Sir Sydney Oakes, 2nd Baronet

Male 1927 - 1966  (39 years)


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  1. 1.  Sir Sydney Oakes, 2nd Baronet was born on 9 Jun 1927 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Aug 1966 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas; was buried after 6 Aug 1966 in Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: MWTZ-VVW
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 196679408
    • Obituary: 9 Aug 1966, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Manchester Evening News

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    FamilySearch ID:
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    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196679408

    Obituary:
    Sir Sydney Oakes dies
    By a Special Correspondent

    SIR SYDNEY OAKES, 39-year-old businessman, has died in hospital at Nassau, in the Bahamas, after a car crash.

    He was the elser son of Sir Harry Oakes, Canadian-born baronet and goldmining millionaire, whose murder in 1943 is one of the century's greatest unsolved crimes.

    Sir Sydney's car left the road yesterday and hit a lamp standard and crshed down and trapped him.

    He was twice married. By his first wife he leaves a son, Christopher, 17, who inherits the title, and two daughters, Felicity, 14, and Virginia, 13, both of whom are in England.

    He and his second wife, Lady Nancy Oakes, have a son, Pitt, five.

    Died:
    He was killed in an auto accident.

    Sydney married Lady Greta Hartmann on 21 Jun 1948 in London, Middlesex, England, and was divorced on 26 Sep 1958 in Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas. Greta was born on 5 Mar 1928 in Copenhagen, ____, Københavns Amt, Denmark; died on 14 Nov 1977 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir C. Oakes, 3rd Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. F. Oakes  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. V. Oakes  Descendancy chart to this point

    Sydney married Nancy Hoyt on 27 Aug 1961. Nancy was born on 27 Aug 1934 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Mar 2010 in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida; was buried after 29 Mar 2010 in Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. P. Oakes  Descendancy chart to this point