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 336

District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 31 March 1924 Registrar [illegible]

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

5 February 1924

Ivan Louis Kight
Elanora Armstrong

Ivan Louis Kight
Elenora Armstrong
💍 1924/9016

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Domestic Duties

28
27

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 years
20 years

Church of England, Dannevirke

1722

5 February 1924

Rev. G. B. Stephenson, Anglican

No	6
Date of Notice	5 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Louis Kight	Elanora Armstrong
BDM Match (97%)	Ivan Louis Kight	Elenora Armstrong
	💍 1924/9016
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Domestic Duties
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Dannevirke
Folio	1722
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Stephenson, Anglican

14 February 1924

Fergus Robert George Sources
Elizabeth Gladys Faull

Fergus Robert George Souness
Elizabeth Gladys Faull
💍 1924/9017

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic Duties

22
28

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

1 1/2 years
2 1/2 years

Church of England, Dannevirke

1723

14 February 1924

Rev. G. B. Stephenson, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	14 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fergus Robert George Sources	Elizabeth Gladys Faull
BDM Match (95%)	Fergus Robert George Souness	Elizabeth Gladys Faull
	💍 1924/9017
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic Duties
Age	22	28
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Dannevirke
Folio	1723
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Stephenson, Anglican

16 February 1924

Alexander Selfer
Jessie Janet Wilson

Alexander Telfer
Jessie Janet Wilson
💍 1924/9018

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman
Domestic Duties

36
32

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
32 years

Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

1724

16 February 1924

Rev. Grant, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	16 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Selfer	Jessie Janet Wilson
BDM Match (97%)	Alexander Telfer	Jessie Janet Wilson
	💍 1924/9018
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman	Domestic Duties
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	1724
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Grant, Presbyterian

18 February 1924

Sydney John Jones
Laura Blanche Louisa Hodges

Sydney John Jones
Laura Blanche Louisa Hodges
💍 1924/9019

Widower (10.2.17)
Spinster

Farmhand
Shop Assistant

30
27

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
7 weeks

Methodist Church, Dannevirke

1725

18 February 1924

Rev. E. E. Sage, Methodist

No	9
Date of Notice	18 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney John Jones	Laura Blanche Louisa Hodges
	💍 1924/9019
Condition	Widower (10.2.17)	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Shop Assistant
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	7 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Dannevirke
Folio	1725
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. E. Sage, Methodist

1 March 1924

Philip Wesley Andersen
Kathleen Annie Murphy

Philip Wesley Andersen
Kathleen Annie Murphy
💍 1924/645

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

22
18

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 years
7 years

Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke

1726

Matilda Murphy, mother, Dannevirke

1 March 1924

Rev. Father L. J. Daly, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	1 March 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Wesley Andersen	Kathleen Annie Murphy
	💍 1924/645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke
Folio	1726
Consent	Matilda Murphy, mother, Dannevirke
Date of Certificate	1 March 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father L. J. Daly, 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).