Intentions to Marry, 1922 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840507, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1922 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.

1922d contains pages 1291-1690, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1602

District of Masterton Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar J. B. Bishop

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

24 May 1922

William Blanshard Davis-Goff
Alice Esther Berkahn

William Clanronald Davis-Goff
Alice Esther Berkahn
💍 1922/4631

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer's Assistant
Domestic duties

24
22

Masterton
Masterton

2 years 9 months
4 months

Knox Church, Masterton

4218

24 May 1922

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	42
Date of Notice	24 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Blanshard Davis-Goff	Alice Esther Berkahn
BDM Match (91%)	William Clanronald Davis-Goff	Alice Esther Berkahn
	💍 1922/4631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer's Assistant	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	2 years 9 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Masterton
Folio	4218
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

25 May 1922

George Mullaney
Annie May Books

George Mullaney
Annie May Rooks
💍 1922/4632

Bachelor
Widow (Date of decease of former husband 21/10/21)

Boilermaker
Domestic duties

38
37

Masterton
Masterton

Roman Catholic Church, Masterton

4219

25 May 1922

Rev. J. McKenna, Roman Catholic

No	43
Date of Notice	25 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Mullaney	Annie May Books
BDM Match (97%)	George Mullaney	Annie May Rooks
	💍 1922/4632
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (Date of decease of former husband 21/10/21)
Profession	Boilermaker	Domestic duties
Age	38	37
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Masterton
Folio	4219
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenna, Roman Catholic

27 May 1922

Benjamin Arthur Truebridge
Violet Lilian Grace Berkahn

Benjamin Arthur Truebridge
Violet Lilian Grace Berkahn
💍 1922/4634

Widower (Date of decease of former wife November 1920)
Spinster

Musician
Musician

34
24

Masterton
Masterton

1 month
5 years

Knox Church, Masterton

4220

27 May 1922

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	44
Date of Notice	27 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Arthur Truebridge	Violet Lilian Grace Berkahn
	💍 1922/4634
Condition	Widower (Date of decease of former wife November 1920)	Spinster
Profession	Musician	Musician
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	1 month	5 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Masterton
Folio	4220
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

16 June 1922

Daniel McNeill
Ilean Eliza Mapted

Daniel McGill
Ilean Eliza Maxted
💍 1922/4635

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Dressmaker

34
26

Masterton
Masterton

Residence of Richard Mapted, corner of Dixon & Herbert streets, Masterton

4221

16 June 1922

Rev. P. Hegarty, Roman Catholic

No	45
Date of Notice	16 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel McNeill	Ilean Eliza Mapted
BDM Match (90%)	Daniel McGill	Ilean Eliza Maxted
	💍 1922/4635
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Dressmaker
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Residence of Richard Mapted, corner of Dixon & Herbert streets, Masterton
Folio	4221
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Hegarty, Roman Catholic

26 June 1922

Arthur Edward East
Grace Willemena Burling

Arthur Edward East
Grace Willimena Burling
💍 1922/4636

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
26

Pahiatua
Masterton

Knox Church, Pahiatua

4222

26 June 1922

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	46
Date of Notice	26 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward East	Grace Willemena Burling
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Edward East	Grace Willimena Burling
	💍 1922/4636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Pahiatua
Folio	4222
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

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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).