John Wesley Oakes^{[1, 2]}

Cal 1838 - 1890  (~ 51 years)

• Name	John Wesley Oakes
  Born	CALC 27 Dec 1838	Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151155010
  Occupation	tinsmith and merchant
  		J. W. Oakes store in Hawkesville image from Waterloo Region Museum
  Residence	1869	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tinsmith
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Free Thinker
  Occupation	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Merchant
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30627
  Died	29 May 1890	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I30627	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Catharina Spies,   b. CALC 17 Nov 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Aug 1895, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1869	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Annie "J. Oaks,   b. 27 Nov 1870, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1892, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 21 years)   2. Elizabeth Oakes,   b. 6 Jul 1872, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 86 years)   3. Charles Michael Oakes,   b. 1 Sep 1874, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1894, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 19 years)   4. Lillian M. Oakes,   b. 1876, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Dec 1969, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   5. Frederick Henry Oaks,   b. 18 May 1879, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Bertha "Bertie" Oakes,   b. 7 May 1881, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1970, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 89 years)   7. John Wesley Oakes,   b. 7 Jul 1883, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1960, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 76 years)   8. Edna Cora Oakes,   b. 6 Jun 1886, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   9. Clive Stanley Oakes,   b. 25 May 1889, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1974, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F8049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Oakes,JohnWesley-CatherinaSpies-0001a-FindAGrave.jpg John Wesley Oakes - Catarina Spies - Find A Grave

  
  

• Notes

  F. S. Spies. In the largest brick business block in either Woolwich or Wellesley Tp., is where this gentleman holds forth. This massive building is 40 x 45 feet in dimensions and is over three stories in height; at a great distance viewed from every direction it looms up conspicuously above all the surrounding structures of the village. It was erected in the years of 1868-69 by John Wesley Oakes, who died after a brief yet repeated illness of the lungs on May 29, 1890. He was a prominent figure in the business interest of this section, and his death was a lamentable event and a serious loss not only to his family, but to the entire community. Mr. Spies was born near Winterbourne, Woolwich township, 1856. He was the only son of the late Michael Spies of this place and brother of the late Mrs. Catharine Oakes. He came with his parents when but one year of age to "Queens Bush" about 1 mile south of the village, Heidelberg road, where he enjoyed a quiet farm life until 1877 He finally became dissatisfied with his position, assured he might be of greater usefulness somewhere else he concluded to go to Naperville, Illinois, 30 miles west of Chicago, where he attended the North Western College for a term of about 4 years, with a view of increasing his knowledge store. After completing a general course of study in German, English and some Greek, he entered the ranks of the ministry of the Canada Conference, Evangelical Association, in which active capacity he was engaged 8 years at different points throughout the province. Since then he has not been in active work as a Minister of the Gospel but has frequently occupied pulpits in a local way, and even at present while following his business pursuits he is occasionally compelled to decline to conduct services in different churches. The cause of his abandonment of the ministry was partly owing to the urgent request of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Oakes, to assist her in settling up the estate of her deceased husband, who very unfortunately left his heirs without a will. To undertake this critical task he finally consented, and after considerable litigation the many wearisome and trying affairs of the estate were by the assistance of kind friends in spite of opposition, in a way settled up, and Mr. Spies was induced by their legal authorities to purchase the remaining unsold portion of the real estate, a part of which be now occupies. He was married in Holland, Grey County in 1886, to Sophia, daughter of Louis Joseph Privat, of near Hanover, Grey Co. They are blessed with three healthy boys and girls and live in connection with the main building. Mr. Spies is an enterprising business man and has a very extensive mercantile establishment occupying nearly the entire lower flat of the two capacious stores and part of the upper stories. He deals in dry goods, groceries, hardware, stationery, wall paper, crockery, glassware, tinware, stoves, binder twine, etc., in fact, everything usually found in the general mercantile line. To look over the endless variety of articles necessary and useful in the household or on the farm displayed in his establishment leads me to designate him the Wanamaker of Hawksville. He pays the highest market price for farm produce, which he takes in in marked quantities throughout the year in exchange for his goods. He has his full share of the public patronage and has bad fairly good success since he commenced business here. His motto shall ever be, ever to do good through his business deals in administering to the wants and necessities as well as Iuxury of his customers. H. N. Waterloo County Chronicle 23 Jun 1898, p. 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016156-00. Freeman L. Cornell, 23, occ. Carpenter, b. Beverly, res. Sheffield, son of Thomas Cornell and Annie Book Married Lily M. Oakes, 23, b. Hawksville, res. Sheffield, daughter of William Oakes and Catharine Spies, Witnessed by: Marcus M Donald and Bertie Oakes Both of Berlin, 12 September 1900 in Berlin [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020542-09. Thomas Adam, 33, occ. Farmer, res. of Peel Twp, son of Alex Adam and Janet Stewart Married Edna Oakes, 23, res. of Hawkesville, daughter of John Oakes and Catherine Spies, Witn: Alexander Cooper of Peel Twp and Esther C. Spies of Hawkesville, 17 November 1909 in Hawkesville [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 2 Page 22. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, p 37. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John W. Oaks, 29, res. Hawksville, b. Ontario, son of Henry and Jane, married 16 Feb 1869 Catherine Spies, 23, res. Woolwich, b. Woolwich, daughter of Michael and Catharina [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151155010.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 27 Dec 1838 - Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario Residence - 1869 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Feb 1869 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tinsmith - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Thinker - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 May 1890 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth