This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Oakes oaks Woodall Lockhart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HAC.2ACE/1272.2 Message Board Post: Hi Bill, Our family line (The Oakes) includes John Robert Oakes b. 1863, Buckingham m. Mary Kathrine Gates "Mollie" b. 1876. Mollie was born in NC, most likely Person County, while John Robert's family is from Buckingham. We are still not exactly sure how they met, but they settled in Orange County and had 4 children plus 2 unofficially adopted children. One of these children, Vera Oakes b. 1905, just passed away last summer, as she was my oldest living relative. :(. If you need more specifics, please email me. I have been studying this line for about 17 years now. I know it's way after your dates, but it might open a small window? for you.