Brief Life History of Oscar
When Oscar Oaks was born on 9 July 1885, in Taylor, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Alonzo Oaks, was 35 and his mother, Jane King Quick, was 27. He married Alice Marteau on 17 June 1907, in Winona, Minnesota, United States. He lived in Jackson, Wisconsin, United States in 1885. He died on 6 August 1907, in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Oscar Oakes in household of Alonso Oakes, "United States Census, 1900"
- Oakes, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
- Oscar W Oakes, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Oakes .
Americanized form of Jewish Ochs .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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