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 1675

District of Masterton Quarter ending 31 December 1924 Registrar A. G. Smith

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

8 October 1924

Leonard Thomas Daniell
Constance Mary Free

Leonard Thomas Daniell
Constance Mary Free
💍 1924/7313

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

36
29

Wairere Masterton
Masterton

St. Matthew's Church, Masterton

9658

8 October 1924

Rev. Wm. Bullock, Church of England

No	76
Date of Notice	8 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Thomas Daniell	Constance Mary Free
	💍 1924/7313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Wairere Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Masterton
Folio	9658
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Bullock, Church of England

13 October 1924

Walter Tilson
Lily Thelma Cameron

Walter Tilson
Lily Thelma Cameron
💍 1924/7314

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
28

Martinborough
Masterton

Presbyterian Church, Lansdowne, Masterton

9659

13 October 1924

Rev. Geo. King, Presbyterian

No	77
Date of Notice	13 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Tilson	Lily Thelma Cameron
	💍 1924/7314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Martinborough	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Lansdowne, Masterton
Folio	9659
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. King, Presbyterian

20 October 1924

Campbell Sutherland
Jane Euphemia Wilton

Campbell Sutherland
Jane Euphemia Wilton
💍 1924/7291

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

20
20

Masterton
Mauriceville East

Presbyterian Manse, Worksop Road, Masterton

9660

Walter Horne Campbell Sutherland (Father), Robert Frank Wilton (Father)

20 October 1924

Rev. John Davie, Presbyterian

No	78
Date of Notice	20 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Campbell Sutherland	Jane Euphemia Wilton
	💍 1924/7291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Mauriceville East
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Worksop Road, Masterton
Folio	9660
Consent	Walter Horne Campbell Sutherland (Father), Robert Frank Wilton (Father)
Date of Certificate	20 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Davie, Presbyterian

25 November 1924

Raymond Walter Hibbard
Irene Muriel Meta Baker Blemas

Raymond Walter Hibbard
Irene Muriel Meta Baker Clemas
💍 1924/7292

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand
Domestic Duties

23
21

Kopuaranga Masterton
Masterton

Residence of Bride, 14 Cole Street, Masterton

9661

25 November 1924

Rev. J. H. Datson, Congregational

No	79
Date of Notice	25 November 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Walter Hibbard	Irene Muriel Meta Baker Blemas
BDM Match (98%)	Raymond Walter Hibbard	Irene Muriel Meta Baker Clemas
	💍 1924/7292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Domestic Duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Kopuaranga Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride, 14 Cole Street, Masterton
Folio	9661
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Datson, Congregational

2 December 1924

Leslie Faithful Henry
Olive Cecilia Griffiths Hawke

Leslie Faithful Henry
Olive Cecilia Griffiths Hawke
💍 1924/7293

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil servant
Domestic Duties

20
22

Masterton
Masterton

St. Matthew's Church, Masterton

9662

James Henry (Father)

2 December 1924

Rev. Wm. Bullock, Church of England

No	80
Date of Notice	2 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Faithful Henry	Olive Cecilia Griffiths Hawke
	💍 1924/7293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil servant	Domestic Duties
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Masterton
Folio	9662
Consent	James Henry (Father)
Date of Certificate	2 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Bullock, Church of England

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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).