Intentions to Marry, 1923 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840515, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1923 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.

1923d contains pages 1335-1744, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1335

District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 31 March 1923 Registrar E. Ross

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

18 January 1923

Marmadella Nicklos Jadey
Mary Hannah

Narmtella Nicklos Zadey
Mary Hannah
💍 1923/2979

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Draper's Assistant

40
25

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 weeks
8 years

Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke

2678

18 January 1923

Rev. Leo Daly, Roman Catholic

No	1
Date of Notice	18 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marmadella Nicklos Jadey	Mary Hannah
BDM Match (92%)	Narmtella Nicklos Zadey	Mary Hannah
	💍 1923/2979
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Draper's Assistant
Age	40	25
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 weeks	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke
Folio	2678
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leo Daly, Roman Catholic

19 January 1923

Thomas Henry Richard Bradley
Mary Johannah Feely

Thomas Henry Richard Bradley
Mary Johannah Feely
💍 1923/2911

Divorced (decree absolute 6th December 1920)
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic Duties

40
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

9 years
9 months

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

2633

22 January 1923

J. J. Buckell, Deputy Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	19 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Richard Bradley	Mary Johannah Feely
	💍 1923/2911
Condition	Divorced (decree absolute 6th December 1920)	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	40	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	9 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	2633
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1923
Officiating Minister	J. J. Buckell, Deputy Registrar

20 January 1923

Ernest Charles Christison
Eileen Mary Peck

Ernest Charles Christison
Eileen Mary Peck
💍 1923/2241

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

14 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

1826

20 January 1923

Rev. J. Thomson Macky, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	20 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Charles Christison	Eileen Mary Peck
	💍 1923/2241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	14 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	1826
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Thomson Macky, Presbyterian

30 January 1923

Percy Edwin Allardice
Laura Euphemia Ries

Percy Edwin Allardice
Laura Euphemia Ries
💍 1923/2252

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Household Duties

27
23

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

Life
Life

Lutheran Church, Dannevirke

1827

30 January 1923

Pastor H. W. Ries, Lutheran

No	4
Date of Notice	30 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Edwin Allardice	Laura Euphemia Ries
	💍 1923/2252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Household Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Dannevirke
Folio	1827
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Pastor H. W. Ries, Lutheran

5 February 1923

Horace George Wilson
Elsie May Steventon

Horace George Wilson
Elsie May Steventon
💍 1923/2259

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic Duties

34
35

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

1 year
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Matamau

1828

5 February 1923

Rev. E. E. Sage, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	5 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace George Wilson	Elsie May Steventon
	💍 1923/2259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Matamau
Folio	1828
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. E. Sage, Methodist

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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).