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 1740

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar C. J. Wood

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

14 February 1925

George Irving Elliott
Ellen Dean

George Irving Elliott
Ellen Dean
💍 1925/3854

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute August 1924

Flaxworker

41
27

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 day
4 years

Registrar's Office, Palmerston North

2031

14 February 1925

Registrar

No	21
Date of Notice	14 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Irving Elliott	Ellen Dean
	💍 1925/3854
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute August 1924
Profession	Flaxworker
Age	41	27
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 day	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Palmerston North
Folio	2031
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

14 February 1925

James Samuel Foster
Rita Marjorie Liley

James Samuel Foster
Rita Marjorie Liley
💍 1925/3855

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor mechanic

23
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

Life
8 months

Registrar's Office, Palmerston North

2032

14 February 1925

Registrar

No	22
Date of Notice	14 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Samuel Foster	Rita Marjorie Liley
	💍 1925/3855
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor mechanic
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	Life	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Palmerston North
Folio	2032
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

17 February 1925

Cecil Cuthbert Hughey
Gladys Morrison

Cecil Cuthbert Hughey
Gladys Morrison
💍 1925/3832

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor mechanic

23
19

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

23 years
1 1/2 years

St. Andrews Church, Palmerston North

2033

Samuel Morrison, father

17 February 1925

Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

No	23
Date of Notice	17 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Cuthbert Hughey	Gladys Morrison
	💍 1925/3832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor mechanic
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	23 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Palmerston North
Folio	2033
Consent	Samuel Morrison, father
Date of Certificate	17 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Brown, Presbyterian

17 February 1925

Horace Lock
Lydia Kathrina Fabrin

Horace Lock
Lydia Kathrina Fabrin
💍 1925/3833

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Decorator

25
23

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 years
5 years

St. Pauls Church, Palmerston North

2034

17 February 1925

Rev. W. G. Rugby Pratt, Methodist

No	24
Date of Notice	17 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Lock	Lydia Kathrina Fabrin
	💍 1925/3833
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Decorator
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church, Palmerston North
Folio	2034
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Rugby Pratt, Methodist

18 February 1925

William George Liddy
Nora Maud Wherry

William George Tiddy
Nora Maud Wherry
💍 1925/3834

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
7 years

St. Peters Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North

2035

18 February 1925

Rev. J. G. Abbott, Anglican

No	25
Date of Notice	18 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Liddy	Nora Maud Wherry
BDM Match (98%)	William George Tiddy	Nora Maud Wherry
	💍 1925/3834
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Folio	2035
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Abbott, Anglican

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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).