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 1560

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1921 Registrar D. 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

18 July 1921

Herbert George Hoopes
Muriel Violet Chandler

Herbert George Hooper
Muriel Violet Chandler
💍 1921/3498

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Employee

22
19

Naituna Nest
Naituna Nest

2 years
5 years

M. E. Church, Chardes

7564

Samuel George Chandler, Father

18 July 1921

Rev. J. D. Miles, Presbyterian

No	42
Date of Notice	18 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert George Hoopes	Muriel Violet Chandler
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert George Hooper	Muriel Violet Chandler
	💍 1921/3498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Employee
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Naituna Nest	Naituna Nest
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	M. E. Church, Chardes
Folio	7564
Consent	Samuel George Chandler, Father
Date of Certificate	18 July 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Miles, Presbyterian

19 July 1921

Richard Henry Moslery
Marion Deborah [illegible]

Richard Henry Mosley
Marion McConachie
💍 1921/3499

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Clerk

21
20

Feilding
Feilding

9 years

Feilding

7565

19 July 1921

Rev. F. W. Jones, Methodist

No	43
Date of Notice	19 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Moslery	Marion Deborah [illegible]
BDM Match (69%)	Richard Henry Mosley	Marion McConachie
	💍 1921/3499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Clerk
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence		9 years
Marriage Place	Feilding
Folio	7565
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Jones, Methodist

19 July 1921

Valentine Alexis Desiree Franco
Miranda Stringer

Valentine Alexis Desiri Franco
Miranda Stringer
💍 1921/3500

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Dressmaker

28
25

Feilding
Feilding

7 years
7 years

Feilding

7566

27 July 1921

J. J. Kearney, Registrar of Marriages

No	44
Date of Notice	19 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Alexis Desiree Franco	Miranda Stringer
BDM Match (97%)	Valentine Alexis Desiri Franco	Miranda Stringer
	💍 1921/3500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Dressmaker
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Feilding
Folio	7566
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1921
Officiating Minister	J. J. Kearney, Registrar of Marriages

20 July 1921

Bernard Thomas Kay
Christina Mary Pink

Bernard Thomas Kay
Christina Mary Wink
💍 1921/3562

Bachelor
[Infant]

Labourer
Private residence

25
16 months

Feilding
Mrs Kenny Gostell

12 months
1 year

Registrar's Office

Father

27 July 1921

No	45
Date of Notice	20 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Thomas Kay	Christina Mary Pink
BDM Match (97%)	Bernard Thomas Kay	Christina Mary Wink
	💍 1921/3562
Condition	Bachelor	[Infant]
Profession	Labourer	Private residence
Age	25	16 months
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Mrs Kenny Gostell
Length of Residence	12 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	1
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	27 July 1921
Officiating Minister

1 August 1921

John Hey
Annie Clark

John Heys
Annie Clark
💍 1921/3501

Joseph William Hickland
Annie Clark
💍 1921/1625

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Weaver

Feilding

1 day

Kemliolton Road Feilding

7567

1 August 1921

Rev. G. P. Stockwell, Methodist

No	46
Date of Notice	1 August 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hey	Annie Clark
BDM Match (94%)	John Heys	Annie Clark
	💍 1921/3501
BDM Match (61%)	Joseph William Hickland	Annie Clark
	💍 1921/1625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Weaver
Age		22
Dwelling Place		Feilding
Length of Residence		1 day
Marriage Place	Kemliolton Road Feilding
Folio	7567
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Stockwell, Methodist

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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).