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 1415

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar J. D. P. Blackie

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

9 January 1922

Reginald Francis Barne
Betsy Angus

Reginald Francis Carne
Betsy Angus
💍 1922/3126

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Dental Mechanic

27
28

Waipawa
Waipawa

25 years
28 years

Presbyterian Church, Waipawa

1737

9 January 1922

Rev. F. W. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	9 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Francis Barne	Betsy Angus
BDM Match (98%)	Reginald Francis Carne	Betsy Angus
	💍 1922/3126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Dental Mechanic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	25 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waipawa
Folio	1737
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson, Presbyterian

10 January 1922

James Crosbie Muir
Mercia Ilis Jorgensen

James Crosbie Muir
Marcia Ilis Jorgensen
💍 1922/3127

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

28
21

Waipawa
Waipawa

6 weeks
9 months

Church of England, Waipawa

1738

10 January 1922

Rev. M. W. Butterfield, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	10 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Crosbie Muir	Mercia Ilis Jorgensen
BDM Match (98%)	James Crosbie Muir	Marcia Ilis Jorgensen
	💍 1922/3127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	6 weeks	9 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waipawa
Folio	1738
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. W. Butterfield, Church of England

11 January 1922

Hugh O'Kane
Susanna Liddane

Hugh OKane
Susanna Liddane
💍 1922/3128

Widower (4-1-17)
Spinster

Motor-Lorry Driver
Domestic

42
30

Waipawa
Waipawa

5 months
1 month

St Patrick's Church, Waipawa

1739

11 January 1922

Rev. P. J. Minogue, Roman Catholic

No	3
Date of Notice	11 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh O'Kane	Susanna Liddane
BDM Match (95%)	Hugh OKane	Susanna Liddane
	💍 1922/3128
Condition	Widower (4-1-17)	Spinster
Profession	Motor-Lorry Driver	Domestic
Age	42	30
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	5 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Waipawa
Folio	1739
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Minogue, Roman Catholic

16 January 1922

Sidney Gorton Parlane
Ethel Rose

Sidney Gorton Parlane
Ethel Rose
💍 1922/3129

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolteacher
Domestic Duties

27
29

Waipawa
Waipawa

1 week
7 weeks

Residence of Mr. Rose, View Hill, Waipawa

1740

16 January 1922

Rev. F. W. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	16 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Gorton Parlane	Ethel Rose
	💍 1922/3129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolteacher	Domestic Duties
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	1 week	7 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Rose, View Hill, Waipawa
Folio	1740
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson, Presbyterian

21 January 1922

Alfred Rayner
Pretoria Mafeking Roberts

Alfred Rayner
Pretoria Mafeking Roberts
💍 1922/3130

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph linesman
Domestic

27
21

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 days
16 years

Church of England, Waipawa

1741

21 January 1922

Rev. M. W. Butterfield, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	21 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Rayner	Pretoria Mafeking Roberts
	💍 1922/3130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph linesman	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 days	16 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waipawa
Folio	1741
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. W. Butterfield, Church of England

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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).