Quite a few Oakman families and individuals left Ireland to settle in North America. The information found about these folk has been gleaned from a variety of sources – shipping records, census records, newspapers, death registers, marriage registers and military records.
Oakmans in America with birthplace of “Ireland”
Isaac Oakman - arrived before 1774
Isaac Oakman was born about 1749 in County Armagh, Ireland. He emigrated to America sometime before 1774. Isaac had two sisters – Kennedy and Susan – and two brothers – Henry and William. William had also emigrated to America but…
William Oakman - arrived before 1774
William Oakman was born in County Armagh, Ireland about 1775. He arrived in America with his brother, Henry in September 1770. William’s brother, Isaac Oakman, also emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia as a Merchant. Confirmation of where William…
Henry Oakman - arrived before 1774
Henry was a Merchant in New York City trading under the business of Oakman and Townsend. Henry’s business partner was a spy during the Revolutionary War. Read more: Spies, Patriots and Traitors by Kenneth Daigler. Brothers – Isaac in Philadelphia…
Walter Oakman - arrived before 1824
Walter was the son of Walter Oakman and Christina of Darraghmore in Ballyminimore Townland near Glenavy, County Antrim. Walter was among the first settlers of Ypsilanti in Washtenaw County, Michigan. From the two publications, “The Story of Ypsilanti” by Harvey…
Margaret Oakman – arrived May 1828
Margaret Oakman is found arriving in Philadelphia from St Johns, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, on 19 May 1828. She was 18 years of age and arrived aboard the “Eliza Jane“. Shipping records list Margaret as a “Servant”. Margaret appears to…
Robert Oakman – arrived June 1828
Robert Oakman arrived on the “Eliza Jane” from St Johns, New Brunswick on 28 June 1828. The passenger list states Robert was 45 year old Weaver who intended to become an inhabitant of the United States. Was there a connection…
James Oakman – arrived before 1832
James Oakman was born about 1803 in Ireland and died in 1882 in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont. Poultney is a small town in the State of Vermont, situated between the foothills of the Green and Taconic Mountain Ranges. Vermont is located…
Robert Oakman – arrived about 1834
1840 Mississippi Naturalisation Records exist (not yet sighted) for a Robert Oakman of Ireland and Louisiana Land Records show a Robert Oakman purchasing 475.8 acres of land at the Ouachita Land Office in 1845. In 1850, in the Parish of…
John Oakman – arrived 1834
Born in County Antrim, probably on his parent’s farm in Ballymacmary Townland in the Parish of Killead, John Oakman left his homeland not long after reaching adulthood. His father, George Oakman, died in 1811 in the Parish of Glenavy, County…
John Oakman – arrived about 1838
After serving with the British Army for 21 years, Private John Oakman received an Army Pension and appears to have left India for North America. Born in County Armagh about January 1797, John enlisted with the British Army “Sappers &…
Eliza Oakman – arrived about 1841
In the 1850 US Census, Eliza Oakman, born Ireland about 1819, is living in the City of Troy, NY with her sisters Ann Oakman and Margaret Oakman. The 1855 Census shows Eliza, Ann and Margaret living with their parents Walter…
Walter Oakman – arrived 1845
Seventeen year old Walter Oakman (born abt 1828) left Belfast on the Mertome which arrived in New York on 4 June 1845. Walter was naturalised on 28 October 1851 and his Naturalisation Certificate gives his address as 186 Monroe St,…
Clements Oakman – arrived 1846
Clement Oakman was born about 1828 in Ireland and sailed to the US on the Sir C Campbell which arrived at the Port of New York on 7 July 1846. In 1851, Clement was living at 186 Monroe St, New…
Anne Oakman – arrived about 1846
In the 1850 US Census, Ann Oakman, born Ireland about 1828, is living in the City of Troy, NY with Eliza Oakman (a sister?) and Margaret Oakman. In the 1855 Census, Ann, Eliza, and Margaret are found living with their…
