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 1433

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar H. 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 July 1925

Frederick Lindsay Dahm
Laura Lydia Violet Cole

Frederick Lindsay Dahm
Laura Lydia Violet Cole
💍 1925/6925

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer
Housekeeper

22
28

Wairoa
Napier

15 years
4 months

Residence of Leonard Robottam, Yaradale

6924

1 July 1925

C. Brierly, Presbyterian

No	92
Date of Notice	1 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Lindsay Dahm	Laura Lydia Violet Cole
	💍 1925/6925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer	Housekeeper
Age	22	28
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Napier
Length of Residence	15 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Leonard Robottam, Yaradale
Folio	6924
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1925
Officiating Minister	C. Brierly, Presbyterian

1 July 1925

James Alfred Lee
Vera Lancely Griffin

James Alfred Lee
Vera Lancely Griffin
💍 1925/6926

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank officer
Nurse

25
23

Wanganui
Napier

20 months
12 days

Residence of Mrs J. Griffin, 10 Priestly Road, Napier

6925

1 July 1925

J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	93
Date of Notice	1 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alfred Lee	Vera Lancely Griffin
	💍 1925/6926
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank officer	Nurse
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Napier
Length of Residence	20 months	12 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs J. Griffin, 10 Priestly Road, Napier
Folio	6925
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

4 July 1925

Alfred Henry Martin Northe
Mabel Mary Green

Alfred Henry Martin Northe
Mabel Mary Green
💍 1925/6934

Bachelor
Spinster

Garage Proprietor
Domestic Duties

23
20

Napier
Napier

23 years
2 years

The Manse, Lincoln Road, Napier

6926

Charles Nevill Green, Father

4 July 1925

J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	94
Date of Notice	4 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Martin Northe	Mabel Mary Green
	💍 1925/6934
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Garage Proprietor	Domestic Duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	23 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Manse, Lincoln Road, Napier
Folio	6926
Consent	Charles Nevill Green, Father
Date of Certificate	4 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

6 July 1925

Patrick Joseph Doyle
Naomi Innes Bathen

Patrick Joseph Doyle
Naomi Innes Batkin
💍 1925/6945

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman
Domestic Duties

24
20

Greenmeadows
Greenmeadows

18 months
7 years

Roman Catholic Church, Meeanee

6927

Louis Richmond Bathen, Father

6 July 1925

Father Aubry, Roman Catholic

No	95
Date of Notice	6 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Joseph Doyle	Naomi Innes Bathen
BDM Match (94%)	Patrick Joseph Doyle	Naomi Innes Batkin
	💍 1925/6945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman	Domestic Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Greenmeadows	Greenmeadows
Length of Residence	18 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Meeanee
Folio	6927
Consent	Louis Richmond Bathen, Father
Date of Certificate	6 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Father Aubry, Roman Catholic

9 July 1925

Arthur Ernest Lord
Gladys Lillian Boland

Arthur Ernest Lord
Gladys Lillian Boland
💍 1925/6952

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey
Domestic Duties

19
20

Greenmeadows
Greenmeadows

3 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Napier

6928

Ada Florence Lord, Guardian; Margaret Boland, Guardian

9 July 1925

H. Buchanan, Registrar

No	96
Date of Notice	9 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ernest Lord	Gladys Lillian Boland
	💍 1925/6952
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey	Domestic Duties
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Greenmeadows	Greenmeadows
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	6928
Consent	Ada Florence Lord, Guardian; Margaret Boland, Guardian
Date of Certificate	9 July 1925
Officiating Minister	H. 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).