Intentions to Marry, 1923 Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840519, 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.

1923e contains pages 3085-3502, covering districts from Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Page 3342

District of Gore Quarter ending 31 March 1923 Registrar Rugg

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

29 January 1923

Albert Gioachino Lafranchi
Margaret Jane Rose Train

Albert Geoachimo Lafranchi
Margaret Jane Rose Main
💍 1923/2740

Bachelor
Widow

Miner
Domestic Duties

43
35

Cardrona
Gore

1 week
3 years

Roman Catholic Church, Gore

2461

29 January 1923

Rev. Patrick O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	29 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Gioachino Lafranchi	Margaret Jane Rose Train
BDM Match (92%)	Albert Geoachimo Lafranchi	Margaret Jane Rose Main
	💍 1923/2740
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	43	35
Dwelling Place	Cardrona	Gore
Length of Residence	1 week	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Gore
Folio	2461
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

5 February 1923

Alexander McIntosh
Elizabeth Margaret Turnbull

Alexander McIntosh
Elizabeth Margaret Turnbull
💍 1923/2741

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
25

Waikaka
Waikaka

28 years
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Gore

2462

5 February 1923

Rev. J. Young, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	5 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McIntosh	Elizabeth Margaret Turnbull
	💍 1923/2741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Waikaka	Waikaka
Length of Residence	28 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Gore
Folio	2462
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Young, Presbyterian

12 February 1923

Leonard Gee
Wilhemina Anderson Low

Leonard Gee
Wilhemina Anderson Low
💍 1923/2742

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotelkeeper
Domestic Duties

42
27

Riversdale
Gore

42 years
27 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gore

2463

12 February 1923

Rev. Hoani Parata, Anglican

No	8
Date of Notice	12 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Gee	Wilhemina Anderson Low
	💍 1923/2742
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotelkeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	42	27
Dwelling Place	Riversdale	Gore
Length of Residence	42 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gore
Folio	2463
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. Hoani Parata, Anglican

14 February 1923

Ivan Jackson Drips
Annie Sexton

Ivan Jackson Dripps
Annie Sexton
💍 1923/2743

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic Duties

21
23

Pukerau
Gore

3 1/2 years
23 years

Methodist Parsonage, Gore

2464

14 February 1923

F. J. Parker, Methodist

No	9
Date of Notice	14 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Jackson Drips	Annie Sexton
BDM Match (97%)	Ivan Jackson Dripps	Annie Sexton
	💍 1923/2743
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic Duties
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Pukerau	Gore
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Gore
Folio	2464
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1923
Officiating Minister	F. J. Parker, Methodist

16 February 1923

David Daley
Margaret Norris

David Daley
Margaret Morris
💍 1923/7826

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

25
18

Edendale
Edendale

19 years
18 years

Roman Catholic Church, Gore

2709

Margaret Lavoris, mother

16 February 1923

Rev. P. O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	16 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Daley	Margaret Norris
BDM Match (97%)	David Daley	Margaret Morris
	💍 1923/7826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Edendale	Edendale
Length of Residence	19 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Gore
Folio	2709
Consent	Margaret Lavoris, mother
Date of Certificate	16 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

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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).