John Wesley Oakley
ID # 5725, (1865-1958)
| Birth | John Wesley Oakley was born on 25 April 1865 at Hollin, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co.. |
| Marriage | He married Isabella Mary Hay, daughter of Robert Hay and Mary Moffatt, on 16 September 1890 at Toronto, York Co.. Mrge reg 014904-90 Toronto, York Co. JohnWesley Oakley, 25, bachelor, dentist, Methodist. Born Hollin P.O., Ontario, residing Toronto. Parents Abram and Francis Oakley. Isabella Mary Hay, 23, spinster, Methodist. Born Moorefield, residing Toronto. Parents Robert and Mary Hay. Witnesses William Phillips and Maggie Hay. On September 16, 1890, at Toronto, by Manly Benson. |
| Death | He died on 2 September 1958 at Los Angeles, California, at age 93. |
| Note | As the marriage registration for John and Isabella shows, John Wesley Oakley was a dentist. A brief biography (brief, considering that John was still a very young man) appears in the 1891 The Canadian Album of Men of Canada, Vol. 1, Rev. William Cochrane, Bradley, Garretson & Co., Brantford, on page 82. This mentions his recent marriage to Bella M. Hay on September 16, 1890, and provides a summary of his schooling as well as a photograph. The biography tells that he is a member of the Queen Street Methodist Church in Toronto, which is of mild interest if for no other reason that the biography for his brother-in-law, Stephen Moffat Hay, in this same volume (page 48), tells that Stephen attended this church as well. The above referred biography no doubt predated the tragedy that befell John and Isabella. Refer to notes under Isabella. |
| Last Edited | 18 Aug 2017 |