Rachel Abigail Oakes

Brief Life History of Rachel Abigail

When Rachel Abigail Oakes was born on 17 August 1827, in Chesterville, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonas Mason Oakes, was 31 and her mother, Sabina Ann Bradbury, was 29. She married John Peter Soliss in 1845, in De Witt, Clinton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Vesta, Johnson, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Carr Creek Township, Mitchell, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died on 7 December 1908, in Oak Grove, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery, Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Howard
1814–1888
Rachel Abigail Oakes
1827–1908
Marriage: 14 February 1850
Sabina Howard
1851–1924
Walter Howard
Martha Lavina Howard
1854–1920
Chesman D Howard
1858–1904
Olive Howard Walker
1861–1897
Henry Albert Howard
1865–1939

Sources (18)

  • Rachel Howard, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Rachel, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"
  • R. Oaks in entry for Chesman D. Howard, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1838

Historical Boundaries: 1838: Jackson, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Jackson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Jackson, Iowa, United States

1850

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Mary Luelling Meek BIRTH 14 Mar 1833 New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, USA DEATH 10 Dec 1850 (aged 17) BURIAL Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA Show Map PLOT Plot 096, Grave 14, SE Quadrant MEMORIAL ID 31668287 · View Source

Name Meaning

English: topographic name, a variant of Oak with either an original plural -s or an excescent -s added later to the surname.

Irish (Louth, Wexford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhdara ‘son of Dubhdara’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’ + dara(ch), genitive of dair ‘oak’, by translation of the main element of the Gaelic name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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