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 1553

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1921 Registrar J. J. Kearney

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

10 March 1921

Alexander Richard Palmer
Annie Elizabeth Townley

Alexander Richard Job Palmer
Annie Elizabeth Townley
💍 1921/9488

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Tailoress

29
25

Pohangina
Feilding

2 years
6 months

Registrar's Office

2148

10 March 1921

J. J. Kearney, Registrar

No
Date of Notice	10 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Richard Palmer	Annie Elizabeth Townley
BDM Match (93%)	Alexander Richard Job Palmer	Annie Elizabeth Townley
	💍 1921/9488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Tailoress
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Pohangina	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2148
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1921
Officiating Minister	J. J. Kearney, Registrar

15 March 1921

Hugh Bartholomew Burrell
Evelyn May Short

Hugh Bartholomew Burrell
Evelyn May Short
💍 1921/9489

Bachelor
Spinster

Proprietor

22
20

Cheltenham
Cheltenham

5 years
6 months

Church of England

2149

15 March 1921

Rev. J. T. Mayo, M.A., Anglican

No
Date of Notice	15 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Bartholomew Burrell	Evelyn May Short
	💍 1921/9489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Proprietor
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	5 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	2149
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Mayo, M.A., Anglican

13 March 1921

George Henry Davies
Dorothy Elizabeth Rose Elcombe

George Henry Davies
Dorothy Elizabeth Rose Elcombe
💍 1921/9490

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

25
25

Feilding
Kimbolton

3 days
2 weeks

Church of England

2150

13 March 1921

Rev. J. H. Tetley, M.A., Anglican

No
Date of Notice	13 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Davies	Dorothy Elizabeth Rose Elcombe
	💍 1921/9490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Kimbolton
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	2150
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Tetley, M.A., Anglican

14 March 1921

Frederick John Tuttall
Leah Ingram Gould

Frederick John Nuttall
Leah Ingram Gould
💍 1921/9498

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Body Builder
Clerk

33
25

Christchurch
Feilding

2 months
16 years

Methodist Church

2151

24 March 1921

No
Date of Notice	14 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Tuttall	Leah Ingram Gould
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick John Nuttall	Leah Ingram Gould
	💍 1921/9498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Body Builder	Clerk
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 months	16 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	2151
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1921
Officiating Minister

15 March 1921

Ernest Hubert Bastion
Ivy Dayglot

Ernest Hubert Bastion
Ivy Taylor
💍 1921/9509

Bachelor
Spinster

Poultry Farmer
Drapers Assistant

29
23

Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield

6 days
6 days

Church of England

2152

27 March 1921

Rev. J. J. Mayo, Anglican

No
Date of Notice	15 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Hubert Bastion	Ivy Dayglot
BDM Match (86%)	Ernest Hubert Bastion	Ivy Taylor
	💍 1921/9509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Poultry Farmer	Drapers Assistant
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Beaconsfield	Beaconsfield
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	2152
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Mayo, Anglican

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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).