Note: The marriage registration No. 854, District of Sandhurst, show us that John Skitch, bachelor, and Frances oats, spinster, were born in Stratton, Cornwall and Goldsithney, Cornwall respectively.
John was a miner, aged 27 who presently resided at Specimen Hill, Long Gully. Frances 23 years also lived in Long Gully.
The names of parents [which included the mother's maiden name] were William Henry Skitch and Grace Mason and John Simmons Oats and Johanna Jennings. William Skitch was a "Pilot," and John Oats a "Wheelwright."
The marriage was solemnized in the Wesleyan Church by I. James. Witnesses were Harriet Catherine Oats and Jess L. Rheindholdt (although it is difficult to read his name).
The marriage registration No. 854, District of Sandhurst, show us that John Skitch, bachelor, and Frances oats, spinster, were born in Stratton, Cornwall and Goldsithney, Cornwall respectively. John was a miner, aged 27 who presently resided at Specimen Hill, Long Gully. Frances 23 years also lived in Long Gully.
The names of parents [which included the mother's maiden name] were William Henry Skitch and Grace Mason and John Simmons Oats and Johanna Jennings. William Skitch was a "Pilot," and John Oats a "Wheelwright."
The marriage was solemnized in the Wesleyan Church by I. James. Witnesses were Harriet Catherine Oats and Jess L. Rheindholdt (although it is difficult to read his name).