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 between Robert and Margaret Oakman who arrived a month earlier on the same ship? From their ages I would guess they may have been father and daughter, though this may not have been the case. They could quite as easily have been brother and sister, uncle and niece, or simply cousins. There must surely have been a family connection though, for them to have such similar travelling patterns.