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 1614

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

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

11 September 1925

Norman John Short
Edna Alexander Maud Danagh

Norman John Short
Edna Alexander Maud Darragh
💍 1925/7010

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
24

Waituna West
Feilding

27 years
24 years

Methodist Church, Feilding

7010

11 September 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	48
Date of Notice	11 September 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman John Short	Edna Alexander Maud Danagh
BDM Match (96%)	Norman John Short	Edna Alexander Maud Darragh
	💍 1925/7010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Waituna West	Feilding
Length of Residence	27 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Feilding
Folio	7010
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

22 September 1925

Garland Isait Jones
Sarah Catherine Macnicol

Garland Isit Jones
Sarah Catherine Macnicol
💍 1925/7011

Widower
Spinster

Builder
Nurse

32
32

Wanganui
Feilding

1 year

Methodist Church, Feilding

7011

22 September 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	49
Date of Notice	22 September 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Garland Isait Jones	Sarah Catherine Macnicol
BDM Match (97%)	Garland Isit Jones	Sarah Catherine Macnicol
	💍 1925/7011
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Nurse
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Feilding
Length of Residence		1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Feilding
Folio	7011
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 September 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

25 September 1925

William Toller Paull
Ivy Amy Hanham (commonly known as Ivy Amy Davis)

William Toller Paull
Ivy Amy Davis
💍 1925/7012

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

33
20

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
7 years

Methodist Parsonage, Feilding

7012

Amy Hanham, mother

25 September 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	50
Date of Notice	25 September 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Toller Paull	Ivy Amy Hanham (commonly known as Ivy Amy Davis)
BDM Match (64%)	William Toller Paull	Ivy Amy Davis
	💍 1925/7012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Feilding
Folio	7012
Consent	Amy Hanham, mother
Date of Certificate	25 September 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

26 September 1925

Norman Lyman Mickleson
Violet Jane Michlen

Norman Lyman Mickleson
Violet Jane Eichler
💍 1925/7662

Bachelor
Spinster

Roughman
Woolsorter

21
22

Colyton
Feilding

20 years
8 years

Forester's Hall, Bowen Street, Feilding

7691

26 September 1925

D. B. F. Carlisle, Undenominational Mission

No	51
Date of Notice	26 September 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Lyman Mickleson	Violet Jane Michlen
BDM Match (95%)	Norman Lyman Mickleson	Violet Jane Eichler
	💍 1925/7662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Roughman	Woolsorter
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Colyton	Feilding
Length of Residence	20 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Forester's Hall, Bowen Street, Feilding
Folio	7691
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 September 1925
Officiating Minister	D. B. F. Carlisle, Undenominational Mission

28 September 1925

John Holmes Blackwood
Magdalena Gordon

John Holmes Blackwood
Magdalena Gordon
💍 1925/7013

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Household Duties

26
24

Greytown
Feilding

Nil
1 month

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

7013

28 September 1925

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	28 September 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Holmes Blackwood	Magdalena Gordon
	💍 1925/7013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Household Duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Greytown	Feilding
Length of Residence	Nil	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	7013
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 September 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

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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).