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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).
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). 1853 · births registered for 1853, entry 38
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
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Merrimac, Massachusetts, marriage return for 1893, entry 16: Herbert C. Oak, 38, photographer, and Cora F. Harvey, 27, married 12 June 1893 at Newton, New Hampshire.
Merrimac, Massachusetts, marriage return for 1893, entry 16: Herbert C. Oak, 38, photographer, and Cora F. Harvey, 27, married 12 June 1893 at Newton, New Hampshire. 12 June 1893 · marriages registered for 1893, entry 16
Source: Massachusetts vital records (NEHGS), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a contemporary marriage return. The ceremony date reads June 12 while the date of record reads June 8, both kept as written; the upper-right folio mark is obscured, so no page number is supplied.
Evidence for: Herbert C. Oak and Cora F. Harvey marriage · the original at Massachusetts, Merrimac marriage register; NEHGS Massachusetts vital records; Ancestry collection 2511, record 4202019
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Ella C. Pethybridge, 1898. Oak, Merrimac; probably Herbert C. Oak's studio. The catalog reports a March 1, 1898 inscription on the reverse, not supplied here. Library-supplied portrait front and mount. Courtesy of The Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library, Special Collections Department.
Ella C. Pethybridge, 1898. Oak, Merrimac; probably Herbert C. Oak's studio. The catalog reports a March 1, 1898 inscription on the reverse, not supplied here. Library-supplied portrait front and mount. Courtesy of The Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library, Special Collections Department. 1898
Source: Courtesy of The Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library, Special Collections Department. Senter HPH 9-119A; catalog 31479006468556.
How it is shown: Display only; the original file is not offered for download. Complete library-supplied scan of the front and mount as delivered (unwatermarked); no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: Likely: the attribution to Herbert C. Oak's studio rests on the mount imprint 'Oak, Merrimac' (the first name is not expanded); the reverse inscription the catalog reports has not been seen. Shown by the library's item-specific permission (online display, americanacorns.com, dated 30 Sep 2026); this is not a Creative Commons licence and not permission for other images.
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Massachusetts year book and business directory (1899), p. 772: under Merrimac, "Photographer - Herbert C. Oak."
Massachusetts year book and business directory (1899), p. 772: under Merrimac, "Photographer - Herbert C. Oak." 1899 · p. 772
Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); massachusettsyean5p2worc.
How it is shown: Complete page extracted from the scan as a one-page PDF; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed that the directory lists Herbert C. Oak as photographer in Merrimac in 1899. It does not expand the middle initial.
Evidence for: Massachusetts year book and business directory of every town and city in the state · the original at F. S. Blanchard & Co., Worcester. Internet Archive scan contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
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1900 U.S. census, Merrimac, Massachusetts, ED 408, sheet 2B: Herbert C. Oak, photographer, and his wife Cora F., enumerated 2 June 1900 on Main Street.
1900 U.S. census, Merrimac, Massachusetts, ED 408, sheet 2B: Herbert C. Oak, photographer, and his wife Cora F., enumerated 2 June 1900 on Main Street. 2 June 1900 · ED 408, sheet 2B, lines 81-82, dwelling 47, family 63
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 census (NARA T623), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as the household the folder reads. The census gives his birth as November 1854 against the 1853 birth return; the conflict is kept.
Evidence for: Herbert and Cora Oak, 1900 United States census · the original at United States Census Bureau; NARA T623, roll 646; Ancestry, collection 7602, record 37869962
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