Intentions to Marry, 1923 Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840515, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1923 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.

1923d contains pages 1335-1744, covering districts from Dannevirke to Palmerston North

Page 1479

District of Wairoa Quarter ending 31 March 1923 Registrar J. Fletcher

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

2 January 1923

Dillon Boyle
Miny Ruby Moroney

Dillon Coyle
Mimy Ruby Moroney
💍 1923/2323

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Waitress

27
23

Wairoa
Wairoa

3 days
14 days

Registrar's Office, Wairoa

1916

2 January 1923

J. Fletcher, Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	2 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dillon Boyle	Miny Ruby Moroney
BDM Match (93%)	Dillon Coyle	Mimy Ruby Moroney
	💍 1923/2323
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Waitress
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wairoa
Folio	1916
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1923
Officiating Minister	J. Fletcher, Registrar

18 January 1923

William Tippett
Stella Mina Elliott

William Tippett
Stella Mina Elliott
💍 1923/2324

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

33
26

Wairoa
Wairoa

4 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Wairoa

1917

18 January 1923

J. Fletcher, Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	18 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Tippett	Stella Mina Elliott
	💍 1923/2324
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wairoa
Folio	1917
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1923
Officiating Minister	J. Fletcher, Registrar

27 January 1923

George Hamlin
Olga Mary Nicholson

George Hamlin
Olga Mary Nicholson
💍 1923/2325

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher
Domestic Duties

23
21

Wairoa
Mohaka

23 years
21 years

St. Paul's Church of England, Wairoa

1918

27 January 1923

Rev. J. A. Shardlow, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	27 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hamlin	Olga Mary Nicholson
	💍 1923/2325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher	Domestic Duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Mohaka
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church of England, Wairoa
Folio	1918
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Shardlow, Church of England

30 January 1923

John Caithness Murray-Macgregor
Ivy Alena Chase

John Caithness Murray MacGregor
Joy Alena Chase
💍 1923/2326

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Typiste

25
21

Wairoa
Wairoa

5 years
2 years

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wairoa

1919

30 January 1923

Rev. G. King, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	30 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Caithness Murray-Macgregor	Ivy Alena Chase
BDM Match (90%)	John Caithness Murray MacGregor	Joy Alena Chase
	💍 1923/2326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Typiste
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wairoa
Folio	1919
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. King, Presbyterian

19 February 1923

Albert Edward Crane
Maud Fishbourne

Albert Edward Crane
Maud Fishbourne
💍 1923/2328

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser and Tobacconist
Domestic Servant

33
31

Wairoa
Wairoa

6 years
2 years

St. Paul's Church of England, Wairoa

1920

19 February 1923

Rev. J. A. Shardlow, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	19 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Crane	Maud Fishbourne
	💍 1923/2328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser and Tobacconist	Domestic Servant
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church of England, Wairoa
Folio	1920
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Shardlow, 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).

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).