Australia - John Oakman (1838 - 1897)
| Born: | Aug 1838, Killead Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Parents: | John Oakman & Mary McQuillan |
| Married: | never married |
| Occupation: | Gentleman |
| Died: | 5 Apr 1897 |
| Children: | no children |
John emigrated to Australia with his parents, arriving Sydney Sept 1841 on the "United Kingdom". Shipping records state he was 3 yrs of age at August 1841 - making him born abt 1838.
Very little is known about John apart from the information found on his death certificate. It states he was born in Belfast, Ireland. It also states that he never married, that he had lived in Victoria for 16 years before his death, and in South Australia for 10 years before that. This would mean that John left Sydney before 1871 and travelled to South Australia where he remained until about 1881. John was 57 yrs of age when he died of "Vascular Heart Disease" on 5 April 1897. He is buried with his sister, Margaret Hanslow, in Booroondara Cemetery, Kew.
John was a witness at the marriage of his brother James Robert Oakman to Alice Grant in 1867. Did John and James travel together to Victoria after their father's death in 1861? Were they miners together in Ballarat before James married Alice? What did John do until his return to Victoria about 1881?
Sources:
- Vic Death Certificate, 12993/1897