Robert Oakes and Hannah Oakes (nee Worrell) on their wedding day.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

1960.048.001

Title

Robert Oakes and Hannah Oakes (nee Worrell) on their wedding day.

Date

15 Dec. 1884.

Description

Studio portrait of Robert Oakes and Hannah Oakes (nee Worrell) on their wedding day. The frame is 17.5" x 19" x 3" and made of wood with an overlay of plaster and lacquered a very dark mottled brown colour. The frame is also decorated with carved sprays of flowers.

People/Subject

Oakes, Hannah (nee Worrell)

Hannah was born in Queens County, Ireland. She came over with Maria Worrell. Hannah married Robert Allen Oakes.

Term Source: Langley Story, pg. 262 (Waite)

Oakes, Robert Allen

Robert Allan Oakes arrived in BC in 1880, from Queen's County, Mountrath, Ireland. He came over with Frank Worrell. He first worked as a policeman in the Cariboo before settling in Langley. He married Hannah Worrell, the sister of his friend Francis Vaughan Worrell. He is described as a prankster, causing fights and feuds in Langley.

Term Source: Langley Story, pg. 262 (Waite)

Studio Portrait

weddings

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