American AcornsRecords and documents: Charles Ansel Oak
19 record images, oldest first. Move between them with the Previous and Next buttons or the arrow keys; zoom with + and −. Escape returns to Charles Ansel Oak.
Source: U.S. census microfilm (public domain)
How it is shown: Complete page as saved (the high-resolution copy); no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: Likely: the household reads 'Samuel Oak 33, Lucinda 29, Charles 1' (the first given name is hard to read) and fits Samuel Oak (b. about 1817), Lucinda (Allen) and Charles Ansel Oak (b. 1849). Relationships are not stated in 1850.
Image details
Source: U.S. Census, 1850, Exeter Corners, Penobscot, Maine, FamilySearch.org, image viewer Download > JPG Only, accessed 3 Oct 2026.
How it is shown: Complete image as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: The household includes other members not tagged here; Charles (age 1) matches his 11 Apr 1849 birth.
Image details
Source: U.S. Census, 1860, Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, FamilySearch.org, image viewer Download > JPG Only, accessed 3 Oct 2026.
How it is shown: Complete image as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Other household members are not tagged here.
Image details
Source: U.S. Census, 1880, Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, FamilySearch.org, image viewer Download > JPG Only, accessed 3 Oct 2026.
How it is shown: Complete image as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a record naming the parents and child together; tagged to George, Charles, Nancy and Alice M.; the other children (Benjamin, Burton) are not tagged because the tree's dates for Burton do not match the census age.
Image details
Source: Maine vital records, FamilySearch image (state record).
How it is shown: Complete image as saved; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Image details
Source: Somerset County, Maine probate records, via Ancestry (Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999).
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as the will; first found in a companion record on Lucinda Allen Oak. The clean copy fully resolves the witness line. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Charles Ansel Oak (about 1849-1900); Elizabeth Sarah 'Lizzie' (Oak) Jewett (1851–1928); Mary A. (Oak) Withee (1856–1926); Nina E. (Oak) Steward (1864–1939); Nahum S. Steward (the will names wife Lucinda, son Charles A. Oak, daughters Lizzie S. Jewett, Mary Withee and Nina E. Steward (nothing left to them by name) and Nahum Steward executor (read on the page)).
Image details
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.
How it is shown: Complete image as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
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.
Image details
Source: Maine, Vital Records 1892-1907, 'Record of a Death', FamilySearch.org, image viewer Download > JPG Only, accessed 3 Oct 2026.
How it is shown: Complete image as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed that the death form names Samuel Oak and Lucinda Allen as parents; the informant is not named in the review.
Evidence for: Maine death record of Charles Oak, died 15 Jun 1900 at Skowhegan, parents Samuel and Lucinda Oak (index)
Evidence for: Maine State Archives, record of the death of Charles Oak, Skowhegan, 15 Jun 1900 (1892-1907 vital records) · the original at Ancestry
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: 1850 United States Federal Census
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: 1860 United States Federal Census
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: 1870 United States Federal Census
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: 1880 United States Federal Census
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: 1900 United States Federal Census
Record: 1900 United States Federal Census
Image details
Source: Find a Grave, memorial 142375856, photo added by Gail Kelly, 8 Feb 2015; accessed 7 Oct 2026.
How it is shown: Photograph as published on Find a Grave; no crop or retouch.
Image details
Source: Find a Grave, memorial 142375856, photo added by Gail Kelly, 8 Feb 2015; accessed 7 Oct 2026.
How it is shown: Photograph as published on Find a Grave; no crop or retouch.
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922
Image details
Source: record image attached to a citation
Record: Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915
Image details