Gertrude Oakes

1873 - 1935  (61 years)

• Name	Gertrude Oakes
  Born	14 Apr 1873	Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	9VDT-7K1
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9VDT-7K1
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	23312213
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23312213
  Died	24 Jan 1935
  	She Died in the Atlantic Ocean.
  Buried	Abt 24 Jan 1935	Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine
  Person ID	I104926	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	William Pitt Oakes,   b. 8 Mar 1833, Sangerville, Penobscot County, Maine ,   d. 1 Feb 1913, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Edith Nancy Lewis,   b. 14 Jul 1842, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 7 Jan 1923  (Age 80 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1869	Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine
  Family ID	F11193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Apr 1873 - Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine Buried - Abt 24 Jan 1935 - Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900: Gertrude Oakes was born 14 Apr 1873 in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine to William P & Edith N Oakes. 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. Gravesite Details Daughter of William P & Edith N Oakes.