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 1371

District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 December 1923 Registrar Robert Braithwaite

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

14 October 1923

Henry Critchley Price
Helen Sullivan

Henry Critchley Price
Helen Sullivan
💍 1923/7067

Widower
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

25
18

Greenhill, Hastings
Hastings

5 years
18 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hastings

9212

Michael Sullivan, Father

14 October 1923

Rev. N. Moloney, Roman Catholic

No	83
Date of Notice	14 October 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Critchley Price	Helen Sullivan
	💍 1923/7067
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Greenhill, Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hastings
Folio	9212
Consent	Michael Sullivan, Father
Date of Certificate	14 October 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. Moloney, Roman Catholic

19 October 1923

Ralph Arden Yule
Isabel Henrietta Burr

Ralph Arden Yule
Isabel Henrietta Burr
💍 1923/7068

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
24

Hastings
Hastings

4 years
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Hastings

9213

19 October 1923

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	84
Date of Notice	19 October 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Arden Yule	Isabel Henrietta Burr
	💍 1923/7068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hastings
Folio	9213
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

19 October 1923

Ernest George Frederick Nogtherr
Doris Ridgway Corbin

Ernest George Frederick Vogtherr
Doris Ridgway Corbin
💍 1923/7069

Bachelor
Spinster

Bacon Curer
Clerk

25
27

Hastings
Hastings

9 years
15 years

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

9214

19 October 1923

Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

No	85
Date of Notice	19 October 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Frederick Nogtherr	Doris Ridgway Corbin
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest George Frederick Vogtherr	Doris Ridgway Corbin
	💍 1923/7069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bacon Curer	Clerk
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	9 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	9214
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

25 October 1923

Harry William Phillips
Ivy Victoria Abbott

Harry William Phillips
Ivy Victoria Abbott
💍 1923/7070

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

29
24

Hastings
Hastings

3 years
21 years

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

9215

25 October 1923

Rev. C. D. Draper, Anglican

No	86
Date of Notice	25 October 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry William Phillips	Ivy Victoria Abbott
	💍 1923/7070
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	9215
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. D. Draper, Anglican

23 October 1923

John Ogg
Isabella McCulloch

John Ogg
Isabella McCulloch
💍 1923/7676

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
25

Havelock North
Havelock North

12 weeks
3 weeks

St. Columbas Presbyterian Church, Havelock North

10054

23 October 1923

Rev. R. Waugh, Presbyterian

No	87
Date of Notice	23 October 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ogg	Isabella McCulloch
	💍 1923/7676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Havelock North
Length of Residence	12 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Columbas Presbyterian Church, Havelock North
Folio	10054
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Waugh, Presbyterian

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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).