1880 census of Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine p24C: Gertie Oakes, age 7, she & parents born in Maine, listed with parents, William P, 46 & Edith N, 37 and siblings: Louis, 9, Harry, 5, Jessie, 2, and unnamed baby girl, 4 months.
1900 census of Brooklyn, Kings, New York p16B: Getrude Oakes, age 26, born in Mar 1874 in Maine, parents born in Maine, clerk, single, listed as a boarder with many others.
According to the Ancestral File and IGI at familysearch.org, Gertrude Oakes was born 14 Apr 1873 in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine to William Pitt Oakes & Edith N Lewis, was unmarried, died 24 Jan 1935 and is buried in Dover Cemetery, Piscataquis, Maine.
According to Dan Scott: She was drowned on 1-24-1935, along with her traveling companion Miss Edna B. Gentle, in the sinking of the passenger liner S.S. Mohawk. The Mohawk was struck by another ship and sank off the New Jersey coast with the deaths of 45 passengers and crew.
1880 census of Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine p24C: Gertie Oakes, age 7, she & parents born in Maine, listed with parents, William P, 46 & Edith N, 37 and siblings: Louis, 9, Harry, 5, Jessie, 2, and unnamed baby girl, 4 months.
1900 census of Brooklyn, Kings, New York p16B: Getrude Oakes, age 26, born in Mar 1874 in Maine, parents born in Maine, clerk, single, listed as a boarder with many others.
According to the Ancestral File and IGI at familysearch.org, Gertrude Oakes was born 14 Apr 1873 in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine to William Pitt Oakes & Edith N Lewis, was unmarried, died 24 Jan 1935 and is buried in Dover Cemetery, Piscataquis, Maine.
According to Dan Scott: She was drowned on 1-24-1935, along with her traveling companion Miss Edna B. Gentle, in the sinking of the passenger liner S.S. Mohawk. The Mohawk was struck by another ship and sank off the New Jersey coast with the deaths of 45 passengers and crew.
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Daughter of William P & Edith N Oakes.
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