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 1424

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 June 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

8 April 1925

Cedric Barrington
Hannah Beatrice McLean

Cedric Carrington
Hannah Beatrice McLean
💍 1925/4656

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist
Domestic

26
23

Hastings
Napier

26 years
23 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

4461

8 April 1925

H. W. Klingender, Church of England

No	53
Date of Notice	8 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cedric Barrington	Hannah Beatrice McLean
BDM Match (97%)	Cedric Carrington	Hannah Beatrice McLean
	💍 1925/4656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Napier
Length of Residence	26 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	4461
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Klingender, Church of England

9 April 1925

William Woodward
Fanny Louisa Harrison

William Woodward
Fanny Louisa Harrison
💍 1925/4657

Widower 25th May 1924
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

54
43

Umatua Rissington
Havelock North

15 years
5 years

Residence of L. Hutchinson, Umatua Rissington

4462

9 April 1925

R. F. Geddes, Church of England

No	54
Date of Notice	9 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Woodward	Fanny Louisa Harrison
	💍 1925/4657
Condition	Widower 25th May 1924	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	54	43
Dwelling Place	Umatua Rissington	Havelock North
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of L. Hutchinson, Umatua Rissington
Folio	4462
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1925
Officiating Minister	R. F. Geddes, Church of England

13 April 1925

Frederick Andrew Simpson
Violet Jessie Taylor

Frederick Andrew Simpson
Violet Jessie Taylor
💍 1925/4658

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

23
23

Napier
Napier

4 years
20 years

Residence of W. K. Berry, May Avenue, Napier

4463

13 April 1925

G. Menzies, Brethren

No	55
Date of Notice	13 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Andrew Simpson	Violet Jessie Taylor
	💍 1925/4658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. K. Berry, May Avenue, Napier
Folio	4463
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1925
Officiating Minister	G. Menzies, Brethren

14 April 1925

Archer Thomas Barry
Louise Dorothy Alexander

Archer Thomas Barry
Louisa Dorothy Alexander
💍 1925/4659

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

24
24

Napier 3 days, Wallingford 6 years
Napier 11 days, Wallingford 3 years

3 days / 6 years
11 days / 3 years

St. Paul's Church, Napier

4464

14 April 1925

J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	56
Date of Notice	14 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archer Thomas Barry	Louise Dorothy Alexander
BDM Match (98%)	Archer Thomas Barry	Louisa Dorothy Alexander
	💍 1925/4659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Napier 3 days, Wallingford 6 years	Napier 11 days, Wallingford 3 years
Length of Residence	3 days / 6 years	11 days / 3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Napier
Folio	4464
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1925
Officiating Minister	J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

14 April 1925

Albert Henry Bodd
Gladys Gwendolene Faulknor

Albert Henry Codd
Gladys Gwendoline Faulknor
💍 1925/4660

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman
Domestic Duties

25
19

Napier
Napier

10 years
19 years

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

4465

Sarah Faulknor, Guardian

14 April 1925

H. W. Klingender, Church of England

No	57
Date of Notice	14 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Bodd	Gladys Gwendolene Faulknor
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Henry Codd	Gladys Gwendoline Faulknor
	💍 1925/4660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	10 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	4465
Consent	Sarah Faulknor, Guardian
Date of Certificate	14 April 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Klingender, 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).