Intentions to Marry, 1926 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840539, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1926 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.

1926d contains pages 1389-1806, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1539

District of Wairoa Quarter ending 30 September 1926 Registrar E. H. Whitmore

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

10 July 1926

Adrian Purcell Chanel Reidy
Thelma Rawhiti Barn

Adrian Purcell Chanel Reidy
Thelma Ra Whiti Carn
💍 1926/5664

Bachelor
Spinster

Survey Chairman
Typist

24
24

Mohaka
Feilding

3 months
5 years

St Pauls Church Wairoa

7316

10 July 1926

Rev. J. A. Shardlow

No	22
Date of Notice	10 July 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adrian Purcell Chanel Reidy	Thelma Rawhiti Barn
BDM Match (93%)	Adrian Purcell Chanel Reidy	Thelma Ra Whiti Carn
	💍 1926/5664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Survey Chairman	Typist
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Mohaka	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Church Wairoa
Folio	7316
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Shardlow

19 July 1926

Leslie Victor Tasker
Doris Frances Crispin

Leslie Victor Tasker
Doris Frances Crispin
💍 1926/5665

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle dealer
Domestic

25
23

Wairoa
Wairoa

2 years
16 years

Masonic Hall at Wairoa

7317

19 July 1926

Rev. F. G. Brown

No	23
Date of Notice	19 July 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Victor Tasker	Doris Frances Crispin
	💍 1926/5665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle dealer	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Masonic Hall at Wairoa
Folio	7317
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Brown

27 July 1926

Alfred Newton Davies
Alice Magdalene Matalo

Alfred Newton Davies
Alice Magdaline Mataeo
💍 1926/5666

Bachelor
Divorced decree absolute 24th June 1922

Decorator
Domestic

22
26

Wairoa
Wairoa

4 years
26 years

Registrars office Wairoa

7318

27 July 1926

J. L. Morrison, Deputy Registrar Wairoa

No	24
Date of Notice	27 July 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Newton Davies	Alice Magdalene Matalo
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Newton Davies	Alice Magdaline Mataeo
	💍 1926/5666
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced decree absolute 24th June 1922
Profession	Decorator	Domestic
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrars office Wairoa
Folio	7318
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1926
Officiating Minister	J. L. Morrison, Deputy Registrar Wairoa

14 August 1926

Xaver Aufdermaur
Louisa Burkart

Xaver Aufdermaur
Louisa Burkart
💍 1926/5667

Bachelor
Widow 9th November 1923

Labourer
Domestic

35
51

Wairoa
Wairoa

12 years
18 years

The Presbyterian manse Wairoa

7319

14 August 1926

Rev. W. R. Milne

No	25
Date of Notice	14 August 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Xaver Aufdermaur	Louisa Burkart
	💍 1926/5667
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 9th November 1923
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	35	51
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	12 years	18 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian manse Wairoa
Folio	7319
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 August 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Milne

2 September 1926

Archibald McMillan
Lorena Louisa Humphries

Archibald McMillan
Florence Louisa Humphries
💍 1926/5669

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm manager
Cook

43
33

Mohaka
Mohaka

43 years
7 days

At the residence of Mrs Mary Ann McMillan at Mohaka

7320

23 September 1926

Rev. W. R. Milne

No	26
Date of Notice	2 September 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McMillan	Lorena Louisa Humphries
BDM Match (92%)	Archibald McMillan	Florence Louisa Humphries
	💍 1926/5669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm manager	Cook
Age	43	33
Dwelling Place	Mohaka	Mohaka
Length of Residence	43 years	7 days
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mrs Mary Ann McMillan at Mohaka
Folio	7320
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Milne

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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).