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 1360

District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 December 1921 Registrar R. 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

130

20 December 1921

Ernest Philip
Ida Catherine Cartwright

Ernest Phillip
Ida Catherine Cartwright
💍 1921/3886

Widower
Spinster

Mail Contractor
Domestic duties

38
31

Waipawa
Hastings

2 years
6 weeks

Registrars Office Hastings

9904

20 December 1921

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	130
Date of Notice	20 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Philip	Ida Catherine Cartwright
BDM Match (96%)	Ernest Phillip	Ida Catherine Cartwright
	💍 1921/3886
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mail Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hastings
Folio	9904
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

131

21 December 1921

Arthur Alexander Hoay
Muriel Franklin

Arthur Alexander Hay
Muriel Franklin
💍 1922/565

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

20
21

Havelock North
St. Luke's Church

20 years
6 weeks

St. Luke's Church Havelock North

George Ray, father of bride

21 December 1921

Rev. Canon Maclean, Anglican

No	131
Date of Notice	21 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Alexander Hoay	Muriel Franklin
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Alexander Hay	Muriel Franklin
	💍 1922/565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	St. Luke's Church
Length of Residence	20 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church Havelock North
Folio
Consent	George Ray, father of bride
Date of Certificate	21 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Maclean, Anglican

132

22 December 1921

Rupert Gorman Gray
Agnes Fraser

Rupert Norman Gray
Agnes Fraser
💍 1921/3887

Bachelor
Spinster

Freezer
Domestic duties

30
22

Hastings
Hastings

2.5 years
8 years

Presbyterian Manse

9905

22 December 1921

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	132
Date of Notice	22 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rupert Gorman Gray	Agnes Fraser
BDM Match (97%)	Rupert Norman Gray	Agnes Fraser
	💍 1921/3887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Freezer	Domestic duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2.5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse
Folio	9905
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

133

24 December 1921

David Andrew Honore
Florence Wilstede

David Andrew Honore
Florence Milstede Woodham
💍 1921/3888

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer
Shop Assistant

27
23

Hastings
Hastings

1 day
3 months

Baptist Vicarage Heretaunga Street

9906

24 December 1921

Rev. Keith Owen, Baptist

No	133
Date of Notice	24 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Andrew Honore	Florence Wilstede
BDM Match (82%)	David Andrew Honore	Florence Milstede Woodham
	💍 1921/3888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer	Shop Assistant
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	1 day	3 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Vicarage Heretaunga Street
Folio	9906
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. Keith Owen, Baptist

134

24 December 1921

Francis Leopold Hall
Agnes Nellie Priscilla Walker

Francis Leopold Hall
Agnes Nellie Priscilla Walker
💍 1921/3889

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist
Teacher

30
23

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church Hastings

9907

24 December 1921

Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

No	134
Date of Notice	24 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Leopold Hall	Agnes Nellie Priscilla Walker
	💍 1921/3889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist	Teacher
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Hastings
Folio	9907
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Hall, 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).