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 1631

District of Otaki Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar S. P. Eddy

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

3 April 1922

James Crawford
Grace Rachel Taylor

James Crawford
Grace Rachel Taylor
💍 1922/4658

Bachelor
Spinster

Evangelist
Domestic Duties

31
25

Wellington
Otaki

1 day
25 years

Residence of Mr. G. W. Taylor, Jubilee Road, Otaki

4227

3 April 1922

Rev. Henry Patrick Lung

No	6
Date of Notice	3 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Crawford	Grace Rachel Taylor
	💍 1922/4658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Evangelist	Domestic Duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Otaki
Length of Residence	1 day	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. W. Taylor, Jubilee Road, Otaki
Folio	4227
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Patrick Lung

6 April 1922

Gordon Alfred Sweetman
Jean Graham MacLean

Gordon Alfred Sweetman
Jean Grahame Maclean
💍 1922/4665

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Household Duties

26
22

Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu

7 years
21 years

Church of England, Paraparaumu

4228

6 April 1922

Rev. G. V. Kendrick, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	6 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Alfred Sweetman	Jean Graham MacLean
BDM Match (95%)	Gordon Alfred Sweetman	Jean Grahame Maclean
	💍 1922/4665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Household Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Paraparaumu	Paraparaumu
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Paraparaumu
Folio	4228
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. V. Kendrick, Church of England

3 May 1922

Edwin Hugh Moffatt
Rita Maud Welby

Edwin Hugh Moffatt
Rita Maud Webby
💍 1922/4666

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
19

Otaki
Otaki

6 years
19 years

Registrar's Office, Otaki

4229

Edward George Welby, father

3 May 1922

S. P. Eddy, Registrar, Otaki

No	8
Date of Notice	3 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Hugh Moffatt	Rita Maud Welby
BDM Match (97%)	Edwin Hugh Moffatt	Rita Maud Webby
	💍 1922/4666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Otaki	Otaki
Length of Residence	6 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Otaki
Folio	4229
Consent	Edward George Welby, father
Date of Certificate	3 May 1922
Officiating Minister	S. P. Eddy, Registrar, Otaki

17 May 1922

Alexander Law Milne
Mary Fredrica Marshall

Alexander Law Milne
Mary Frederica Marshall
💍 1922/4667

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
28

Te Horo
Marton

2 years
28 years

St. Johns Church of England, Tutu Totara

4230

17 May 1922

Rev. Kitcat, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	17 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Law Milne	Mary Fredrica Marshall
BDM Match (98%)	Alexander Law Milne	Mary Frederica Marshall
	💍 1922/4667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Te Horo	Marton
Length of Residence	2 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Johns Church of England, Tutu Totara
Folio	4230
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Kitcat, Church of England

1 June 1922

Arthur Bryant
Agnes Ruth Hughes

Arthur Bryant
Agnes Ruth Hughes
💍 1922/4668

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
25

Manakau
Manakau

2 years
1 year

Church of England, Manakau

4231

10 June 1922

Rev. J. F. Petrie, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	1 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Bryant	Agnes Ruth Hughes
	💍 1922/4668
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Manakau	Manakau
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Manakau
Folio	4231
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Petrie, 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).