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 1319

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar R. B. 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

29 May 1922

Eric William Rutherford
Esther Phyllis Waters

Eric William Rutherford
Esther Phyllis Waters
💍 1922/2844

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

29
26

Pakowhai
Hastings

15 years
1 1/2 years

Presbyterian Church, Hastings

4082

29 May 1922

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	29 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric William Rutherford	Esther Phyllis Waters
	💍 1922/2844
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Pakowhai	Hastings
Length of Residence	15 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hastings
Folio	4082
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

1 June 1922

Arthur Jones
Ivy Wilton

Arthur Jones
Ivy Wilton
💍 1922/2845

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Domestic duties

30
22

Hastings
Hastings

4 months
1 month

Residence of Mrs. Burge, Fyrford, Hastings

4083

1 June 1922

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	44
Date of Notice	1 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jones	Ivy Wilton
	💍 1922/2845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Domestic duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Burge, Fyrford, Hastings
Folio	4083
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

7 June 1922

Frederick Kent Martin
Ivy Isabel Hemmingsen

Frederick Kent Martin
Ivy Isabel Hemmingsen
💍 1922/2846

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Tailoress

26
22

Fernhill
Hastings

4 years
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Hastings

4084

7 June 1922

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	45
Date of Notice	7 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Kent Martin	Ivy Isabel Hemmingsen
	💍 1922/2846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Tailoress
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Fernhill	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hastings
Folio	4084
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

9 June 1922

Edward John Doree
Elsie Louisa Single

Edward John Doree
Elsie Louisa Single
💍 1922/2823

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Waitress

29
26

Waipukurau
Hastings

29 years
5 years

Catholic Church, Hastings

4085

9 June 1922

Father McDonald, Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	9 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Doree	Elsie Louisa Single
	💍 1922/2823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Waitress
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Waipukurau	Hastings
Length of Residence	29 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Hastings
Folio	4085
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Father McDonald, Roman Catholic

13 June 1922

Bruce Corkindale
Olive Mary Hallett

Bruce McCorkindale
Olive Mary Hallett
💍 1922/2824

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Law Clerk

30
32

Hastings
Havelock North

25 years
20 years

St. Lukes Church, Havelock North

4086

13 June 1922

Rev. Canon Maclean, Anglican

No	47
Date of Notice	13 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Corkindale	Olive Mary Hallett
BDM Match (94%)	Bruce McCorkindale	Olive Mary Hallett
	💍 1922/2824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Law Clerk
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Havelock North
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church, Havelock North
Folio	4086
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon 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).