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 1586

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

13 May 1924

John Ralph Nairn
Rosetta Jane Belk

John Ralph Nairn
Rosetta Jane Belk
💍 1924/3326

Widower
Spinster

School teacher
Domestic duties

47
34

Feilding
Feilding

5 days
34 years

Baptist Church, Feilding

4587

13 May 1924

Rev. C. D. Gardiner, Baptist

No	17
Date of Notice	13 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ralph Nairn	Rosetta Jane Belk
	💍 1924/3326
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	Domestic duties
Age	47	34
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 days	34 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Feilding
Folio	4587
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. D. Gardiner, Baptist

17 May 1924

Leonard David Barnes
Margaret Eleanor Henshaw

Leonard David Barnes
Margaret Eleanor Henshaw
💍 1924/3327

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

25
22

Masterton
Feilding

5 days

Anglican Church, Feilding

4588

17 May 1924

Rev. H. Petrie, Anglican

No	18
Date of Notice	17 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard David Barnes	Margaret Eleanor Henshaw
	💍 1924/3327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Feilding
Length of Residence		5 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Feilding
Folio	4588
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Petrie, Anglican

2 June 1924

George John Guard
Veronica Mary Schierke

George John Guard
Veronica Mary Lehrke
💍 1924/3328

Divorced Decree absolute 31-5-24
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

42
29

Aorangi
Aorangi

4 years
17 months

Registrar's Office, Feilding

4589

2 June 1924

W. J. Minogue, Deputy Registrar

No	19
Date of Notice	2 June 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George John Guard	Veronica Mary Schierke
BDM Match (91%)	George John Guard	Veronica Mary Lehrke
	💍 1924/3328
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 31-5-24	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	42	29
Dwelling Place	Aorangi	Aorangi
Length of Residence	4 years	17 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Feilding
Folio	4589
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1924
Officiating Minister	W. J. Minogue, Deputy Registrar

10 June 1924

Clarence Lyndon Boyce
Eileen Laura Cockburn

Clarence Lyndon Boyce
Eileen Laura Cockburn
💍 1924/3329

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

28
21

Feilding
Feilding

12 months

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

4590

10 June 1924

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	20
Date of Notice	10 June 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Lyndon Boyce	Eileen Laura Cockburn
	💍 1924/3329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence		12 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	4590
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

16 June 1924

Raymond Webby
Ruby Adelaide Viney

Raymond Webby
Ruby Adelaide Viney
💍 1924/3330

Bachelor
Widow (26 May 1920)

Contractor
Domestic Duties

39
33

Feilding
Kimbolton

7 days

Roman Catholic Presbytery, Feilding

4591

16 June 1924

Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	21
Date of Notice	16 June 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Webby	Ruby Adelaide Viney
	💍 1924/3330
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (26 May 1920)
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	39	33
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Kimbolton
Length of Residence	7 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Presbytery, Feilding
Folio	4591
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

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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).