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 1720

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 September 1921 Registrar C. R. Shorth

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

160

12 September 1921

Maurice Patrick Malone
Moana Margaret Pringle Paget

Maurice Patrick Malone
Moana Margaret Pringle Paget
💍 1921/3489

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic

26
25

Wairoa
Palmerston North

1 year
2 years

All Saints Church of England Palmerston North

7531

12 September 1921

Rev H.G.Blackburne, Anglican

No	160
Date of Notice	12 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Patrick Malone	Moana Margaret Pringle Paget
	💍 1921/3489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	7531
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev H.G.Blackburne, Anglican

161

12 September 1921

Frank Charles Robinson
Grace Irene Petrie

Frank Charles Robinson
Grace Irene Petrie
💍 1921/3490

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic

20
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 years
14 years

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston North

7532

No one in New Zealand authorized to give consent 28th

28 September 1921

Rev A.Dull, Presbyterian

No	161
Date of Notice	12 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Charles Robinson	Grace Irene Petrie
	💍 1921/3490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston North
Folio	7532
Consent	No one in New Zealand authorized to give consent 28th
Date of Certificate	28 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A.Dull, Presbyterian

162

13 September 1921

Walter Selwyn Fell
Minnie Olivia Voss

Walter Selwyn Fell
Minnie Olivia Voss
💍 1921/3491

Widower, January 27th 1920
Spinster

Freezing Works Foreman
Domestic

36
28

Longburn
Karere

10 years
29 years

Residence of Mr M. Voss, Karere Road Karere

7533

13 September 1921

Rev M. Christensen, Lutheran

No	162
Date of Notice	13 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Selwyn Fell	Minnie Olivia Voss
	💍 1921/3491
Condition	Widower, January 27th 1920	Spinster
Profession	Freezing Works Foreman	Domestic
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Longburn	Karere
Length of Residence	10 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr M. Voss, Karere Road Karere
Folio	7533
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev M. Christensen, Lutheran

163

14 September 1921

Frederick William Waghorn
Olive Katie Jerrim

Frederick William Waghorn
Olive Katie Jerrim
💍 1921/3492

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

39
32

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church of England Palmerston North

7534

14 September 1921

Rev H.G.Blackburne, Anglican

No	163
Date of Notice	14 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Waghorn	Olive Katie Jerrim
	💍 1921/3492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	7534
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev H.G.Blackburne, Anglican

164

16 September 1921

Royston Brooks Sinclair
Jessie Evelyn Cowie

Royston Brooks Sinclair
Jessie Evelyn Cowie
💍 1921/3469

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

21
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 year
11 months

Residence of C.W.Duncumb 9 Waldegrave Street Palmerston North

7535

16 September 1921

Rev C.W.Duncumb, Baptist

No	164
Date of Notice	16 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Royston Brooks Sinclair	Jessie Evelyn Cowie
	💍 1921/3469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 year	11 months
Marriage Place	Residence of C.W.Duncumb 9 Waldegrave Street Palmerston North
Folio	7535
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev C.W.Duncumb, Baptist

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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).