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Record #16467
Name :
: Alfred John OAKMAN (1904 - 1978)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 17 May 1904

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1 Jan 1978
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Fulham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Essex, Brentwood
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Sep 1921
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
: McKensie
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Alfred John Oakman: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1904; District: Fulham; County: London; Volume: 1a; Page: 343. Parents: Joseph John Samuel Oakman and Maud Mary Ball, married 1901 in Kingston, Surrey, England.

A death registration was found for Joseph John S Oakman: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1910; Age: 29; District: Woolwich; County: London; Volume: 1d; Page: 541.

In 1911, Alfred's mother, Maud Mary Oakman, widow, 31, domestic, is residing at Maud Villa High Street, Eltham, Kent, England, with his brother and sister, Violet Maud Oakman, 3, and Louis Edward Oakman, 1.

Maud M. Oakman remarried John J. Winch in 1916 in Lewisham, Kent, England.

In 1921, Alfred John Oakman, 17, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 134 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He declared that his current occupation was as a story boy; that his intended occupation was to do farm work; that he was born in London, England; that his passage was paid by Dr. Barnardo's Homes; that he was destined to his friend, Mr. J. W. Hobday, 50-52 Peter Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; that his nearest relation was his mother, Mrs. Oakman, 164, Grangehill Road, Eltham, Kent, England.

Alfred was placed with a Hugh McKensie of Watford, Warwick, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.

A juvenile inspector reported [T-15424]:

OAKMAN, Alfred J. 17 1921 Barnardo's one employer in Watford, Lambton Co.... good progress, comfortable here.

On December 23, 1935, Alfred Oakman, 31, farmer, returned to the United Kingdom on the ship Ascania. His address in the United Kingdom was Katherine Gardens, Eltham, Kent, England, and that he intended to return to Canada.

In 1941, Alfred John Oakman married Ethel Scarlett (divorced from Joseph John Dickinson, who was missing and presumed dead in 1932), daughter of James William Scarlett and Margaret Ann Johnson, in Hendon, Middlesex, England.

Alfred John Oakman, 73, died on January 1, 1978, at Brentwood, Essex, England. Ethel Scarlett Oakman died in 1993 in Essex, England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-07-16 07:32:15 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-08-15 10:17:17 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16467 OAKMAN, Alfred John1904ENG, LND, Fulham Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos