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 1733

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 September 1924 Registrar G. 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

104

5 July 1924

Walter Raymond Scott
Mona Gladys Pullen

Walter Raymond Scott
Mona Gladys Pullen
💍 1924/5389

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
19

Ashantére
Palmerston North

24 years
10 years

Residence of Mr R.R. Scott

7169

Emma Campbell formerly Pullen, mother

5 July 1924

Rev. D. J. Peat, Methodist

No	104
Date of Notice	5 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Raymond Scott	Mona Gladys Pullen
	💍 1924/5389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Ashantére	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr R.R. Scott
Folio	7169
Consent	Emma Campbell formerly Pullen, mother
Date of Certificate	5 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Peat, Methodist

105

7 July 1924

Ernest James Boyce
Kathleen Maud Petheram

Ernest James Boyce
Kathleen Maud Petheram
💍 1924/5390

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Glen-Orona
Palmerston North

2 years
1 week

All Saints Church

7170

7 July 1924

Rev. G. W. Dent, Anglican

No	105
Date of Notice	7 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Boyce	Kathleen Maud Petheram
	💍 1924/5390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Glen-Orona	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 years	1 week
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	7170
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Dent, Anglican

106

7 July 1924

Albert Henry Goodman
Winifred Montgomerie

Albert Henry Goodman
Winifred Montgomerie
💍 1924/5391

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Kauwhata
Kauwhata

5 years
11 years

Residence of Mrs A. Montgomerie

7171

7 July 1924

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	106
Date of Notice	7 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Goodman	Winifred Montgomerie
	💍 1924/5391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Kauwhata	Kauwhata
Length of Residence	5 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs A. Montgomerie
Folio	7171
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

107

8 July 1924

William Goldfrap Hendry McKay
Alice Ada Alberta Friers

William Godfrap Shepherd Hendry McKay
Alice Ada Alberta Friers
💍 1924/5392

Bachelor
Divorced, Decree absolute 24 June 1924

Station manager

34
41

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 days
4 days

Residence of Mr G. Bee, 333 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North

7172

8 July 1924

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	107
Date of Notice	8 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Goldfrap Hendry McKay	Alice Ada Alberta Friers
BDM Match (87%)	William Godfrap Shepherd Hendry McKay	Alice Ada Alberta Friers
	💍 1924/5392
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced, Decree absolute 24 June 1924
Profession	Station manager
Age	34	41
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr G. Bee, 333 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Folio	7172
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

108

9 July 1924

Frank George Bangay
Lilla Ellen Irwin Smith

Frank George Bangay
Lilla Ellen Irvin Smith
💍 1924/5393

Bachelor
Divorced, Decree absolute 18 August 1923

Upholsterer

39
35

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 day
3 months

St. Andrews Church

7173

9 July 1924

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	108
Date of Notice	9 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank George Bangay	Lilla Ellen Irwin Smith
BDM Match (98%)	Frank George Bangay	Lilla Ellen Irvin Smith
	💍 1924/5393
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced, Decree absolute 18 August 1923
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	39	35
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 day	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church
Folio	7173
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, 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).