380 LUTHER OATMAN
380 LUTHER6 (Darius5, Benjamin4, George3, John2, Johannes1), son of Darius and
Jerushia Oatman, was born near Springford, South Norwich Township, Oxford
County, Ontario, ca 1833, and died 15 October 1916. He married, 16 January 1864, in Middleton,
Ontario, Phoebe Emmeline Moore, born 1844 and died 1930. Phoebe is buried in Tillsonburg Cemetery,
while Luther was interred at the Springford Cemetery.
Luther was a
farmer and a barber. Phoebe was one of
the first teachers in Cornell School, S.C. #9, the first school in the vicinity
of Cornell, Oxford County, Ontario.
The Tillsonburg
Observer, dated 19 October 1916, carried this obituary for Luther:
"Mr. Luther
Oatman, an aged resident of Springford, died very suddenly on Sunday. Neighbors had seen him around in the morning
and chancing to go to his home in the afternoon, found his lifeless body on the
floor. He was in his eighty-fourth
year. Deceased leaves two sons, Mr.
Lyman Oatman, of this town and Mr. Jos. Oatman of Middleton, and one daughter,
Mrs. L. Wardle of Dereham.
The Body was
brought to the undertaking parlors of Mr. A. L. Oatman, and the funeral took
place on Tuesday afternoon from the home of the deceased's son, Mr. Lyman
Oatman, to Spring-ford Cemetery."
Phoebe is not
mentioned in the obituary, although she survived him by about 12 years, and
they are not buried together. Luther was
listed as married but was living alone in 1901, while Phoebe at that time was
living with her son Llewelyn, who was unmarried.
Children of Luther
and Phoebe (Moore) Oatman:
1394 Lida, b. 1868; d. 1954; bur. with her
husband and son Wilbert in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford Co., ON;
m. Lewis S. Wardle, b. 1868, d. 1937.
Children, surname Wardle:
A Wilbert
L., b. 1899; d. 1966
Plus two other
children.
1395 Lillie May, b. ca May 1870; m. Thomas W.
Barnard, 18 Nov 1891, Tillsonburg. He
was from Brandon, Manitoba. Lillie may have
died before 1916 as she is not mentioned in her father's obituary. She and Thomas had two sons, surname Wardle.
1396 Lyman, b. 30 Jan 1871, S. Norwich, Oxford
Co., ON; d.15 Mar 1954, Tillsonburg, ON; bur. Tillsonburg Cem., Tillsonburg,
Oxford Co., ON; m. 1) Eliza Ann “Annie” Cole, 8 Jan 1893, Tillsonburg, ON. Annie was b. 16 Feb 1873, S. Norwich, ON, d.
18 Mar 1924 at Tillsonburg, ON, and bur. Tillsonburg Cem. Children of Lyman and Eliza Ann (Cole),
surname Oatman:
A Lillie
May, b. 11 Jul 1893, Tillsonburg, ON; d. 8 Mar 1964 at Tillsonburg, ON; buried
Evergreen Cem., Lynedoch, Norfolk Co., ON; m. Charles William “Chub” Slaght, 11
Mar 1914 at Tillsonburg. He was b. 11
Feb 1889 at Wyecombe, Norfolk Co., ON; d. 20 Jul 1957 at N. Walsingham, Norfolk
Co., ON; bur. with his wife at Evergreen Cem.
Children, surname Slaght:
I Penelope
Grace (Slaght), b. 7 Feb 1915, Atherton, Norfolk Co., ON; d. 3 Oct 1991,
Simcoe, Norfolk Co., ON; bur. Mount Pleasant Cem., Walsingham, Norfolk Co., ON;
m. Wilfred Alexander Terry, 5 Jan 1935 at Lynedoch, Norfolk Co., ON. He was b. 29 Feb 1912 at N. Walsingham Twp.,
d. 12 Nov 1998 at Simcoe, ON, and is bur. with his wife
II Melva
Irene [living], m. Arthur Ross Sangster, b. 30 Dec 1913, Dereham Twp., Oxford
Co., ON, d. 4 Mar 2003, Woodstock, Oxford Co., ON; b. Delmer Cem., Oxford Co.,
ON.
