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William Robert Oakman
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Birth
Parents : John Oakman & Harriet Crossin
Date : 09 Nov 1865
Place : Pigeontown, Glenavy, Ireland
Baptism
Marriage
Spouse : Edith Maude Wilson
Date : 19 Jan 1911
Place : Newcastle Presbyterian, Co Down, Ireland
Death
Date : 07 May 1942
Place : Oakhill, Hillhall, Lisburn, Ireland (aged 76)
Burial
More information
Headstone at Glenavy Parish Church:
THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND
OF
JOHN OAKMAN who died 20th July 1893
HARRIET OAKMAN, his wife
who died 23rd Jan 1883
His sons JOHN GLENN OAKMAN
who died 27th Jan 1893
and WILLIAM ROBERT OAKMAN, Hillhall
who died 7th May 1942
his wife EDITH MAUDE OAKMAN
who died 17th November 1971
Their son JOHN CLEMENTS OAKMAN,
who died 27th August 1989
and their daughter HARRIET FRANCES OAKMAN
who died 10th March 1995
Glenavy Parish Magazine, June 1942 mentions the burial of William Robert Oakman, of Oakhill, Hillhall, on May 8th, aged 77 years.
A note was written – author unknown –
the passing of one of the oldest families in this Parish of which we have records … the headstone under which his (William Robert Oakman) body was laid to rest is dated 1705, and their may have been others interred prior to that date…