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 1604

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar W. McAllister

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

6 February 1925

John Hugh Thomas Duncan
Arthurina Daisy Amon

John Hugh Thomas Duncan
Arthurina Daisy Amon
💍 1925/3296

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
24

Hunterville
Feilding

Nil
10 years

Church of England, Feilding

1950

7 February 1925

Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

No	6
Date of Notice	6 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hugh Thomas Duncan	Arthurina Daisy Amon
	💍 1925/3296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Feilding
Length of Residence	Nil	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	1950
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

17 February 1925

Percy Churcher
Theodora Winifred Twining

Percy Churcher
Theodora Winifred Twining
💍 1925/1335

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Nurse

28
25

Feilding
Feilding

24 years
1 month

Methodist Parsonage, Feilding

1951

17 February 1925

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	7
Date of Notice	17 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Churcher	Theodora Winifred Twining
	💍 1925/1335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Nurse
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	24 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Feilding
Folio	1951
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

21 February 1925

William Richardson
Florence May Fenwick

William Richardson
Florence May Fenwick
💍 1925/1346

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
28

Feilding
Feilding

14 years
14 years

Registrar's office, Feilding

1952

21 February 1925

W. McAllister, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	21 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Richardson	Florence May Fenwick
	💍 1925/1346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	14 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Feilding
Folio	1952
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1925
Officiating Minister	W. McAllister, Registrar

23 February 1925

Jack Norris Noble
Rangi Martha Louisa Winterburn

Jack Norriss Noble
Rangi Martha Louisa Winterburn
💍 1925/1352

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Domestic Duties

19
21

Feilding
Otaki

19 years
Nil

Residence of J. W. Noble, 18 King Street, Feilding

1953

John William Noble, Father

23 February 1925

Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	23 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Norris Noble	Rangi Martha Louisa Winterburn
BDM Match (97%)	Jack Norriss Noble	Rangi Martha Louisa Winterburn
	💍 1925/1352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Domestic Duties
Age	19	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Otaki
Length of Residence	19 years	Nil
Marriage Place	Residence of J. W. Noble, 18 King Street, Feilding
Folio	1953
Consent	John William Noble, Father
Date of Certificate	23 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

27 February 1925

Robert Brown
May MacGillivray

Robert Brown
May MacGillivray
💍 1925/1353

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Housekeeper

64
59

Kiwitea
Kiwitea

10 years
9 years

Registrar's office, Feilding

1954

27 February 1925

W. McAllister, Registrar

No	10
Date of Notice	27 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Brown	May MacGillivray
	💍 1925/1353
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	64	59
Dwelling Place	Kiwitea	Kiwitea
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Feilding
Folio	1954
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1925
Officiating Minister	W. McAllister, Registrar

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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).