Intentions to Marry, 1922 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840508, 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.

1922e contains pages 1691-2058, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

Page 1785

District of Wanganui Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar E. A. Hylton

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

154

3 October 1922

Henry Sherman
Josephine Othelia Robinson

Henry Sherman
Josephine Othelia Robinson
💍 1922/8732

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Home duties

23
23

Wanganui
Castlecliff

23 years
23 years

Church of England, Castlecliff

9000

3 October 1922

H. A. Favell, Church of England

No	154
Date of Notice	3 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sherman	Josephine Othelia Robinson
	💍 1922/8732
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Home duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Castlecliff
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Castlecliff
Folio	9000
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1922
Officiating Minister	H. A. Favell, Church of England

155

5 October 1922

John Charles Evans
Esther Jane Holder

John Charles Evans
Esther Jane Holder
💍 1922/6799

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Household duties

56
50

Wanganui
Wanganui

1 week
12 years

Registrar's Office, Wanganui

9001

5 October 1922

E. A. Hylton, Registrar

No	155
Date of Notice	5 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Evans	Esther Jane Holder
	💍 1922/6799
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	56	50
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	1 week	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wanganui
Folio	9001
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1922
Officiating Minister	E. A. Hylton, Registrar

156

5 October 1922

Gordon Henry Partridge
Dorothy Florence McCallum

Gordon Henry Partridge
Dorothy Florence McCallum
💍 1923/1153

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Laundress

26
25

Wanganui
Wanganui

1 week
12 years

Church of Christ, Wanganui

5 October 1922

G. G. Noble, Church of Christ

No	156
Date of Notice	5 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Henry Partridge	Dorothy Florence McCallum
	💍 1923/1153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Laundress
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	1 week	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Wanganui
Folio	86
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1922
Officiating Minister	G. G. Noble, Church of Christ

157

6 October 1922

Stanley Roy Rolander
Mary Dean

Stanley Roy Rolander
Mary Dean
💍 1922/6810

Widower
Spinster

Greaser
Home duties

31
32

Wanganui
Wanganui East

3 years
14 years

Mrs. Burt's Residence, Fromont St, Wanganui East

9002

6 October 1922

C. Strand, Methodist

No	157
Date of Notice	6 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Roy Rolander	Mary Dean
	💍 1922/6810
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Greaser	Home duties
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui East
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Burt's Residence, Fromont St, Wanganui East
Folio	9002
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1922
Officiating Minister	C. Strand, Methodist

158

10 October 1922

Roy Clifford Burt
Daisy McCormack

Roy Clifford Burt
Daisy McCormack
💍 1922/6817

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

18
19

Gonville
Gonville

11 months
19 years

Registrar's Office, Wanganui

9003

Robert Thomas Burt, Father; Maud Henrietta McCormack, Mother

11 October 1922

E. A. Hylton, Registrar

No	158
Date of Notice	10 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Clifford Burt	Daisy McCormack
	💍 1922/6817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	18	19
Dwelling Place	Gonville	Gonville
Length of Residence	11 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wanganui
Folio	9003
Consent	Robert Thomas Burt, Father; Maud Henrietta McCormack, Mother
Date of Certificate	11 October 1922
Officiating Minister	E. A. Hylton, Registrar

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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).