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 1613

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar W. W. W. W.

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

21 August 1925

Frederick George Hill
Louisa Mary Ann Scandlyn
formerly Jeffery

Frederick George Hill
Louisa Mary Ann Scandlyn
💍 1925/7029

Bachelor
Widow

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

36
26

Bulls
Feilding

-
8 years

Salvation Army Citadel

7005

21 August 1925

Ensign E. Jackson, Salvationist

No	43
Date of Notice	21 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Hill	Louisa Mary Ann Scandlyn formerly Jeffery
	💍 1925/7029
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Bulls	Feilding
Length of Residence	-	8 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Citadel
Folio	7005
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Ensign E. Jackson, Salvationist

24 August 1925

Sydney John Rice
Minnie Sophia Peterson

Sydney John Rice
Minnie Sophia Peterson
💍 1925/7030

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer's Agent
Domestic Duties

24
18

Makino
Makino

7 months
18 years

Methodist Church

7006

Michael Peterson, father

24 August 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	44
Date of Notice	24 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney John Rice	Minnie Sophia Peterson
	💍 1925/7030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer's Agent	Domestic Duties
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Makino	Makino
Length of Residence	7 months	18 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	7006
Consent	Michael Peterson, father
Date of Certificate	24 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

27 August 1925

James Ellison
Elsie May Pearson

James Ellison
Elsie May Pearson
💍 1925/7031

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
24

Utiku
Makino

-
24 years

Methodist Church, Makino

7007

27 August 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	45
Date of Notice	27 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ellison	Elsie May Pearson
	💍 1925/7031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Utiku	Makino
Length of Residence	-	24 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Makino
Folio	7007
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

31 August 1925

Arthur Maurice Palmer
Joan Vera Florence Cecilia Metcalfe

Arthur Maurice Palmer
Joan Vera Florence Cecilia Metcalfe
💍 1925/7032

Bachelor
Spinster

Seedsman
Physical Instructress

22
22

Feilding
Bainesse

3 days
-

Catholic Church, Feilding

7008

31 August 1925

Father J. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	31 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Maurice Palmer	Joan Vera Florence Cecilia Metcalfe
	💍 1925/7032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seedsman	Physical Instructress
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Bainesse
Length of Residence	3 days	-
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	7008
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Father J. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

31 August 1925

Frederick Ralph Jarland
Dora Mildred Hassall

Frederick Ralph Garland
Dora Mildred Hassall
💍 1925/7033

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock agent
Household duties

25
24

Masterton
Feilding

1 day
1 year

Church of England, Feilding

7009

31 August 1925

Rev. F. H. Petrie, Church of England

No	47
Date of Notice	31 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Ralph Jarland	Dora Mildred Hassall
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Ralph Garland	Dora Mildred Hassall
	💍 1925/7033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock agent	Household duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 day	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	7009
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Petrie, Church of England

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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).