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 1663

District of Hunterville Quarter ending 30 September 1926 Registrar D. J. Graham

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

27 July 1926

George Robinson
Elizabeth Helen Cocker

George Robinson
Elizabeth Helen Cocker
💍 1926/5936

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

31
31

Palmerston North
Silverhope Hunterville

5 years
3 years

Anglican Church, Hunterville

7363

27 July 1926

Rev. C. R. Kreeft

No	7
Date of Notice	27 July 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robinson	Elizabeth Helen Cocker
	💍 1926/5936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Silverhope Hunterville
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Hunterville
Folio	7363
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. R. Kreeft

23 August 1926

Arthur Leonard Coleman
Agnes Christina Watt

Arthur Leonard Coleman
Agnes Christina Watt
💍 1926/5937

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
30

Hunterville
Hunterville

26 years
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Hunterville

7364

23 August 1926

Rev. J. G. Mill

No	8
Date of Notice	23 August 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leonard Coleman	Agnes Christina Watt
	💍 1926/5937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Hunterville
Length of Residence	26 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hunterville
Folio	7364
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Mill

28 August 1926

Wallace Lionel Holland
Agnes Alma Fyall

Wallace Lionel Holland
Agnes Alma Lyall
💍 1926/5938

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Linesman
Tailoress

23
24

Hunterville
Hunterville

14 months
24 years

St John the Baptists Church of England, Hunterville

7365

28 August 1926

Rev. C. R. Kreeft

No	9
Date of Notice	28 August 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace Lionel Holland	Agnes Alma Fyall
BDM Match (97%)	Wallace Lionel Holland	Agnes Alma Lyall
	💍 1926/5938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Linesman	Tailoress
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Hunterville
Length of Residence	14 months	24 years
Marriage Place	St John the Baptists Church of England, Hunterville
Folio	7365
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. R. Kreeft

16 September 1926

Raymond Reginald Perry
Myrtle Ellen Wing Philps

Raymond Reginald Perry
Myrtle Ellen Wing Philps
💍 1926/5939

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
27

Sandon Block Hunterville
Sandon Block Hunterville

8 years
27 years

Residence of W. H. Philps, Sandon Block Hunterville

7366

16 September 1926

Rev. J. G. Mill

No	10
Date of Notice	16 September 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Reginald Perry	Myrtle Ellen Wing Philps
	💍 1926/5939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Sandon Block Hunterville	Sandon Block Hunterville
Length of Residence	8 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. H. Philps, Sandon Block Hunterville
Folio	7366
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Mill

18 September 1926

John Clarence Enright
Marge Frances Jasker

John Clarence Enright
Madge Frances Tasker
💍 1926/5940

Bachelor
Spinster

Road Contractor
School Teacher

24
23

Raetihi
Sandon Block Hunterville

6 months
10 months

Registrar's Office, Hunterville

7367

18 September 1926

D. J. Graham

No	11
Date of Notice	18 September 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Clarence Enright	Marge Frances Jasker
BDM Match (95%)	John Clarence Enright	Madge Frances Tasker
	💍 1926/5940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Road Contractor	School Teacher
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Raetihi	Sandon Block Hunterville
Length of Residence	6 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hunterville
Folio	7367
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 September 1926
Officiating Minister	D. J. Graham

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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).