Elizabeth
M.
Oakes
Born in Dennison Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Oakes Sr.
and Elizabeth (Schrader) Oakes
Sister of
Daniel William Oakes Sr., Walter Oakes, Richard Oakes Jr., Summerfield Oakes, Arthur A. Oakes, Mary Ann (Oakes) Stribaugh, Mabel Oakes and Theodore Oakes
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Elizabeth M. Oakes was born in Mar 1899 in Dennison Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. She was the eighth of nine children, and the youngest daughter born to Elizabeth Schrader and Richard Oakes. At the time of the 1900 census she was living in Dennison Township with her parents and seven older siblings. She was 1 year old.[1]
She received her nurse's training at St. Timothy's Memorial Hospital, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1920 census she was living at St. Timothy's Hospital on Ridge Avenue S.E., Philadelphia. She was 20 years old and listed as a "pupil nurse."[2] In 1930 she rented Apartment #3, 131 Sumac Street, Philadelphia for $25.00 a month. She was single, age 29, and her occupation was listed as "Grad. nurse - private cases."[3] She served as a nurse in France during World War II.
Elizabeth Oakes died on 25 Feb 1985 in Philadelphia.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33B-C2M : accessed 18 April 2021), Ebbizine 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
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNMN-D7K : 3 February 2021), Elizabeth Oakes, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH7V-2WR : accessed 18 April 2021), Elizabeth Oakes, Philadelphia (Districts 0501-0750), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 607, sheet 6A, line 26, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2103; FHL microfilm 2,341,837.
- ↑ "Death Notices:Oakes", The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 27 Feb 1985 page 6-B column 5
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