When James Oates was born in 1828, in Santon, Isle of Man, his father, Thomas Oates, was 50 and his mother, Esther Quine, was 41. He married Jane Quayle on 9 October 1852, in Kirk Michael, Isle of Man. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Onchan, Isle of Man in 1861 and Braddan, Isle of Man in 1911. He died on 9 December 1913, in Lonan, Isle of Man, at the age of 85.
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Douglas becomes the capital of the Isle of Man, after its parliament. Tynwald moved their chambers from Castletown.
First Elections to the House of Keys.
The Buchan School was founded on the Isle of Man.
English and Irish (of Norman origin): from the Old Norman French personal names Ode, Odde, Odes, Otto, Otes, or Otton (ancient Germanic Audo, Odo, Oddo, Otto), originally a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud ‘wealth, prosperity’. See also Ott 2.
Irish and Manx: adopted for Ó Cuirc or Mac Cuirc (see Quirk ), a personal name based on Gaelic corc ‘heart’, by erroneous association with the Irish word coirce ‘oats’ (Manx corkey).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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