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Arthur A. Oakes (1894 - 1969)

Arthur A. Oakes
Born in Dennison Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married Jun 1922 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Died at age 75 in Coaldale, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Arthur A. Oakes was born on 08 Feb 1894 in Dennison Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. He was the fifth of eight children born to Elizabeth Schrader and Richard Oakes.[1] At the time of the 1900 census he was six and lived in Dennison Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania with his parents and seven siblings.[2] In 1910 he was 16 and boarded with the Charles Poltrok family in Dennison Township. He worked as a farm laborer and was listed as "working out." He did not attend school.[3]

On 05 Jun 1917, Arthur and his brother Richard registered for the draft at North Parsons, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. He was described as tall, medium build, with gray eyes and light brown hair. He was employed the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company as a mine laborer.[4] He began military service at Camp Meade, Maryland on 01 Nov 1917.[5] On 12 Jan 1918 he boarded the ship "Mount Vernon" at Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey and sailed to France[6] where he served for the duration of his service during World War I.[5] He sailed aboard the ship "Texan" from Bordeaux, France to Brooklyn, New York[7] and was discharged from the Army on 28 Apr 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.[5]

After the War, Arthur worked for the railroad. From 1920-1922 he reported that he worked as a fireman on the railroad.[8][9] In 1942 he stated that he worked for the Reading Railway Company in Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.[10]

Arthur and Edna Davis Wedger, a widow, applied for a marriage license on 29 May 1922 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. They were married in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, and Rev. Horace A. Shiffer performed the wedding ceremony.[9] The couple raised the two children from her first marriage, Elias and Edna Wedger,[11] and they had five daughters:[12]

  1. Evelyn Elizabeth Oakes
  2. daughter still living
  3. daughter still living
  4. Kathleen Marie Oakes
  5. Vanda Alvesta Oakes

In Apr 1942 Arthur registered for the draft and was described as five feet eight inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with a light complexion, gray hair, gray eyes, and scars on his left arm.[10] Arthur died on 16 May 1969 at Coaldale Hospital, Coaldale, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania. He was buried on 19 May 1969 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.[13][14]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFKR-4ZW2 : 27 January 2020), Arthur A. Oakes, 1894.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33B-CKY : accessed 16 April 2021), Arthur Oaks in household of Richard Oaks, Denison Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 8A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,431.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3N-33P : accessed 16 April 2021), Arthur Oaks in household of Charles F Poltrok, Dennison, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 5A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1366; FHL microfilm 1,375,379.
  4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VK-2WK : 23 February 2021), Arthur Oakes, 1917-1918.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Arthur Oakes, file#28716, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948, Record Group 19; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
  6. ↑ U.S. Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, Lists of Outgoing Passengers, 1917-1938; Mount Vernon, 1917 Oct 31 - 1918 May 16, page 357. Fold3.com.
  7. ↑ U.S. Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917-1938; Texan, 1919 Jan 6 - 1919 Aug 5, page 143. Fold3.com
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFBC-V56 : 3 February 2021), Arthur Oaks, 1920.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZM-ZQ5 : 10 March 2021), Arthur Oakes and Edna J Wedger, 29 May 1922; citing Marriage, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQFH-XQY : 14 March 2020), Arthur Oakes, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHH3-SGG : accessed 16 April 2021), Arthur Oaks, Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 7B, line 94, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2148; FHL microfilm 2,341,882.
  12. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7T-PXV : 7 January 2021), Arthur R Oakes, Tamaqua, Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-171, sheet 6A, line 13, family 102, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3607.
  13. ↑ "Arthur R. Oakes", Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 16 May 1969 page 20 column 5
  14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 April 2021), memorial page for Arthur A. Oakes (8 Feb 1894–16 May 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #198476602, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Star Kline (contributor 46964248).




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