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 1419

District of Napier Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar W. Buchanan

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

20 February 1925

Sidney John Hogan
Marion Cameron

Sidney John Hogan
Marion Cameron
💍 1925/1293

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Nurse

21
19

Hastings
Napier

4 years
12 months

Registrar's Office, Napier

1895

Donald Cameron, Father

20 February 1925

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	31
Date of Notice	20 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney John Hogan	Marion Cameron
	💍 1925/1293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Nurse
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	1895
Consent	Donald Cameron, Father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

23 February 1925

Guy Neville Bramley
Joan Lydia Waterhouse

Guy Neville Bramley
Joan Lydia Waterhouse
💍 1925/1294

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
23

Mangaweka
Greenmeadows

2 months
5 years

All Saints Church, Taradale

1896

23 February 1925

A. P. Clarke, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	23 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Guy Neville Bramley	Joan Lydia Waterhouse
	💍 1925/1294
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Mangaweka	Greenmeadows
Length of Residence	2 months	5 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Taradale
Folio	1896
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1925
Officiating Minister	A. P. Clarke, Church of England

25 February 1925

Harold Bruce Hill
Gladys Agnes Pearl Gardiner

Harold Bruce Hill
Gladys Agnes Pearl Gardiner
💍 1925/1295

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor
Tailoress

23
21

Westshore
Auckland

4 days
23 years

Presbyterian Church, Port Ahuriri

1897

25 February 1925

B. Matear, Presbyterian

No	33
Date of Notice	25 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Bruce Hill	Gladys Agnes Pearl Gardiner
	💍 1925/1295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor	Tailoress
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Westshore	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Port Ahuriri
Folio	1897
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1925
Officiating Minister	B. Matear, Presbyterian

4 March 1925

Thomas George Loper
Dora Burrell Murray

Thomas George Loper
Dora Burrell Murray
💍 1925/1297

Widower (2 November 1923)
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

33
31

Waimate
Napier

5 months, 30 years
6 weeks, 2 years

Registrar's Office, Napier

1898

4 March 1925

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	34
Date of Notice	4 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas George Loper	Dora Burrell Murray
	💍 1925/1297
Condition	Widower (2 November 1923)	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Waimate	Napier
Length of Residence	5 months, 30 years	6 weeks, 2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	1898
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

5 March 1925

George Edgar White
Rebecca Jennie Allen

George Edgar White
Rebecca Jennie Allen
💍 1925/1298

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

29
28

Napier
Napier

2 years
3 years

5 May Avenue, Napier

1899

5 March 1925

D. Gardner Millar, Congregational

No	35
Date of Notice	5 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edgar White	Rebecca Jennie Allen
	💍 1925/1298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	5 May Avenue, Napier
Folio	1899
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1925
Officiating Minister	D. Gardner Millar, Congregational

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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).