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 1342

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar Robert 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

12 April 1921

Richard Peters
Teresa David

Richard Peters
Teresa David
💍 1921/6463

Bachelor
Spinster

Billiard Saloon Keeper
Domestic Duties

23
23

Hastings
Hastings

7 years

Sacred Heart Church, Hastings

4742

12 April 1921

Rev. Father Fraher, Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	12 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Peters	Teresa David
	💍 1921/6463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Billiard Saloon Keeper	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	7 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Hastings
Folio	4742
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Fraher, Roman Catholic

14 April 1921

Charles Christian Nielson
Alice Maud Fletcher

Charles Christian Nielson
Alice Maud Fletcher
💍 1921/6464

Divorced (D.A. 4 March 1921)
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic Duties

42
41

Hastings
Havelock North

3 years
12 years

Dwelling of Mrs H. Coleman

4743

14 April 1921

Ensign Lawyer, Salvation Army

No	47
Date of Notice	14 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Christian Nielson	Alice Maud Fletcher
	💍 1921/6464
Condition	Divorced (D.A. 4 March 1921)	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic Duties
Age	42	41
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Havelock North
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs H. Coleman
Folio	4743
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Ensign Lawyer, Salvation Army

15 April 1921

Archibald Allison
Dorothy Maud Bunnold

Archibald Allison
Dorothy Maud Cunnold
💍 1921/6465

Bachelor
Spinster

Telephone Clerk
Telephone Exchange Attendant

25
22

Hastings
Hastings

1 year
22 years

Methodist Church, Hastings

4744

15 April 1921

Rev A. McBean, Methodist

No	48
Date of Notice	15 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Allison	Dorothy Maud Bunnold
BDM Match (98%)	Archibald Allison	Dorothy Maud Cunnold
	💍 1921/6465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telephone Clerk	Telephone Exchange Attendant
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	1 year	22 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hastings
Folio	4744
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A. McBean, Methodist

16 April 1921

William Charles Salmon
Lucy Ann Galbraith

William Charles Salmon
Lucy Ann Galbraith
💍 1921/6467

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

29
25

Hastings
Hastings

29 years
4 1/2 years

Presbyterian Church

4745

16 April 1921

Rev P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	49
Date of Notice	16 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Salmon	Lucy Ann Galbraith
	💍 1921/6467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	29 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	4745
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

18 April 1921

Leslie Norman Jury
Lui Mona Harrison

Leslie Norman Jury
Tui Mona Harrison
💍 1921/6468

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Waitress

17
21

Waipatu, Hastings
Pukahu, Hastings

6 years
21 years

Pukahu Church

4746

Emily Mary Field, mother

18 April 1921

Rev H. E. Eldridge, Baptist

No	50
Date of Notice	18 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Norman Jury	Lui Mona Harrison
BDM Match (97%)	Leslie Norman Jury	Tui Mona Harrison
	💍 1921/6468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Waitress
Age	17	21
Dwelling Place	Waipatu, Hastings	Pukahu, Hastings
Length of Residence	6 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Pukahu Church
Folio	4746
Consent	Emily Mary Field, mother
Date of Certificate	18 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev H. E. Eldridge, 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).