6 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Treliving Joll	Emily Rose Hard
	💍 1921/6621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seedsman	Domestic Duties
Age	43	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	15 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Cathedral, Napier
Folio	4774
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Dean Mayne, Church of England

8 April 1921

William Arthur Whyte
Alice Maud Ingleden

William Arthur Whyte
Alice Maud Ingledew
💍 1921/6622

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
25

Napier
Napier

3 days
9 days

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

4775

8 April 1921

E. D. Rice, Church of England

No	52
Date of Notice	8 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Whyte	Alice Maud Ingleden
BDM Match (97%)	William Arthur Whyte	Alice Maud Ingledew
	💍 1921/6622
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	9 days
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	4775
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1921
Officiating Minister	E. D. Rice, Church of England

9 April 1921

Arthur Victor Trautvetter
Esther Minnie Firth

Arthur Victor Trautvetter
Esther Minnie Firth
💍 1921/6655

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist
Domestic Duties

23
18

Napier
Napier

15 months
4 years

Registrar's Office, Napier

4776

William Guardian

9 April 1921

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	9 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Victor Trautvetter	Esther Minnie Firth
	💍 1921/6655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist	Domestic Duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	15 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	4776
Consent	William Guardian
Date of Certificate	9 April 1921
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

11 April 1921

Norman Malcolm McKinnon
Amy Jessie Macdonald

Norman Malcolm McKinnon
Amy Jessie Macdonald
💍 1921/6666

Bachelor
Spinster

Rabbit Inspector
Domestic Duties

37
36

Taradale
Meeanee

6 years
36 years

St. Paul's Church, Napier

4777

11 April 1921

J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	54
Date of Notice	11 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Malcolm McKinnon	Amy Jessie Macdonald
	💍 1921/6666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Rabbit Inspector	Domestic Duties
Age	37	36
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Meeanee
Length of Residence	6 years	36 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Napier
Folio	4777
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1921
Officiating Minister	J. A. Asher, 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).