Intentions to Marry, 1923 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840518, 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.

1923g contains pages 2671-3084, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2968

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1923

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

106

13 March 1923

Edwin Andrew Manson
Frances Cabral

Edwin Andrew Manson
Frances Cabral
💍 1923/1889

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Machinist

18
16

Dunedin
Dunedin

15 years
1 month

St. Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin

1353

J. Manson (Father), E. Cabral (Mother)

13 March 1923

F.J. Marlow, Roman Catholic

No	106
Date of Notice	13 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Andrew Manson	Frances Cabral
	💍 1923/1889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Machinist
Age	18	16
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	1353
Consent	J. Manson (Father), E. Cabral (Mother)
Date of Certificate	13 March 1923
Officiating Minister	F.J. Marlow, Roman Catholic

107

14 March 1923

Fred Harrison
Violet Sagar

Fred Harrison
Violet Sagar
💍 1923/1890

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

29
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
3 years

Holy Cross Church, St. Kilda, Dunedin

1354

14 March 1923

A. Wingfield, Anglican

No	107
Date of Notice	14 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Harrison	Violet Sagar
	💍 1923/1890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Cross Church, St. Kilda, Dunedin
Folio	1354
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1923
Officiating Minister	A. Wingfield, Anglican

108

14 March 1923

James Henry Simpson
Christina Mary Morris

James Henry Simpson
Christina Mary Morris
💍 1923/1891

Bachelor
Spinster

Biscuit Baker

32
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
20 years

Residence of Mrs. J. Morris, 117 Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin

1355

14 March 1923

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	108
Date of Notice	14 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Simpson	Christina Mary Morris
	💍 1923/1891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Biscuit Baker
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. J. Morris, 117 Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin
Folio	1355
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1923
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

109

14 March 1923

William Rambaum
Annie Elizabeth King

William Rambaum
Annie Elizabeth King
💍 1923/1892

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

40
45

Dunedin
Dunedin

7 weeks
45 years

Methodist Manse, Dundas Street, Dunedin

1356

14 March 1923

W.J. Oxbrow, Methodist

No	109
Date of Notice	14 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rambaum	Annie Elizabeth King
	💍 1923/1892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	40	45
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 weeks	45 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Manse, Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	1356
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1923
Officiating Minister	W.J. Oxbrow, Methodist

110

14 March 1923

David Weymss Lawson
Margaret McGibbon Green

David Wemyss Lawson
Margaret McGibbon Green
💍 1923/1893

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

26
26

Lovells Flat
Dunedin

3 years
26 years

St. Stephens Church, Howe Street, Dunedin

1357

14 March 1923

W.F. Evans, Presbyterian

No	110
Date of Notice	14 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Weymss Lawson	Margaret McGibbon Green
BDM Match (95%)	David Wemyss Lawson	Margaret McGibbon Green
	💍 1923/1893
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Lovells Flat	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephens Church, Howe Street, Dunedin
Folio	1357
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1923
Officiating Minister	W.F. Evans, 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).