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 1603

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar C. M. M. [illegible]

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

13 January 1925

George Graham Burney Dixon
Euphemia Johnston Ward

George Graham Burney Dixon
Euphemia Johnston Ward
💍 1925/3290

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank officer
Law Clerk

28
30

Feilding
Feilding

3 years
12 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

1945

13 January 1925

Rev. A. M. Plimie, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	13 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Graham Burney Dixon	Euphemia Johnston Ward
	💍 1925/3290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank officer	Law Clerk
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	1945
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Plimie, Presbyterian

16 January 1925

Stanley Mai
Edith Mary Argers

Stanley Mai
Edith Mary Ayers
💍 1925/3291

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

23
24

Feilding
Feilding

23 years
10 years

Registrar's office, Feilding

1946

16 January 1925

V. McAllister, Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	16 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Mai	Edith Mary Argers
BDM Match (94%)	Stanley Mai	Edith Mary Ayers
	💍 1925/3291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	23 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Feilding
Folio	1946
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1925
Officiating Minister	V. McAllister, Registrar

23 January 1925

Herbert Percival Lincoln Gray
Myrtle Eliza Jefferies

Herbert Percivil Lincoln Gray
Myrtle Eliza Jefferies
💍 1925/3292

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Household Duties

26
26

Bunnythorpe
Taonui

2 months
20 years

Gospel Hall, Warwick Street, Feilding

1947

23 January 1925

Mr. George Menzies, Brethren

No	3
Date of Notice	23 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Percival Lincoln Gray	Myrtle Eliza Jefferies
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Percivil Lincoln Gray	Myrtle Eliza Jefferies
	💍 1925/3292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Household Duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Bunnythorpe	Taonui
Length of Residence	2 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Gospel Hall, Warwick Street, Feilding
Folio	1947
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Mr. George Menzies, Brethren

29 January 1925

Edward John Kendall
Kate Hill
formerly Smith

Edward John Kendall
Kate Hill
💍 1925/3294

Widower (13.1.1924)
Widow (28.11.1918)

Baker
House duties

38
38

Feilding
Feilding

4 years
10 years

Residence of W. Johnson, Irvin Street, Feilding

1948

29 January 1925

Ensign Debbie Jackson, Salvation Army

No	4
Date of Notice	29 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Kendall	Kate Hill formerly Smith
	💍 1925/3294
Condition	Widower (13.1.1924)	Widow (28.11.1918)
Profession	Baker	House duties
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. Johnson, Irvin Street, Feilding
Folio	1948
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Ensign Debbie Jackson, Salvation Army

4 February 1925

Albert Edward Kearton
Florence Lillian Ingram

Albert Edward Kearton
Florence Lillian Ingram
💍 1925/3295

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
Domestic Duties

22
21

Wellington
Feilding

-
3 years

Methodist Church, Wellington

1949

4 February 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	4 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Kearton	Florence Lillian Ingram
	💍 1925/3295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	Domestic Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Feilding
Length of Residence	-	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Wellington
Folio	1949
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, 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).