III John Oatman “Jack” (Slaght), b. 11 Nov
1926, N. Walsingham Twp., Norfolk Co., ON; d. 13 Apr 1996, Jericho, Norfolk
Co., ON; bur. Knowles/Carholme Cem., N. Walsingham Twp.; m. Catherina Alena
“Rene” Riemens, who was b. 22 Mar 1927 at Charing Cross, ON, d. 8 Jul 2006 at
Tillsonburg, ON, and bur. with her husband.
B Mabel
(Oatman), b. 19 May 1895, Tillsonburg, ON; d. 31 Oct 1965 in Toronto, ON; bur.
Tillsonburg Cem., Tillsonburg, Oxford Co., ON; m. John W. “Jack” Owen, 11 Nov
1920, Tillsonburg, ON. He was b. 1898 in
ENG, d. 1967 in Toronto; bur. with Mabel at Tillsonburg Cem.
C Grace,
b. 27 Sep 1896, Tillsonburg, ON; d. 15 Feb 1914, Tillsonburg, ON; bur.
Tillsonburg Cem.
D Dwight Alexander Lyman, b. 18 May 1901,
Tillsonburg, ON; d. 24 May 1901, Tillsonburg, ON; bur. Tillsonburg Cem.
E Doris
Minerva, b. 1 May 1911, Tillsonburg, ON; d. 22 Jun 1988 at London, Middlesex
Co., ON; bur. Woodland Cem., London, ON; m. 1) Harold (Gauk) Rodger, 9 Nov
1927, Ingersoll, Oxford Co., ON; m. 2) Charles Brown, b. 1908, d. 1990
F Gladys
Marie, b. 20 Aug 1915, Tillsonburg, ON; d. 2 Sep 1915 in Tillsonburg, ON; bur.
Tillsonburg Cem., Tillsonburg, ON.
Lyman m. 2) Eva
(Graham) Cooper. Eva had several
children from her first marriage; in addition she and Lyman had a daughter:
G Mary
Ellen, m. Russell Mabee, d. 1986
1397 Lewellyn Joseph "Joe", b. ca 1873,
Oxford Co., ON; d. 1956; bur. Tillsonburg Cem., Tillsonburg, Oxford Co., ON; m.
Mary C. "Minnie" Girvin (also seen as "Cervin;” vital records of
Oxford Co., ON, list her as “Gauein”).
Minnie was b. 1886, d. 1971, bur. Tillsonburg Cem. There were evidently a family estrangement as
Joe was not listed as a surviving child of Luther's, even though he outlived
his father by 40 years. In 1901 he was
in S. Norwich Twp., unmarried, with his mother, Phoebe. Children, surname Oatman:
A Lillian,
b. 1916; m. Kenneth Lloyd White, 12 July 1941 in South Norwich Township (Ken b.
1912). Lillian is mentioned in South of Sodom as a teacher at New Road
School, S.S.#10, in 1943. 50th
wedding anniversary picture.
B Bessie,
b. 15 Nov 1918, S. Norwich, Oxford Co., ON; m. Cornelius Hamilton “Dick”
Kennedy, 8 Jul 1937, Tillsonburg, ON
C Madeline,
m. Ward Sulston
D Donald
Llewellyn, m. 17 Dec 1946, Otterville, ON, Margaret Ruth Langrell (b. ca 1925,
Tillsonburg, ON, to John and Ethel (Swanton) Langrell; d. 25 Jun 1995, London,
ON; bur. Tillsonburg Cem.).
Sources: B.
D. Smith, Springford, ON
South
Norwich Hist. Society, South of Sodom - The History of South Norwich,
Society, May 1983)
Vital records of Oxford
Co., ON
Tillsonburg
Observer,
20 Nov 1891; 20 Jan 1893; 2 Oct 1896; 2 Sep 1915; 19 Oct 1916; Jul 1937; 17 Jul
1941
Tillsonburg News,
18 Nov 1920
Cemetery records,
Tillsonburg, ON
1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
census, S. Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., ON
Obituary of Margaret R.
Langrell Oatman
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