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 1407

District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar P. Brathwaite

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

134

4 November 1925

Ernest Clifford Burd
Gwendoline Clara Margaret List

Ernest Clifford Curd
Gwendoline Clara Margaret List
💍 1925/574

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic

24
22

Hastings
Hastings

20 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

9668

4 November 1925

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	134
Date of Notice	4 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Clifford Burd	Gwendoline Clara Margaret List
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Clifford Curd	Gwendoline Clara Margaret List
	💍 1925/574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	9668
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

135

9 November 1925

David Barbour
Maud Lizzie Jane Gutter

David Barbour
Maud Lizzie Jane Cutter
💍 1925/575

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic

44
33

Sherenden
Sherenden

2 years
2 years

St. Andrews Manse Hastings

9669

9 November 1925

Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

No	135
Date of Notice	9 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Barbour	Maud Lizzie Jane Gutter
BDM Match (98%)	David Barbour	Maud Lizzie Jane Cutter
	💍 1925/575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic
Age	44	33
Dwelling Place	Sherenden	Sherenden
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Manse Hastings
Folio	9669
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay, Presbyterian

136

16 November 1925

Charles Henry Harr
Ellen Marie Palleson

Charles Henry Dann
Ellen Marie Palleson
💍 1925/576

Bachelor
Spinster

Drapery Salesman
Domestic duties

29
23

Napier
Residence of Mr. Palleson, 30 Avenue Road E. Hastings

15 years
11 years

Residence of Mr. Palleson, 30 Avenue Road E. Hastings

9670

16 November 1925

Rev. H. B. Hughes, Baptist

No	136
Date of Notice	16 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Harr	Ellen Marie Palleson
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Henry Dann	Ellen Marie Palleson
	💍 1925/576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drapery Salesman	Domestic duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Napier	Residence of Mr. Palleson, 30 Avenue Road E. Hastings
Length of Residence	15 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Palleson, 30 Avenue Road E. Hastings
Folio	9670
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Hughes, Baptist

137

20 November 1925

Robert William Andrew Elliot
Ruby Tickner

Robert William Andrew Elliott
Ruby Tickner
💍 1925/578

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

47
31

Raungatahi
Raungatahi

18 years
3 years

St. Matthews Church Hastings

9671

20 November 1925

Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

No	137
Date of Notice	20 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Andrew Elliot	Ruby Tickner
BDM Match (98%)	Robert William Andrew Elliott	Ruby Tickner
	💍 1925/578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	47	31
Dwelling Place	Raungatahi	Raungatahi
Length of Residence	18 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	9671
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Hall, Anglican

138

21 November 1925

Rahui Abraham
Lydia Rose Peties

Kahui Abraham
Lydia Rose Peters
💍 1925/579

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

23
21

Hastings
Hastings

3 months
21 years

Registrars Office Hastings

9672

21 November 1925

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	138
Date of Notice	21 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rahui Abraham	Lydia Rose Peties
BDM Match (90%)	Kahui Abraham	Lydia Rose Peters
	💍 1925/579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hastings
Folio	9672
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

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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).