Intentions to Marry, 1911 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840447, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1911 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, (1911a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1911b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1911c).

Page 564

District of Gore Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Charles Whelan

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 January 1911

Allan John Jack
Catherine Gilchrist

Allan John Jack
Catherine Gilchrist
💍 1911/1992

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
36

Gore
Waikaka Valley

3 days
20 years

Pattersons Lea Rooms Gore

11/1520

10 January 1911

Rev. W. F. Evans, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan John Jack	Catherine Gilchrist
	💍 1911/1992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	36
Dwelling Place	Gore	Waikaka Valley
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Pattersons Lea Rooms Gore
Folio	11/1520
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Evans, Presbyterian

31 January 1911

William Smith
Margaret Parkinson

William Smith
Margaret Parkinson
💍 1911/1748

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
24

Gore
Gore

5 days
13 days

Mr. J. Milne's house East Gore

11/1320

31 January 1911

Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

No	2
Date of Notice	31 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith	Margaret Parkinson
	💍 1911/1748
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	5 days	13 days
Marriage Place	Mr. J. Milne's house East Gore
Folio	11/1320
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

4 February 1911

Duncan McRae
Isabella Mary McDonald

Duncan McRae
Isabella Mary McDonald
💍 1911/1788

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom

31
20

Gore
Gore

3 days
3 months

Congregational Manse Gore

11/1309

4 February 1911

Rev. G. Hervey, Congregationalist

No	3
Date of Notice	4 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan McRae	Isabella Mary McDonald
	💍 1911/1788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Manse Gore
Folio	11/1309
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Hervey, Congregationalist

14 February 1911

Evan Evans
Edith McKenzie

Evan Evans
Edith McKenzie
💍 1911/1787

Widower
Spinster

Chemist
Dressmaker

45
24

Gore
Gore

3 days
24 years

Mrs. McKenzie's house East Gore

11/1308

14 February 1911

Rev. H. Williams, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	14 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Evan Evans	Edith McKenzie
	💍 1911/1787
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Dressmaker
Age	45	24
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. McKenzie's house East Gore
Folio	11/1308
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Williams, Presbyterian

20 February 1911

James Wyllie
Annie Todd Watt

James Wyllie
Annie Todd Watt
💍 1911/1997

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

50
47

Gore
Gore

3 months
8 days

Commercial Hotel Gore

11/1345

20 February 1911

Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wyllie	Annie Todd Watt
	💍 1911/1997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	50	47
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 months	8 days
Marriage Place	Commercial Hotel Gore
Folio	11/1345
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

27 February 1911

Robert James Henry Lubman
Clara Edith Buttress

Robert James Henry Tubman
Clara Edith Buttress
💍 1911/1915

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
31

Gore
Gore

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church Gore

11/1391

27 February 1911

Rev. F. Wingfield, Anglican

No	6
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Henry Lubman	Clara Edith Buttress
BDM Match (98%)	Robert James Henry Tubman	Clara Edith Buttress
	💍 1911/1915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	31
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Gore
Folio	11/1391
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Wingfield, Anglican

2 March 1911

Richard John Berry
Annie Marzahn

Richard John Berry
Annie Marzahn
💍 1911/1998

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

22
20

Gore
Gore

4 days
20 years

Residence of Mr. Marzahn, Gore

11/1346

2 March 1911

Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	2 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard John Berry	Annie Marzahn
	💍 1911/1998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Marzahn, Gore
Folio	11/1346
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

13 March 1911

Robert Clark Sharp
Jane Laird

Robert Clark Sharp
Jane Laird
💍 1911/2103

Widower
Widow

Retired Railway Servant

68
58

Gore
Gore

3 days
3 days

The Deputy Registrar's Office Gore

11/1568

13 March 1911

George Brett, Deputy Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	13 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Clark Sharp	Jane Laird
	💍 1911/2103
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Retired Railway Servant
Age	68	58
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	The Deputy Registrar's Office Gore
Folio	11/1568
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1911
Officiating Minister	George Brett, Deputy Registrar

18 March 1911

Timothy James Stark
Annie Rhind Learmont

Timothy James Stark
Annie Rhind Learmont
💍 1911/1999

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

25
21

Gore
Gore

4 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church Gore

11/1347

18 March 1911

Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	18 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timothy James Stark	Annie Rhind Learmont
	💍 1911/1999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Gore
Folio	11/1347
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

22 March 1911

Thomas Ainslie Iggo
Mary Ann Mason

Thomas Ainsley Iggo
Mary Ann Mason
💍 1911/2000

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

33
26

Gore
Gore

3 days
5 years

James Mason's residence Gore

11/1348

22 March 1911

Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	22 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ainslie Iggo	Mary Ann Mason
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Ainsley Iggo	Mary Ann Mason
	💍 1911/2000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	James Mason's residence Gore
Folio	11/1348
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

28 March 1911

William Henry Gaskett
Bessie Hannah Hunt

William Henry Gaskett
Bessie Hannah Hunt
💍 1911/1786

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

33
28

Gore
Gore

3 days
5 months

Rev. J. Davidson's house Gore

11/1307

28 March 1911

Rev. J. Davidson, M.A., Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	28 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Gaskett	Bessie Hannah Hunt
	💍 1911/1786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Rev. J. Davidson's house Gore
Folio	11/1307
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Davidson, M.A., Presbyterian

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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).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

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.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

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).