Ingram Burpee Oakes (1848 - 1948)

Born 16 Nov 1848 in Albany, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jardine (Smith) Oakes — married 7 Jan 1878 in Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

Died 29 Jun 1948 at age 99 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

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Ingram Burpee Oakes was born on 16 Nov 1848 in Nova Scotia, Canada, son of Jesse Oakes^[1] and Eliza Whitman.

Ingram married Lizzie J Smith on 3 January 1878 in Carleton, New Brunswick.^[2]

Ingram died on June 29, 1948 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, aged 99; he had been a school teacher and inspector of public schools.^[1] He was buried in Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia.^[3]

Research Notes

OAKES, INGRAM BURPEE, principal of the Chatham Grammar School, 1876-79; b. Albany, Annapolis Co., N.S., 16 Nov 1848, s/o Jesse Oakes and Elizabeth Whitman; m. 1878, Elizabeth Jardine Smith, of Bass River, Kent Co., N.B.; d. Wolfville, N.S., 28 Jun 1948.

Educated at Horton Academy and Acadia University (BA 1871, MA 1883), Ingram B. Oakes was principal of the high school at Hantsport, N.S., for a year and of the Kent County Grammar School at Richibucto for three years. He was appointed principal of the grammar school at Chatham in the fall of 1876, as successor to Edwin H. McAlpine. His students undoubtedly felt fortunate, for while at university he had acquired "not only a knowledge of, but a love for, the Latin and English classics, and often recited with keen relish long passages from the Masters." His capabilities as a teacher were warmly praised when he resigned in 1879 in order to be appointed a school inspector in southern New Brunswick.

Oakes was an inspector for nine years and then principal of Horton Academy from 1888 to 1899. He later occupied different public offices, including that of prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He was a governor of Acadia University from 1904 onward, and for many years, secretary of the governing board. In 1914 the university granted him an honorary DCL. When he died in 1948, a few months before his 100th birthday, this "Grand Old Man of Acadia" bequeathed $70,000 to the university.

[b] Morgan (CM&W) 1912 [m] Times 7 Jan 1878 [d] Acadia Record / Advance 6 Nov 1879; Advocate 15 Nov 1876, 19 Nov 1879; Commercial World 22 Jul 1948; Maritime Baptist 14 Jul 1948; PPMP (From: Dictionary of Miramichi Biography, http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/Hamilton/DMB/SearchResults.aspx?culture=fr-CA&action=0&page=771)

Marriage info was: Ingram (29) married Elizabeth Jardine Smith (18) on January 7, 1878 in Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death: "Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths," online database with images. Entry for Ingram Burpee Oakes; death at Wolfville, Kings County on June 29, 1948; Male, Death Registration: Year: 1948 number: 3978; Birth: 16 Nov 1848, Nova Scotia; Age: 99 years, 7 months, 12 days, Occupation: School Teacher and Inspector of Public Schools, Parents: Jesse Oakes and Not Known. Death Certificate Nova Scotia Archives: Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 2 Mar 2024).
2. ↑ Marriage: "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: QVBF-JD3V : accessed 2 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9MF-Q95P-R, Ingram B Oakes marriage to Lizzie J Smith on 3 Jan 1878 in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada; citing Page: 408; Digital film/folder number: 005418860; FHL microfilm: 000845797; Image number: 476.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146752675/ingram-burpee-oakes : accessed 28 April 2022), memorial page for Ingram Burpee Oakes (16 Nov 1848–28 Jun 1948), Find A Grave: Memorial #146752675, citing Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by LMK (contributor 47573469). Includes gravestone image with birth and death years: 1848-1948.