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 1429

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 June 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

1 June 1925

Alfred Samuel Tolleson
Clarice Williams

Alfred Samuel Tollison
Clarice Williams
💍 1925/4680

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
22

Kissington
Kissington

6 years
15 years

Church of England, Puketapu

4486

1 June 1925

R. J. Geddes, Church of England

No	78
Date of Notice	1 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Samuel Tolleson	Clarice Williams
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Samuel Tollison	Clarice Williams
	💍 1925/4680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Kissington	Kissington
Length of Residence	6 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Puketapu
Folio	4486
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1925
Officiating Minister	R. J. Geddes, Church of England

1 June 1925

Neil Patrick Donnelly
Jessie Inglis

Neil Patrick Donnelly
Jessie Inglis
💍 1925/4681

Bachelor
Widow

Orchardist
Domestic Duties

34
36

Napier, Havelock North
Hastings

4 days, 34 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Napier

4487

1 June 1925

H. Buchanan, Registrar

No	79
Date of Notice	1 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Patrick Donnelly	Jessie Inglis
	💍 1925/4681
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Orchardist	Domestic Duties
Age	34	36
Dwelling Place	Napier, Havelock North	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 days, 34 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	4487
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1925
Officiating Minister	H. Buchanan, Registrar

9 June 1925

Ronald Charles Borskie
Phyllis Margaret Wheeler

Ronald Charles Carskie
Phyllis Margaret Wheeler
💍 1925/4682

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

40
19

Waipawa
Napier, Waipawa

40 years
3 days, 19 years

St. Augustines Church, Napier

4488

Albert Wheeler, Father

9 June 1925

H. W. Klingender, Church of England

No	80
Date of Notice	9 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Charles Borskie	Phyllis Margaret Wheeler
BDM Match (95%)	Ronald Charles Carskie	Phyllis Margaret Wheeler
	💍 1925/4682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	40	19
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Napier, Waipawa
Length of Residence	40 years	3 days, 19 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	4488
Consent	Albert Wheeler, Father
Date of Certificate	9 June 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Klingender, Church of England

10 June 1925

Edward Nugent
Lilian Round

Edward Nugent
Lilian Round
💍 1925/4683

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman
Domestic

34
25

Napier
Napier

7 months
16 months

St. Augustines Church, Napier

4489

10 June 1925

H. W. Klingender, Church of England

No	81
Date of Notice	10 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Nugent	Lilian Round
	💍 1925/4683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman	Domestic
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	7 months	16 months
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	4489
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Klingender, Church of England

10 June 1925

Ernest Maltravers Rossiter
Olive Corbett

Ernest Maltravess Rossiter
Olive Corbett
💍 1925/4685

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter and Paperhanger
Domestic

20
20

Kawakawa
Kawakawa

18 months
15 months

Registrar's Office, Napier

4490

Celia Louisa Rossiter, Mother; Richard Andrew Corbett, Father

10 June 1925

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	82
Date of Notice	10 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Maltravers Rossiter	Olive Corbett
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Maltravess Rossiter	Olive Corbett
	💍 1925/4685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter and Paperhanger	Domestic
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Kawakawa	Kawakawa
Length of Residence	18 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	4490
Consent	Celia Louisa Rossiter, Mother; Richard Andrew Corbett, Father
Date of Certificate	10 June 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, 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).