Brief Life History of John
When John Oakes was born on 4 May 1908, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Oakes, was 28 and his mother, Ada Bastain, was 28. He lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916. He died about 1978, in Blairmore, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- John Oakes in household of Robert Oakes, "Canada Census, 1916"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Oakes - Individual or family possessions: male
Parents and Siblings
1880–1964 Male
1880–1917 Female
Siblings (3)
1903–1989 Female
1908–about 1978 Male
1914–1919 Female
World Events (8)
1914
Age 6
1914 · Britain Enters the Great War
Age 6
1928 · Women Granted Right to Vote
Age 20
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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