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 1322

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 September 1922 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

12 July 1922

Wallace John Elliott
Francis Myrtle Ashman

Wallace John Elliott
Francis Myrtle Ashman
💍 1922/8921

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic duties

22
24

Havelock North
Havelock North

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Havelock North

7115

12 July 1922

Rev. R. Waugh, Presbyterian

No	51
Date of Notice	12 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace John Elliott	Francis Myrtle Ashman
	💍 1922/8921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Havelock North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Havelock North
Folio	7115
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Waugh, Presbyterian

18 July 1922

Sidney Hubert Greaves
Gladys Eva Stanley

Sidney Hubert Greaves
Gladys Eva Stanley
💍 1922/6011

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist
Domestic duties

26
23

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
3 years

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

6338

18 July 1922

Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

No	52
Date of Notice	18 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Hubert Greaves	Gladys Eva Stanley
	💍 1922/6011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Domestic duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	6338
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

26 July 1922

William Alexander Thomson
Ivy Myrtle Seyton

William Alexander Thomson
Ivy Myrtle Sexton
💍 1922/6012

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist
Domestic duties

42
21

Havelock North
Hastings

5 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Hastings

6339

26 July 1922

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	26 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Thomson	Ivy Myrtle Seyton
BDM Match (97%)	William Alexander Thomson	Ivy Myrtle Sexton
	💍 1922/6012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist	Domestic duties
Age	42	21
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	6339
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

14 August 1922

Harold George Symonds
Myrtle Emily Spink

Harold George Symonds
Myrtle Emily Spink
💍 1922/6013

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

23
20

Hastings
Hastings

3 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Hastings

6340

John Spink (father)

14 August 1922

Rev. A. Li Beau, Methodist

No	54
Date of Notice	14 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold George Symonds	Myrtle Emily Spink
	💍 1922/6013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hastings
Folio	6340
Consent	John Spink (father)
Date of Certificate	14 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Li Beau, Methodist

4 August 1922

John Hubert Monteith
Marjory Low Crooks

John Hubert Monteith
Marjory Low Crooks
💍 1922/6014

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

28
31

Hastings
Hastings

5 months
8 years

St. Andrews Church, Hastings

6341

4 August 1922

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	55
Date of Notice	4 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hubert Monteith	Marjory Low Crooks
	💍 1922/6014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Hastings
Folio	6341
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, 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).