Brief Life History of William Arland
When William Arland Oakley was born on 21 April 1894, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, William Sherman Oakley, was 25 and his mother, Clara Matilda Toolson, was 22. He married Grace Parkhill Peters on 26 September 1917, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died in May 1984, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (24)
- Arland Oakley, "United States Census, 1940"
- William Arland Oakley, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- W Arland Oakley, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
Spouse and Children
1894–1984 Male
1897–1946 Female
Children (1)
1918–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1868–1932 Male
1871–1956 Female
Siblings (3)
1894–1984 Male
1896–1985 Male
1899–1998 Female
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1903
Age 9
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 24
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of numerous places called Oakley, Oakle, or Oakleigh, in Bedfordshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Suffolk, or Wiltshire. The placenames derive from Old English āc ‘oak’ + lēah ‘open woodland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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