SAMUEL OAKLEY

 

Samuel Oakley

Samuel was born the 20th of May 1833 in Manchester, England.  By the 1851 census he was listed as a joiner and was 17.  Samuel was only 22 when his parents, Robert & Elizabeth, passed away.  On his own, he moved to Canada, settling in the Kingston area.   Were there relatives in Kingston and that is why Samuel chose that area?

I found a mention of Sam in the Daily British Whig, Kingston (1 Aug 1855):

 "Steamer Niagara, Lewiston - 2 chests luggage, S. Oakley"

Obviously his luggage had arrived! I did find a ships passenger list that could be our Samuel but the occupation listed - a mason - was inconsistent with his carpentry background.  The manifest was from the ship, the "London".  The ship had travelled from London and arrived in New York, 9 July 1855.

Samuel Oakley  22, a mason

  Samuel initially settled in Kingston, Ontario – most likely connected to the railroad as a carpenter.  By 1859 Samuel married Mary Ann Nobes and he entered into a period of some stability.

 TIMELINE for Samuel Oakley:

1832: Samuel Oakley born

1854: both of Samuel’s parents pass away

1855: Samuel arrived in New York? and made his way to Kingtson, Ontario

1859: Samuel married Mary Ann Nobes in Kingston

1860: Sarah born Young Street in Kingston

1868:-73 moved to Cobourg, Ontario

1873: Samuels given a watch by the Cobourg Car Works

1880: Mary Ann passes away

1881: census – still in Cobourg

1882: the Oakleys moved to Winnipeg

1883-87 Foreman CPR Shops Winnipeg

1887-91 Samuel is a machinist in St Paul, Minnesota and moves his younger children there

1887: Samuel marries Elizabeth Nobes in Muskegon, Michigan

1889: Elizabeth Nobes dies in Michigan

1889: Sarah Elizabeth Oakley Powell and family move to Vancouver

1890: Samuel's son, Samuel and wife are in the 1890 census for Norfolk Virginia

1892: Alice Oakley Hutchings and family move to Vancouver

1893: Blanche moves to Vancouver, marries Reg Forbes in 1896

1894: Isaac moves to Vancouver

1898 Vancouver phone directory lists Samuel Oakley with Oakley & Son Furniture

1900: Samuel marries Anne M. Young in Norfolk, Virginia

1900: census Western Branch, Norfolk, Virginia, Lester is living with Sam plus 3^rd wife

1901: census – lodger in Cobourg, Ontario

1911: census - Vancouver, living with youngest son,  George

1912: killed by a streetcar in Vancouver