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 1311

District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 March 1922 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

30 January 1922

Thomas Lindsay Gordon
Evelyn Blythe Allan (Note: This name should be spelt BLYTH)

Thomas Lindsay Gordon
Evelyn Blyth Allan
💍 1922/1919

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
27

Clifton, Clive, Hawke's Bay
Te Aute, Hawke's Bay

27 years
27 years

St. Luke's Church, Havelock North

1692

30 January 1922

Rev. Canon Maclean, Anglican

No	11
Date of Notice	30 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Lindsay Gordon	Evelyn Blythe Allan (Note: This name should be spelt BLYTH)
BDM Match (65%)	Thomas Lindsay Gordon	Evelyn Blyth Allan
	💍 1922/1919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Clifton, Clive, Hawke's Bay	Te Aute, Hawke's Bay
Length of Residence	27 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Havelock North
Folio	1692
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Maclean, Anglican

1 February 1922

Dave Jack
Louie Fox

Dave Jack
Louie Fox
💍 1922/1920

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom
Housemaid

38
26

Hastings
Levin

20 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Hastings

1693

1 February 1922

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	1 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dave Jack	Louie Fox
	💍 1922/1920
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Housemaid
Age	38	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Levin
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	1693
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

6 February 1922

Alexander Miller
Janet Flora Frost

Alexander Miller
Janet Flora Frost
💍 1922/1921

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Dressmaker

28
26

Hastings
Twyford, Hastings

10 years
26 years

Methodist Church, Hastings

1694

6 February 1922

Rev. Angus McBean, Methodist

No	13
Date of Notice	6 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Miller	Janet Flora Frost
	💍 1922/1921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Dressmaker
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Twyford, Hastings
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hastings
Folio	1694
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Angus McBean, Methodist

14 February 1922

Charles Henry Lilly
Isabella Jane Watts

Charles Henry Libby
Isabella Jane Watts
💍 1922/1923

Widower (14 July 1919)
Spinster

Fellmonger
Domestic duties

32
25

Hastings
Hastings

10 years
12 years

St. Matthew's Church, Hastings

1695

14 February 1922

Rev. O. Gibson, Anglican

No	14
Date of Notice	14 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Lilly	Isabella Jane Watts
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Henry Libby	Isabella Jane Watts
	💍 1922/1923
Condition	Widower (14 July 1919)	Spinster
Profession	Fellmonger	Domestic duties
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Hastings
Folio	1695
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Gibson, Anglican

15 February 1922

Ernest Nuttall
Henrietta Christiana Glazebrook

Ernest Nuttall
Henrietta Christiana Glazebrook
💍 1922/1924

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic duties

47
32

Hastings
Clive

3 days
32 years

St. Luke's Church, Havelock North

1696

15 February 1922

Rev. Canon K. G. Maclean, Anglican

No	15
Date of Notice	15 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Nuttall	Henrietta Christiana Glazebrook
	💍 1922/1924
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	47	32
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Clive
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Havelock North
Folio	1696
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon K. G. Maclean, 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).