She is married to Perry Melvin Oaks.
They got married on July 12, 1898 at Pittsburg, Kansas, she was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
Mary Myrtle (my great greandmother), was born on Jan 8, 1879 and
died on November 21, 1905. In the census, her name is listed as Myrtle
Mary, but the family called her Mary Myrtle and that is what is on her
tombstone (Mt. Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg, KS). I have handwritten note of
Perry M. Oaks. In it, he writes that Mary Myrtle died at 11:20 pm on Nov. 20,
1905, but her tombstone says it was Nov. 21. Maybe because she died late
at night the official certificate states 21 Nov.
Source: Dr. J. D. Talley, at (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX), January 16, 2006.
Mary Myrtle Mantonya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Perry Melvin Oaks |
Mary Myrtle (Mantonya) Oaks was born in Illinois on January 6, 1879 and died in Pittsburg, Kansas on November 21, 1905 with her husband at her side. Interestingly, Perry wrote a note after her death and stated that she died at 11:20 pm on November 20, 1905, but her tombstone states the date of death as Novermber 21.
Mary Myrtle is buried at Mt. Olive cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas. Her parents were Thomas Cain Donnelly Mantonya and Alice Anna Hodson Mantonya. Thomas was a brickmaker and blacksmith. He had a blacksmith shop at 13th and Broadway in Pittsburg.
Mary Myrtle married Perry Melvin Oaks on July 12, 1898. Perry M. Oaks was born September 14, 1876 and died September 8, 1952 in San Angelo, Texas. Perry and Mary Myrtle had two children. The first child was Viola Mae Oaks Talley, my grandmother. She was born May 9, 1899 in Pittsburg, Kansas and died April 1, 1979 in Shannon Hospital, San Angelo, Texas. The second child of Perry and Mary Myrtle was Mabel Cecil Oaks. She was born March 2, 1901 in Pittsburg, Kansas and died at 11:35 am on January 9, 1913 in Pittsburg, Kansas.
The autograph book was given to Mary Myrtle on her birthday in 1892 by her brother, Joshua. Following her death, her husband, Perry Oaks, gave the book to J. E. Mantonya, who sometime later gave it to my grandmother, Viola Mae Oaks, who later gave it to my father. Following my father's death, I received the book.
J. Donald Talley.
Pittsburg Ward 4, Crawford County, Kansas. #1214 [?] 13th Street; Household 13, Family 16: Pary Oaks, head,age 23, b. September 1876, Kansas, married two years; Myrtle M., wife,age 22, b. January 1878, Illinois, married 2 years, 1 child; Viola M., daughter, age 1, b. May 1899, Kansas; Joshua Montonya, brother-in-law, age 26, born October 1874, Illinois, single.