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).