American AcornsRecords and documents: Ernest Linwood Oak
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Source: Photograph by PMSmith (9 July 2013), Find a Grave memorial 113594550
How it is shown: Photograph as supplied; no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: the inscription reads 'ERNEST LINWOOD OAK / MAINE / CPL CO A 73 INFANTRY / WORLD WAR I / JUNE 5 1894 SEPT 11 1959', with a cross emblem. The stone gives rank and unit but no service dates; the plot (Section C, Lot 67) comes from the memorial page, not the stone. Whether this is our person: Confirmed: the full name and the birth and death dates match the person already documented on the site.
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Source: U.S. Census, 1900, Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:MMG9-RGJ; FamilySearch.org, image viewer Download > JPG Only, accessed 3 Oct 2026.
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Keep in mind: Both parents' birthplaces are given as Maine, consistent with Charles being Maine-born; the entry says nothing about Samuel's birthplace. Charles died in June 1900, after the enumeration.
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Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Period of the World War, 1917-1920, vol. II; Internet Archive
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: the printed entry 'Oak, Ernest L.' in the Gardiner list (continued), between 'Newbert, Harold M.' and 'Oulette, Xavier'. The roster gives the name only: no rank, unit or dates. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed: the Gardiner placement matches Ernest Linwood Oak's residence, but the entry has no age or unit to check against the headstone's 'Co. A, 73rd Infantry'.
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Source: Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Military Index, 1917-1920 (original data: Roster of Maine in the Military Service of the U.S. and Allies in World War, Augusta, 1929)
How it is shown: Displayed as a crop of the Detail (and Source) table only: the title bar, the Save and share controls and the page header are cropped out.
Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: 'Ind: Waterville, Kennebec Co. No. 2, July 25/18. Cpl Nov. 20/18. Org: Co A 73 Inf to disch. Overseas service: None. Hon disch on demob: Jan. 17, 1919.' The birth date given is 5 Jan 1894, where his draft card and headstone give 5 June 1894; this looks like a slip in the roster or its indexing. 'Ind' is read here as inducted; the abbreviation is not spelled out on the page, and the entry does not name the Army branch beyond the 73rd Infantry. Whether this is our person: Confirmed: the Skowhegan birthplace, the Gardiner residence, Co. A 73rd Infantry and the 17 January 1919 date agree with his headstone and the Veterans Administration index; only the birth month differs.
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Source: Ancestry.com, U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (original data: National Archives, Record Group 15)
How it is shown: Displayed as a crop of the Detail (and Source) table only: the title bar, the Save and share controls and the page header are cropped out.
Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: Record Type Military Service; Birth Date 5 Jun 1894; Military Date 17 Jan 1919; Residence Place Gardiner, ME; Death Date 11 Sep 1959. The entry gives one 'Military Date' and does not say whether it is an enlistment or a discharge date; it gives no unit, rank or enlistment date. The date equals the discharge date in the Maine Military Index. 'St. Louis, Missouri' in the source note is the repository, not an event place. Whether this is our person: Confirmed: the birth date, residence and death date match the headstone and the census records for Ernest Linwood Oak of Gardiner.
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Source: Find a Grave memorial 113594550 (contributor photograph of the marker).
How it is shown: Photograph of the grave marker as saved; no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as the inscription on the marker; the memorial is user-contributed, and the death place (Togus) and plot come from the memorial page.
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Record: 1900 United States Federal Census
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Record: 1920 United States Federal Census
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Record: 1940 United States Federal Census
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Record: Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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Record: Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937
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Record: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
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Record: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
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Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, World War I draft registration cards (Kennebec County, Maine, draft board 2), via Ancestry
How it is shown: Complete card, both sides, as held in the registry; no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: What the page says: name, age 23, birth date and place (Skowhegan), natural-born citizen, living at 15 Highland Ave., Gardiner, 'Operator, Shoe Shop' for R. P. Hazzard Co., a widowed mother dependent, single, no prior military service, no exemption claimed; the registrar describes him as tall and slender with dark blue eyes and brown hair, no disability. All of these are statements, Confirmed as stated. Whether this is our person: the registry tags Ernest Linwood Oak (1894-1959); the name and the birth date 5 June 1894 agree exactly with the 1960 headstone application for him, so the two documents are treated as the same man (Confirmed in the R11 return). His parentage in the tree stays Likely.
Record: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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