Intentions to Marry, 1925 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840531, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1925 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.

1925d contains pages 1357-1784, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1361

District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 30 June 1925 Registrar H. J. [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

6 April 1925

Archie Hans Anderson
Doris Eileen Bowern

Archie Hans Andersen
Doris Eileen Bowern
💍 1925/4589

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

23
18

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

5 years
15 months

Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

4394

Gordon Stanley Bowern, Father

6 April 1925

Rev. J. T. Macky, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	6 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archie Hans Anderson	Doris Eileen Bowern
BDM Match (98%)	Archie Hans Andersen	Doris Eileen Bowern
	💍 1925/4589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	5 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	4394
Consent	Gordon Stanley Bowern, Father
Date of Certificate	6 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Macky, Presbyterian

10 April 1925

Kenneth William Low
Dorothy Eunice Millar

Kenneth William Low
Dorothy Eunice Millar
💍 1925/4591

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Dental Mechanic

25
30

Te Kuiti
Dannevirke

4 years
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

4395

10 April 1925

Rev. J. T. Macky, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	10 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth William Low	Dorothy Eunice Millar
	💍 1925/4591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Dental Mechanic
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Te Kuiti	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	4 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	4395
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Macky, Presbyterian

20 April 1925

Henry Stanley Moreton
Eva Bloor

Henry Stanley Moreton
Eva Bloor
💍 1925/4592

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Press Machinist
Domestic Duties

31
20

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 years
10 years

Catholic Presbytery, Dannevirke

4396

Mary Louisa Bloor, Mother

20 April 1925

Rev. J. Guinan, Roman Catholic

No	18
Date of Notice	20 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Stanley Moreton	Eva Bloor
	💍 1925/4592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Press Machinist	Domestic Duties
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Presbytery, Dannevirke
Folio	4396
Consent	Mary Louisa Bloor, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Guinan, Roman Catholic

23 April 1925

Albert Walter Ericksen
Eliza Bella Johnstone

Albert Walter Ericksen
Eliza Bella Johnstone
💍 1925/4604

Bachelor
Spinster

Herd Testing
Domestic Duties

25
25

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 years
5 years

Residence of Bride's father, Raumati

23 April 1925

Rev. J. T. Macky, Presbyterian

No	19
Date of Notice	23 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Walter Ericksen	Eliza Bella Johnstone
	💍 1925/4604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Herd Testing	Domestic Duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's father, Raumati
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Macky, Presbyterian

24 April 1925

John Michael Carroll
Dorothy Clara Bollens Grey

John Michael Carroll
Dorothy Clara Collins Grey
💍 1925/4593

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Typist

29
29

Hastings
Dannevirke

29 years
21 years

Catholic Church, Dannevirke

4397

24 April 1925

Rev. J. Guinan, Roman Catholic

No	20
Date of Notice	24 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Michael Carroll	Dorothy Clara Bollens Grey
BDM Match (96%)	John Michael Carroll	Dorothy Clara Collins Grey
	💍 1925/4593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Typist
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	29 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Dannevirke
Folio	4397
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Guinan, 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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).