Oakley - Foreman Families, Trafalgar Township

    The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has a very large print chart (with map features) showing the geneology of the Cline family which can be consulted. It was prepared in 1973 by Malcolm Cameron

    Joseph Oakley was one of four brothers who came from England, possibly Bedford. His brothers were John, who arrived in Niagara in October 1814 and within months, was appointed the charge of Fort Geor

    Since the receipt is signed by a member of the Munn family, it is possibly a receipt for Munn's Cemetery in Trafalgar Township, on the southeast corner of Dundas and Sixth Line.

    Since the photograph is taken in Hamilton when the three sisters were together, it must have been taken before Amanda and Jennie left for Kansas in January of 1858.

    Amanda was born in Waterdown, East Flamborough (Ontario) to Joseph Howard Oakley and Frances Mary (Dean) Oakley, who had come to Canada in 1817 or 1818 from England. Amanda married John A. Foreman, J

    The minister was John Oakley, Amanda's uncle, a Baptist minister. Amanda had been born in Waterdown, East Flamborough (Ontario) and John in Lewiston, New York. John Foreman was named for his father.

    Other records in this group tell more about Amanda and John A.

    This photograph of John A. Foreman Jr. was taken during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. At the age of sixteen, John was master-owner of the brigantine, While, and active in commercial shipping on

    Henry Sylvester, Elizabeth and LeRoy Dean were three of the children of Sylvester Dean Oakley and Mary Elizabeth De Cew. There were 3 other children in the family, all born in Oakville, Ontario. Thei

    Studio photograph taken in Topeka, Kansas, in 1868. The mother of the siblings, Amanda Mary (Oakley) Forman had divorced her husband after the American Civil War, Major John A. Foreman, Jr., in Topek

    The parents of Charles were Amanda Mary Oakley, b. October 18, 1831 in Waterdown, Ontario, who married John A. Foreman, Jr. in the town of Oakville, Trafalgar Township on April 29, 1847. They bought

    Photo taken when Fannie was a student in Leavenworth, Kansas. The children of Theo and Fannie are: Theo Jr., Laura, Bess, John, Charles, Thomas and Alex.

    Please click on "reverse" to see the second page of the letter. Stationery letterhead: Office of Jay Joslin Wholesale and Retail Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, 384 & 386 Lawrence Street, Denver, Col.

    In the 1881 Census, the family surname is spelled as "Ingelhart", closer to the earlier German spelling.

    Susannah was the daughter of Reuben Oakley and his second wife, Mary Inglehart Colanda, the sister of his first wife, Elizabeth Inglehart who had died sometime around 1832. Susanna married her cousin

    Susanna's parents were Reuben Oakley who had come to Canada from England and his second wife, Mary Inglehart Colanda, the sister of his first wife, Elizabeth Inglehart who had died ca 1832. Reuben an