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 1723

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 June 1924 Registrar C. F. Wood

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

24 April 1924

William Hubert Jacob
Maud Agnes Warburton

William Hubert Jacob
Maud Agnes Warburton
💍 1924/3426

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
28

Kiwitea
Palmerston North

Life
Life

All Saints Church, Palmerston North

4687

24 April 1924

Rev. G. W. Dent, Anglican

No	56
Date of Notice	24 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hubert Jacob	Maud Agnes Warburton
	💍 1924/3426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Kiwitea	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Palmerston North
Folio	4687
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Dent, Anglican

24 April 1924

Alfred Tomlinson
Adeline Marie Herdsman

Alfred Tomlinson
Adeline Marie Herdsman
💍 1924/3427

Widower (21 October 1922)
Spinster

Farmer

59
46

Levin
Palmerston North

23 years
14 days

Baptist Church, Palmerston North

4688

24 April 1924

Rev. B. W. Duncumb, Baptist

No	57
Date of Notice	24 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Tomlinson	Adeline Marie Herdsman
	💍 1924/3427
Condition	Widower (21 October 1922)	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	59	46
Dwelling Place	Levin	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	23 years	14 days
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Palmerston North
Folio	4688
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Duncumb, Baptist

26 April 1924

Kenneth Scott Glendinning
Eunice Loeta Bowden

Kenneth Scott Glendinning
Eunice Loeta Bowden
💍 1924/3428

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

22
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

18 years
12 years

St. David's Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North

4689

26 April 1924

Rev. J. H. Bredin, Presbyterian

No	58
Date of Notice	26 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Scott Glendinning	Eunice Loeta Bowden
	💍 1924/3428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	18 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Folio	4689
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Bredin, Presbyterian

26 April 1924

Victor Albert Henry Barlow
Leila May Pinnell

Victor Albert Henry Barlow
Leila May Pinnell
💍 1924/3429

Bachelor
Divorced (decree absolute 4 March 1924)

Mill-hand

25
27

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

14 days
14 days

Cuba Street Methodist Church, Palmerston North

4690

26 April 1924

Rev. H. J. Peat, Methodist

No	59
Date of Notice	26 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Albert Henry Barlow	Leila May Pinnell
	💍 1924/3429
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (decree absolute 4 March 1924)
Profession	Mill-hand
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Cuba Street Methodist Church, Palmerston North
Folio	4690
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Peat, Methodist

28 April 1924

Richard Thomas Morris
Ellen Miriam Hillier

Richard Thomas Morris
Ellen Miriam Hillier
💍 1924/3430

Widower (4 January 1924)
Spinster

Farmer

55
50

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

Cuba Street Methodist Church, Palmerston North

4691

28 April 1924

Rev. H. J. Peat, Methodist

No	60
Date of Notice	28 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Thomas Morris	Ellen Miriam Hillier
	💍 1924/3430
Condition	Widower (4 January 1924)	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	55	50
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Cuba Street Methodist Church, Palmerston North
Folio	4691
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Peat, 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).