Hi Lars, This one is from the first newspaper. Newspaper: Norwalk Daily Reflector; 29 Apr 1893; Page: 1 Terribly Mangled. Cleveland , April 29.—Oscar Oakes, a boarding house keeper at 419 Willson avenue, was struck and instantly killed by Lake Shore passenger train No. 5 yesterday, while he was walking on the tracks. The man’s head was torn off and the body terribly mangled. He left a wife, but no children. The remains were taken to the morgue. I don’t have access to the dates needed for the Akron Beacon Journal. -Thanks! Mark Erickson
Dear Greg, Mark and other Listers! Thank you very much for your messages from yesterday, and in particular to you, Mark, for finding the article! What a dreadful death… Now, in the meantime I have located naturalization papers on FamilySearch for Oscar Oakes, also spelt Oaks, from 1882 and 1884, and it appears he was born in SWEDEN about 1848/1849. Can anyone think of where in Sweden he may have come from? Would it say in the naturalization papers? Can they be viewed online? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K84L-DFW <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K84L-DFW> https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K84L-DF4 <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K84L-DF4> Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Apr 19, 2017, at 10:04 AM, Mark Erickson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lars, > This one is from the first newspaper. > Newspaper: Norwalk Daily Reflector; 29 Apr 1893; Page: 1 > > Terribly Mangled. > Cleveland , April 29.—Oscar Oakes, a boarding house keeper at 419 Willson > avenue, was struck and instantly killed by Lake Shore passenger train No. 5 > yesterday, while he was walking on the tracks. The man’s head was torn off > and the body terribly mangled. He left a wife, but no children. The remains > were taken to the morgue. > > I don’t have access to the dates needed for the Akron Beacon Journal. > > -Thanks! > Mark Erickson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Apr 19, 2017, at 4:17 AM, Lars E. Oyane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Listers! > > I have again found an obituary reference which I cannot quite make out. But since it is on ancestry, I hope that someone can help me find it? > > Ingeborg «Emma» Johnson from Luster Co., Norway married in Cleveland, OH in 1882 this gentleman: > > Oscar Oakes, for whom I find the following entry: > > > Name: Oscar Oakes > Death Date: 28 Apr 1893 > Death Place: Cleveland, Ohio > Newspaper Information: Newspaper: Norwalk Daily Reflector; Newspaper Date: 29 Apr 1893; Newspaper Page: 1 Column: 4; Repository: Hayes Presidential Library - Fremont, OH; Years Available: 1882-1892 > Newspaper Information: Newspaper: Akron Beacon Journal Series; Newspaper Date: 29 Apr 1893; Newspaper Page: 3 Column: 5; Repository: Akron-Summit County Public Library; Years Available: 1841-51, 1860-1865, 1870, 1873-1884, 1886-1888 > > > I would be very interested in reading what it says about Oscar and wish to thank you very much in advance for helping me out in this matter! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane >