On 29 October 1938, Robert Leo Kane married Mary Ruth Carter in Falls Church, Virginia (license issued 29 October 1938). He was 24, single, born in Vienna, Virginia, living in McLean, Virginia, son of John J. Kane and Virginia F. Shipman. She was 21, single, born in Essex County, living in Upright, Essex County, Virginia, daughter of Zack Carter and Robert Lou Williams. Ceremony by P. A. Schouter, Roman Catholic priest. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 3, page 179.]