Margaret Oakman – arrived 1848
Eighteen year old Margaret (born abt 1828) arrived in New York on 29 August 1848 aboard the Sea King. There’s a Robert Oakman on the same ship – very probably her brother. Margaret went to live with sisters Eliza Oakman…
Robert Oakman – arrived 1848
Robert was only 16 years old (born abt 1832) when he arrived in New York with his sister Margaret, on the Sea King on 29 August 1848. His occupation is given as “Cultivator/Farmer” on shipping records. Robert was the son…
William Oakman – arrived 1849
William, aged 24, (born abt 1825) along with his widowed mother, Catherine Davidson and his two half-sisters, Jane and Catherine, arrived in New York from Belfast aboard the Chenango on 3 July 1849. William married soon after arriving in New…
John Oakman – arrived before 1850
John Oakman, a Blacksmith living in Detroit, Michigan in 1850, married Elizabeth Normile in 1851 and they had 9 children — William (abt 1852), Margaret (abt 1854), John (abt 1855), Joseph (abt 1857), Robert (abt 1860), Elizabeth (abt 1863), Charles…
Margaret Oakman – arrived before 1850
Margaret (born abt 1831) and her sisters, Mary and Lucy left County Armagh in Northern Ireland and arrived in New York City sometime before 1850. Their mother, Margaret also emigrated to the US, but I have found no proof that…
Mary J Oakman – arrived before 1850
Mary Oakman, sister of Margaret (above), was born in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about 1836. She arrived in New York City with her mother and sisters in the late 1840s. The US Censuses of 1860 and 1880 list her occupation…
Lucy Oakman – arrived before 1850
Lucy, who was also born in County Armagh (c1838) and was a sister to Margaret and Mary. Lucy worked as a Bookfolder until her marriage to James Lloyd Evans on 24 August 1863 (source: New York Times). She and James…
William G Oakman – arrived about 1850
From William G. Cutler’s “History of the State of Kansas”, published in 1883: W. G. OAKMAN, of the firm of Oakman & Clover, dealers in real estate. The present firm was organized in 1878. The junior partner, Mr. S. S.…
Michael Oakman – arrived 1851
Twenty-two year old Michael Oakman arrived in New York from Ireland on 28 April 1851. I’ve found no trace of him beyond his arrival.
Robert Oakman – arrived before 1851
I have found a Robert Oakman, who was born in Ireland, is working as a Bricklayer in Philadelphia in 1860. He is living with wife Margaret and children: Robert, Margaret, Mary and Martha. Their eldest child, who was 9 in…
Walter Oakman – arrived about 1851
Walter (born abt 1790) and his wife Eliza are first found in the 1855 Census in the City of Troy, Tenssalaer, NY. Walter is working as a Chandler and Eliza as a laundress. Living with them are their children –…
Jane Oakman – arrived about 1851
Jane Oakman is found in the 1855 US Census living in the City of Troy, Rensselaer, New York, with her parents Walter and Eliza Oakman, sisters Eliza, Anna and Margaret and brother Walter. In 1865, Jane was 23 years of…
John Oakman – arrived 1888
John Oakman was born in June 1875 in Ballymoney Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (IGI Batch #C701588). His parents were William Oakman and Elizabeth McCauley (or McAuley). He had at least one sibling – a brother, Robert (born 29 March…
Charles Yates Oakman – arrived 1903
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1880 to parents Robert Oakman and Margaret McClarnon, Charles Yates Oakman was a Chemist. He arrived at the Port of Philadelphia in April 1903 intending to stay with his cousin in New York City.…
Joseph Albert Oakman – arrived 1904
Charles Yates Oakman’s younger brother, Joseph, was born in Ireland in May 1885. He was an Engineer and arrived in the US aboard the Teutonic on 22 September 1904. Joseph was travelling with his brother, Charles, and the passenger list…
Robert John Oakman – arrived 1913
Robert John Oakman was born in Greenrath, Tipperary, Ireland on 2 April 1892. Robert’s baptism record of 6 April 1892 tells us his parents were Robert Oakman, a Constable with the Royal Irish Constabulary, and Mary Stanly. Robert emigrated from…