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 1534

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar T. L. Williams

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

17 November 1922

William Barr McNab
Hilda Sophia Collard

William Barr McNeal
Hilda Sophia Collard
💍 1922/8716

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic Duties

42
19

Feilding
Feilding

9 months
8 years

Residence of Mrs Adelaide Collard, 126 Denbigh Street, Feilding

8860

Adelaide Collard, Mother

17 November 1922

Rev. G. D. Gardiner, Baptist

No	39
Date of Notice	17 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Barr McNab	Hilda Sophia Collard
BDM Match (95%)	William Barr McNeal	Hilda Sophia Collard
	💍 1922/8716
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	42	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	9 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Adelaide Collard, 126 Denbigh Street, Feilding
Folio	8860
Consent	Adelaide Collard, Mother
Date of Certificate	17 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Gardiner, Baptist

21 November 1922

Cecil Gertrude Strawbridge
Linda Dorothy Hall

Cecil Bertrude Strawbridge
Enid Linda Dorothy Hall
💍 1922/8717

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

23
20

Marton West
Cheltenham

3 years
2 years

Parsonage, Feilding

8861

James Harold Dusbury Hall, Father

21 November 1922

Rev. G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

No	40
Date of Notice	21 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Gertrude Strawbridge	Linda Dorothy Hall
BDM Match (87%)	Cecil Bertrude Strawbridge	Enid Linda Dorothy Hall
	💍 1922/8717
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Marton West	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Parsonage, Feilding
Folio	8861
Consent	James Harold Dusbury Hall, Father
Date of Certificate	21 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

1 December 1922

Care Kelvin Wright
Florence Vera Thompson

Carl Elvin Wright
Florence Vera Thompson
💍 1922/8694

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Lady Help

23
22

Feilding
Feilding

4 years
10 years

Church, Feilding

8862

1 December 1922

Rev. J. W. Jones, Methodist

No	41
Date of Notice	1 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Care Kelvin Wright	Florence Vera Thompson
BDM Match (92%)	Carl Elvin Wright	Florence Vera Thompson
	💍 1922/8694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Lady Help
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church, Feilding
Folio	8862
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Jones, Methodist

4 December 1922

Fergus Ian Fairbrother
Edith Mairs Strangward Niccolls

Fergus Ian Fairbrother
Edith Mavis Strangward Niccolls
💍 1922/8695

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent
Stenographer

24
24

Palmerston North
Feilding

24 years
24 years

St Johns Church, Feilding

8863

4 December 1922

Rev. F. H. Petrie, Anglican

No	42
Date of Notice	4 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fergus Ian Fairbrother	Edith Mairs Strangward Niccolls
BDM Match (97%)	Fergus Ian Fairbrother	Edith Mavis Strangward Niccolls
	💍 1922/8695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent	Stenographer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Feilding
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church, Feilding
Folio	8863
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Petrie, Anglican

13 December 1922

Stanley Owen Jones
Beatrice Slight

Stanley Owen Jones
Beatrice Slight
💍 1922/8696

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Tailoress

24
28

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
1 year

Church of England, Feilding

8864

Rev. F. H. Petrie, Anglican

No	43
Date of Notice	13 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Owen Jones	Beatrice Slight
	💍 1922/8696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Tailoress
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	8864
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Petrie, 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).