John
Leigh
Oakes
Born in Colony of New South Wales
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Oakes
and Rebecca (Small) Oakes
Brother of
Elizabeth (Oakes) Armstrong, Ann (Oakes) Byrnes, Mary (Oakes) Hutchinson, George Oakes, Rebecca Oakes, Susan Hassall (Oakes) Sprent, Francis Rowland Oakes, Lucy Oakes, Rowland Hassall Oakes, Samuel Oakes, James Lawry Oakes, Martha (Oakes) West and William Henry Oakes
Husband of
Elizabeth Mary (Shelley) Oakes
— married
1848 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
George Spencer Oakes, Lucy Elizabeth (Oakes) Bowman-Bacon, Marion Oakes, Clifford L Oakes and William S Oakes
Died
at age 74
in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Feb 2010
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Biography
John Oakes was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
This profile is part of the Oaks Name Study.
John Leigh Oakes was born on May 6, 1826 in Colony of New South Wales, son of Francis Oakes (1770–1844) and Rebecca Small (1789–1883).[1]
John (21) married Elizabeth Mary Shelley (19) (born on March 31, 1828 in Parramatta, New South Wales; daughter of William Shelley and Susannah Marsden (Hassall) Shelley) in 1848 in Sydney, New South Wales. Their children were:
- George Spencer Oakes (1855–1932)
- Lucy Elizabeth Oakes (1858–1937)
- Marion Oakes (1860– )
- Clifford L Oakes (1863– )
- William S Oakes (1866– )
John died on April 27, 1901 in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, aged 74.[2]
Sources
See also:
- NSW marriage registration #62/1848 V184862 33B
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Mike Clark 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Terry Williamson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A873996 [compare], Ancestry member Williamson_Terry
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Ruth Waters :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal RUTd29cb118, FTDNA kit #M126658
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~1.56%
Daphne (Moore) Hitchcock :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Karen Johnson :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LB1795030 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
KerrieAnne (Adams) Christian :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A243986 [compare], Ancestry member KerrieChristian
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~0.78%
Robyn Hughes :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member louisevale
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Anne Hibbard :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Walter Watt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member walter13175
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~0.78%
Susan (Sirett) Kriss :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T116815 [compare], FTDNA kit #566860
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~0.78%
Craig Hennessy :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H658614 [compare]
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