Wilfred Van Norman Oaten (1887 - 1920)

Born 27 Jul 1887 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Lea (Gallagher) Oaten — married 29 Jun 1910 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada

Died 15 Feb 1920 at age 32 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Wilfred was born in 1887. He was the son of Walter Oaten and Kate Van Norman.^[1] He lived with his mother and grandmother in Barton Wentworth South, Ontario in 1891^[2] and in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario in 1901.^[3]

Wilfred married Ruby Lea Gallagher on 29 Jun 1910 in Hamilton.^[4] They lived in Halton, Ontario in 1911^[5] and in Calgary, Alberta, with their daughter Helen, in 1916.^[6]

Wilfred passed away in 1920 from pneumonia. He was a prominent musician and music instructor.^[7]

Acknowledgments

This biography was created by Christopher Hoult through the import of HOULT.ged on Feb 4, 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 85; Record Group: Rg 80-2; Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1916 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010; Ancestry Record 8838 #1653528
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWGP-Z9S : 3 August 2016), Wilfred Oaten, Barton, Wentworth South, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148180.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL9-VT1 : 23 February 2021), Wilfrid V Oaten in household of Eliz Vannorman, Hamilton (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8M-VHJ : 8 March 2021), Wilfred Vannorman Oaten and Ruby Lee Gallagher, 29 Jun 1910; citing registration , Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,887,557.
5. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-Z5R6 : 16 March 2018), Wilfred B Oaten, 1911; citing Census, Halton Sub-Districts 1-32, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,700.
6. ↑ Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Calgary West, 01H; Roll: T-21949; Page: 41; Family No: 478; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009; Ancestry Record 1556 #760554688
7. ↑ ”W.V. Oaten Dies From Pneumonia”, Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16 Feb 1920, Mon, Page 9, Newspapers.com, Obituary

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123752996/wilfrid-van_norman-oaten : accessed 21 March 2022), memorial page for Wilfrid Van Norman Oaten (1888–15 Feb 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #123752996, citing Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269) .