The oakes Surname
oakes Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name, a plural variant of Oak.
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhdara ‘son of Dubhdara’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’ + dara(ch), genitive of dair ‘oak’, by translation of the main element of the Gaelic name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Bettie Oakes |
 JIWelsch
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| ROYAL OAKES AND WIFE FRANCES |
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| Frank Oakes (massage for Wanda Oakes Jordan) | Debbie Rosson | 5 |
| Looking for Oakes in Maine | Karen Oakes | 17 |
| Looking for Oakes/Schuy family members |
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| OAKES Inez M and Robert L |
t42RoseHill
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| SHORT William Ira and Naomi OAKES |
t42RoseHill
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| STORY Mamie OAKES 1910-1983 |
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| Oakes in Alabama | Anthony M. Oakes | 36 |
| OAKES Dorothy Dottie and Gerald W |
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