Intentions to Marry, 1924 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840523, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1924 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.

1924d contains pages 1335-1758, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1585

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 June 1924 Registrar W. J. Minogue

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

7 April 1924

Percy Burrell
Ruby Christina Burne

Percy Burrell
Ruby Christina Burne
💍 1924/3346

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
25

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
12 years

Methodist Church, Feilding

4583

7 April 1924

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	12
Date of Notice	7 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Burrell	Ruby Christina Burne
	💍 1924/3346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Feilding
Folio	4583
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

14 April 1924

Claude Ivanhoe McFarlane
Lilian Margaret Draper

Claude Ivanhoe McFarlane
Lilian Margaret Draper
💍 1924/3347

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
20

Cheltenham
Cheltenham

32 years
4 years

Dwelling of J. Draper, Cheltenham

4584

Margaret Lysaght Draper, mother

14 April 1924

Rev. J. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	13
Date of Notice	14 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Ivanhoe McFarlane	Lilian Margaret Draper
	💍 1924/3347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	32 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of J. Draper, Cheltenham
Folio	4584
Consent	Margaret Lysaght Draper, mother
Date of Certificate	14 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

16 April 1924

Charles Brooks Harris
Amy Hughes

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Shop assistant

25
25

Feilding
Feilding

5 years
5 years

Salvation Army Citadel, Feilding

16 April 1924

Ensign M. Carroll, Salvationist

No	14
Date of Notice	16 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Brooks Harris	Amy Hughes
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Shop assistant
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Citadel, Feilding
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Ensign M. Carroll, Salvationist

17 April 1924

Joseph Crosby Slater
Gladys Ileen Palmer

Joseph Crosby Slater
Gladys Helen Palmer
💍 1924/3324

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheephand
Domestic

21
22

Owhango
Wartuna West

14 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

4585

17 April 1924

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	17 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Crosby Slater	Gladys Ileen Palmer
BDM Match (92%)	Joseph Crosby Slater	Gladys Helen Palmer
	💍 1924/3324
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheephand	Domestic
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Owhango	Wartuna West
Length of Residence		14 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	4585
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

28 April 1924

Arthur Maurice James
Elsie Bunning Hastick

Arthur Maurice James
Elsie Binning Hostick
💍 1924/3325

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

41
32

Feilding
Feilding

14 days
32 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

4586

28 April 1924

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	28 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Maurice James	Elsie Bunning Hastick
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Maurice James	Elsie Binning Hostick
	💍 1924/3325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	41	32
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	14 days	32 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	4586
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, 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).