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 1643

District of Pahiatua Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar D. D. Monthe

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 July 1922

Sidney Hubbard
Gladys Josephine Christiansen

Sidney Hubbard
Gladys Josephine Christiansen
💍 1922/6773

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Department
Housemaid

21
22

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

2 days
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Pahiatua

6511

3 July 1922

Rev. R. Welsh, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	3 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Hubbard	Gladys Josephine Christiansen
	💍 1922/6773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Department	Housemaid
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	2 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pahiatua
Folio	6511
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Welsh, Presbyterian

31 July 1922

Robert Alfred Williams
Eva Rozina Kotlowski

Robert Alfred Williams
Eva Rosina Kotlowski
💍 1922/6751

Widower (12 January 1918)
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

57
47

Mangatainoka
Pahiatua

25 years
3 years

Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua

6512

31 July 1922

Rev. E. Sweeney, Roman Catholic

No	18
Date of Notice	31 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alfred Williams	Eva Rozina Kotlowski
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Alfred Williams	Eva Rosina Kotlowski
	💍 1922/6751
Condition	Widower (12 January 1918)	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	57	47
Dwelling Place	Mangatainoka	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	25 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua
Folio	6512
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Sweeney, Roman Catholic

31 July 1922

Sydney Tucker
Jessie Alma Hancock

Sydney Tucker
Jessie Alma Hancock
💍 1922/6752

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic

21
22

Woodville
Mangatainoka

2 years
6 years

Church of England, Mangatainoka

6513

31 July 1922

Rev. F. E. Fleury, Church of England

No	19
Date of Notice	31 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Tucker	Jessie Alma Hancock
	💍 1922/6752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Woodville	Mangatainoka
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mangatainoka
Folio	6513
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. E. Fleury, Church of England

1 August 1922

John Patrick Moynahan
Eva Elizabeth Alexander

John Patrick Moynahan
Eva Elizabeth Alexander
💍 1922/6753

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

23
24

Kohinui
Pahiatua

23 years
2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua

6514

1 August 1922

Rev. E. Sweeney, Roman Catholic

No	20
Date of Notice	1 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Patrick Moynahan	Eva Elizabeth Alexander
	💍 1922/6753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Kohinui	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	23 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua
Folio	6514
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Sweeney, Roman Catholic

22 August 1922

Bertrand Kenneth Yewen
Ida Elizabeth Murrell

Bertrand Kenneth Yewen
Ida Elizabeth Murrell
💍 1922/6754

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi Driver
Domestic

20
17

Pahiatua
Pleckville

20 years
9 years

Church of England, Pahiatua

6515

Walter Edward Yewen, Father; Robert Murrell, Father

22 August 1922

Rev. H. G. Monaghan, Church of England

No	21
Date of Notice	22 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertrand Kenneth Yewen	Ida Elizabeth Murrell
	💍 1922/6754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi Driver	Domestic
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pleckville
Length of Residence	20 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Pahiatua
Folio	6515
Consent	Walter Edward Yewen, Father; Robert Murrell, Father
Date of Certificate	22 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Monaghan, 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).