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Amesbury, Massachusetts, births registered for 1853: entry 38 records Herbert C. Oak, born 1 November 1853, son of Joseph and Ellen S. Oak (father a trader, born Exeter, Maine).

Image · dated 1853 · source: Massachusetts vital records (NEHGS), via Ancestry.

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Keep in mind: Confirmed as a contemporary birth return. The 1900 census gives November 1854 instead; the conflict is kept, and the full middle name behind "C." is not established.

Evidence for

• Herbert C. Oak birth · the original at Massachusetts, Amesbury birth register; town clerk Jos. Merrill Jr.; NEHGS Massachusetts vital records; Ancestry collection 5062, record 7022446

People

• Herbert C. Oak born 1853