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 1570

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1923 Registrar J. V. Vercams

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

21 February 1923

George Herbert Moor
Alice Price

George Herbert Moon
Alice Price
💍 1923/938

Widower
Spinster

Agent

69
33

Feilding
Feilding

5 months
15 months

Residence of Miss S. Hunt, Camden St, Feilding

1939

21 February 1923

Rev. P. J. Jones, Methodist

No	6
Date of Notice	21 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Moor	Alice Price
BDM Match (97%)	George Herbert Moon	Alice Price
	💍 1923/938
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	69	33
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Miss S. Hunt, Camden St, Feilding
Folio	1939
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Jones, Methodist

24 February 1923

James Charles Williamson
Thelma Priscilla Sylvia Amon

James Charles Williamson
Thelma Priscilla Sylvia Amon
💍 1923/939

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
24

Feilding
Feilding

10 years
14 years

St Pauls Church, Cheltenham

1940

24 February 1923

Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	24 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Charles Williamson	Thelma Priscilla Sylvia Amon
	💍 1923/939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	10 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Church, Cheltenham
Folio	1940
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

27 February 1923

William Edward Jameson
Ivy George De Mancer

William Edward Jameson
Ivy George De Mancer
💍 1923/940

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
20

Feilding
Feilding

18 months
5 months

Registrars Office, Feilding

1941

George De Mancer, Father

27 February 1923

J. J. Williams, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	27 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Jameson	Ivy George De Mancer
	💍 1923/940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	18 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Feilding
Folio	1941
Consent	George De Mancer, Father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1923
Officiating Minister	J. J. Williams, Registrar

1 March 1923

Hector Charles Jefferies
Grace Emma Guard

Hector Charles Jefferies
Grace Emma Guard
💍 1923/941

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

19
17

Taonui
Taonui

18 years
2 years

Residence of Mrs Ada Guard, Denbigh St, Feilding

1942

Henry Charles Jefferies (Father of groom), George John Guard (Father of bride)

1 March 1923

Rev. G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

No	9
Date of Notice	1 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Charles Jefferies	Grace Emma Guard
	💍 1923/941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Taonui	Taonui
Length of Residence	18 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Ada Guard, Denbigh St, Feilding
Folio	1942
Consent	Henry Charles Jefferies (Father of groom), George John Guard (Father of bride)
Date of Certificate	1 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

5 March 1923

Martin Desmond
Myrtle Isabel Smith

Martin Desmond
Myrtle Isabel Smith
💍 1923/942

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
29

Feilding
Feilding

20 years
29 years

St Johns Church, Feilding

1943

5 March 1923

Rev. F. H. Petrie, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	5 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Desmond	Myrtle Isabel Smith
	💍 1923/942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	20 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church, Feilding
Folio	1943
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Petrie, Anglican

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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).