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Herbert C. Oak: the name below the portrait

Records and documents: Herbert C. Oak: the name below the portrait

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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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Nettie J. Spofford, Class of 1897, as identified by Pam Beveridge. Oak, Merrimac; probably Herbert C. Oak’s studio. School unidentified. This is Nettie’s portrait, not Herbert’s. Complete held web rendition, unchanged.
Nettie J. Spofford, Class of 1897, as identified by Pam Beveridge. Oak, Merrimac; probably Herbert C. Oak’s studio. School unidentified. This is Nettie’s portrait, not Herbert’s. Complete held web rendition, unchanged. 1897
Source: Pam Beveridge / Heirlooms Reunited, September 10, 2020. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.
How it is shown: Complete, unchanged web rendition; no crop, retouch or commercial reuse.
Evidence for: Nettie J. Spofford, Class of 1897 · the original at Pam Beveridge, Heirlooms Reunited, September 10, 2020. Earlier custody and present physical owner not established.
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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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