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 1434

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar H. Buchanan

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

15 July 1925

Wilfred Long
Edith Alexandra Maud Markham

Willfred Long
Edith Alexandra Maud Markham
💍 1925/6953

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter & Joiner
Domestic

26
23

Wairoa
Greenmeadows

2 years
8 months

Presbyterian Church, Taradale

6029

15 July 1925

C. Brierly, Presbyterian

No	97
Date of Notice	15 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Long	Edith Alexandra Maud Markham
BDM Match (96%)	Willfred Long	Edith Alexandra Maud Markham
	💍 1925/6953
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter & Joiner	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Greenmeadows
Length of Residence	2 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taradale
Folio	6029
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1925
Officiating Minister	C. Brierly, Presbyterian

16 July 1925

David Mills
Clara Ericksen

David Mills
Clara Ericksen
💍 1925/6954

Bachelor
Widow (18 November 1918)

Farmer
Farmer

43
36

Gisborne
Napier

28 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Napier

6030

16 July 1925

J. McKittrick, Acting Registrar

No	98
Date of Notice	16 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Mills	Clara Ericksen
	💍 1925/6954
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (18 November 1918)
Profession	Farmer	Farmer
Age	43	36
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Napier
Length of Residence	28 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	6030
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. McKittrick, Acting Registrar

20 July 1925

Roy Rollo Buddo
Isabel Edith Barry

Ray Rollo Buddo
Isabel Edith Barry
💍 1925/6955

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

29
26

Poukawa
Napier

5 years
26 years

Residence of Thomas Barry, Seapoint Road, Napier

6031

20 July 1925

R. B. Waugh, Presbyterian

No	99
Date of Notice	20 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Rollo Buddo	Isabel Edith Barry
BDM Match (97%)	Ray Rollo Buddo	Isabel Edith Barry
	💍 1925/6955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Poukawa	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Barry, Seapoint Road, Napier
Folio	6031
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1925
Officiating Minister	R. B. Waugh, Presbyterian

100

21 July 1925

George William Batchelor
Ivy May Marsh

George William Batchelor
Ivy May Marsh
💍 1925/6956

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Waitress

19
18

Napier
Otane

19 years
4 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

6032

Uriah William Batchelor, Father; William Marsh, Father

21 July 1925

H. W. Klingender, Church of England

No	100
Date of Notice	21 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Batchelor	Ivy May Marsh
	💍 1925/6956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Waitress
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Napier	Otane
Length of Residence	19 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	6032
Consent	Uriah William Batchelor, Father; William Marsh, Father
Date of Certificate	21 July 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Klingender, Church of England

101

22 July 1925

Cecil James Randell
Janie McKenzie

Cecil James Randell
Janie McKenzie
💍 1925/6957

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

31
27

Taranaki
Haumoana

14 years
11 years

Church of England, Clive

6033

22 July 1925

J. W. Chapman, Church of England

No	101
Date of Notice	22 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil James Randell	Janie McKenzie
	💍 1925/6957
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Taranaki	Haumoana
Length of Residence	14 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Clive
Folio	6033
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. W. Chapman, 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).