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Jospeh Oakley
Born 1870
England
Died 1914 (aged 43–44)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Michel, British Columbia
Nationality English
Occupation Miner

Early Life

Birth

1870 in Coasley, Staffordshire, England (from census returns)

Parents

Joseph Oakley married Sabia Randle about 1860

Siblings

  • Elizabeth Oakley
  • John Oakley
  • Joseph Oakley
  • [Embah] Oakley
  • Eunice Oakley
  • William Oakley
  • Joshua Oakley
  • James Guest Oakley
  • Thomas Oakley (also went to Michel, BC)
  • Mary Oakley

Marriage

Joseph Oakley married Mary Ellen Almond 7 July, 1900, Leigh Reg. District, Lancashire

Children

  • John Oakley
  • Sarah Oakley
  • Thomas Oakley
  • Mabel Oakley
  • Walter Oakley
  • Bertha Oakley

Census Records

1881 Tyldesley Cum Shakerley, Lancashire, England, age 11
1891 Tyldesley with Shakerley, Lancashire, age 21, occupation miner
1901 Tyldesley with Shakerley, Lancashire, age 30, miner
1911 New Michel, Kootenay, British Columbia, age 40, to Canada 1903, miner

Immigration to Canada

1903 Ship Megantic, age 33, occupation collier, going to Michel, British Columbia

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster July 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Joseph is not buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery, but in Michel/Natal, British Columbia.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Widow Mary Ellen Oakley married 2) Thomas James Barnes, 23 Mar 1915, at Michel, B.C. and had 4 more children.

Compensation

Schedule A