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 1616

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar M. W. Austen

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 October 1925

William Percy Old
Cecilia Parkinson

William Percy Old
Cecilia Parkinson
💍 1925/602

Widower
Widow

Shearer
Domestic Duties

34
38

Waituna West
Feilding

2 weeks
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Feilding

9778

12 October 1925

W. McAllister, Registrar

No	58
Date of Notice	12 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Percy Old	Cecilia Parkinson
	💍 1925/602
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Shearer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	38
Dwelling Place	Waituna West	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Feilding
Folio	9778
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1925
Officiating Minister	W. McAllister, Registrar

15 October 1925

Harold Lemmon
Ethel Menina Marshall Sugden

Harold Lemmon
Ethel Menina Maithal Sugden
💍 1925/608

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

26
30

Napier
Feilding

2 years
2 years

Church of England, Feilding

9779

15 October 1925

F. H. Petrie, Church of England

No	59
Date of Notice	15 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Lemmon	Ethel Menina Marshall Sugden
BDM Match (95%)	Harold Lemmon	Ethel Menina Maithal Sugden
	💍 1925/608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Napier	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	9779
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1925
Officiating Minister	F. H. Petrie, Church of England

20 October 1925

Percy Alexander Patterson
May Sturdle

Percy Alexander Patterson
May Hurdle
💍 1925/609

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

28
24

Feilding
Feilding

6 years
20 years

Church of England, Feilding

9780

20 October 1925

F. H. Petrie, Church of England

No	60
Date of Notice	20 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Alexander Patterson	May Sturdle
BDM Match (91%)	Percy Alexander Patterson	May Hurdle
	💍 1925/609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	9780
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1925
Officiating Minister	F. H. Petrie, Church of England

23 November 1925

Thomas James Tuohy
Margaret Matilda Walker

Thomas James Tuohy
Margaret Matilda Walker
💍 1925/10517

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Household Duties

27
21

Feilding
Waituna West

1 day
10 years

Church of England, Feilding

10456

23 November 1925

F. H. Petrie, Church of England

No	61
Date of Notice	23 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Tuohy	Margaret Matilda Walker
	💍 1925/10517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Household Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Waituna West
Length of Residence	1 day	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	10456
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1925
Officiating Minister	F. H. Petrie, Church of England

30 November 1925

Henry Adam Goldsack
Edith Margaret Benson

Henry Adam Goldsack
Edith Margaret Benson
💍 1925/610

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy-man
Domestic Duties

23
22

Aorangi
Brides Residence, 17 Denbigh Street, Feilding

4 years
4 years

Brides Residence, 17 Denbigh Street, Feilding

9781

30 November 1925

A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	62
Date of Notice	30 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Adam Goldsack	Edith Margaret Benson
	💍 1925/610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy-man	Domestic Duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Aorangi	Brides Residence, 17 Denbigh Street, Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Brides Residence, 17 Denbigh Street, Feilding
Folio	9781
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 November 1925
Officiating Minister	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).