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 1571

District of Carterton Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar J. B. Hodgson

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

12 January 1925

Joseph Campton
Janey Bye

Joseph Campton
Janey Bye
💍 1925/3300

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Dressmaker

37
37

Carterton
Carterton

3 weeks
36 years

Methodist Church, Carterton

1934

12 January 1925

R. P. Keall, Methodist

No	1
Date of Notice	12 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Campton	Janey Bye
	💍 1925/3300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Dressmaker
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	3 weeks	36 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Carterton
Folio	1934
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1925
Officiating Minister	R. P. Keall, Methodist

13 February 1925

Edgar Willis Wilton
Ethel Alice Bange

Edgar Willis Wilton
Mavis Ethel Alice Benge
💍 1925/3301

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

24
19

Carterton
Carterton

24 years
5 years

St Marks Church, Carterton

1935

William Renton Bange, father

13 February 1925

R. Young, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	13 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Willis Wilton	Ethel Alice Bange
BDM Match (85%)	Edgar Willis Wilton	Mavis Ethel Alice Benge
	💍 1925/3301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	24 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Carterton
Folio	1935
Consent	William Renton Bange, father
Date of Certificate	13 February 1925
Officiating Minister	R. Young, Church of England

16 February 1925

Lori Dalton Wonnaway
Emily Foreman

Hori Dalton McManaway
Emily Foreman
💍 1925/3302

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic

26
21

Carterton
Carterton

10 days
2 months

Registrar's Office, Carterton

1936

16 February 1925

J. B. Hodgson, Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	16 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lori Dalton Wonnaway	Emily Foreman
BDM Match (88%)	Hori Dalton McManaway	Emily Foreman
	💍 1925/3302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	10 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Carterton
Folio	1936
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1925
Officiating Minister	J. B. Hodgson, Registrar

21 February 1925

Frank Edward Calver
Clara Jane Leach

Frank Edward Calvert
Clara Jessie Leach
💍 1925/3303

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
28

Carterton
Carterton

1 day
1 week

Presbyterian Church, Carterton

1937

21 February 1925

W. H. Howes, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	21 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edward Calver	Clara Jane Leach
BDM Match (86%)	Frank Edward Calvert	Clara Jessie Leach
	💍 1925/3303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	1 day	1 week
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Carterton
Folio	1937
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1925
Officiating Minister	W. H. Howes, Presbyterian

25 February 1925

William Alexander Linton
Dorothy Huxley

William Alexander Linton
Dorothy Huxley
💍 1925/3283

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
20

Carterton
Residence of Edgar Linton, Carterton

10 years
2 months

Residence of Edgar Linton, Carterton

1938

William Francis, guardian

25 February 1925

R. P. Keall, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	25 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Linton	Dorothy Huxley
	💍 1925/3283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Residence of Edgar Linton, Carterton
Length of Residence	10 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Edgar Linton, Carterton
Folio	1938
Consent	William Francis, guardian
Date of Certificate	25 February 1925
Officiating Minister	R. P. Keall, Methodist

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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).