Hello
I have been researching George P Oates for about 20 years with out much progress. Hope to find someone else researching this family. George was from St Austell, was a miner and born approx 1829. I believe he was probably born much earlier. He was a Mason at Tavistock, Devon in 1847, If he was born in 1829, he would have only been 18 and I am not sure if he could have been a Master Mason at that age. He came to the United States in 1855. He married Martitia Coffin but he never became a citizen of the United States. He named his daughters Mary and Martha. I am trying to attach him to parents in England. I am working on the possibility that he was the son of George and Mary Ann Parsons Oates. If this is his family, his mother would have been born in Tavistock, Devon. There also appear to be many years between births for George and Mary Ann. Possible that George may have been away working in mines, I would really appreciate any thoughts or possibilities.
1851 England Census
Name:
[George Oates]
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Relation: Son
Father's name: George Oates
Mother's name: Maryann Oates
Gender: Male
Where born: St Austell, Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Callington
Registration district: Liskeard
Sub-registration district: Callington
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 155
Piece: 1901
Folio: 187
Page Number: 36
Household Members:
Name Age
George Oates 48
Maryann Oates 46
George Oates 27
William Oates 19
Philip Oates 17
Maryann Oates 8
Jane Oates 6
Martha Oates 4
