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Re: John Oklass, Missouri

Diaz_Sharon — 2013-03-31 06:10:27Z

Hi. I am Sharon from Alton Il. It has been several years since I have been here. Saw that someone on a message board was trying to reach me in reference to the Oklass family. I can be reached at 618-334-5561

Re: John Oklass, Missouri

Diaz_Sharon — 2013-03-31 06:09:52Z

Re: John Oklass, Missouri

Diaz_Sharon — 2013-03-31 06:08:08Z

Re: John Oklass, 2 daughters marriage records

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 04:21:56Z

from "Missouri Marriages to 1850":

Louisa Jane Oklass m. 3 Jun 1840 Henry Pinkley
Elizabeth Ann Oklass m. 27 Oct 1850 Joseph S. Humphreys

Re: John Oklass, 1860 Missouri census record

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 04:16:32Z

#104 OKLASS
John, 66, M, W, Shoemaker, France
Elizabeth W., 59, F, W, TN
William, 32, M, W, Laborer, MO

Charles Oklass, 1850 Missouri census record

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 04:08:01Z

Also in Ste Genevieve:
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/54/88

#122 ROBBINS
Jesse B., 30, MO
Josephine, 20, MO
SWARTZ, Mary, 16, MO
OKLASS, Charles, 13, MO

Re: John Oklass and a descendant lineage

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 04:00:06Z

According to family tradition, John OKLASS came from Bordeaux, France, to Yarmouth, MA, then settled in Ste. Genevieve, MO. The 1850 census lists his occupation as shoemaker.

The surname OKLASS is a mystery--apparently now extinct; some have surmised a French origin, but the only other Oklass family I have seen was in 1910 Youngstown, Ohio census and was apparently derived from a Russian/Polish name Oklejewski or Okolewski. "Oklass" means "unclassified" in Swedish.

For another family's tradition that he was 2nd cousin to Napoleon, see http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.immigration.depeur/48/mb.a...

John Oklass (1794?-1869)
m. 1817 Elizabeth White Watson (1801-1867)
Mary Louise Jane Oklass (1818-1861)
m. 1840 Henry C. Pinckley (1815->1855)
Harriet Matilda Pinckley (1853-1921)
m. 1882 John Louis Lister (1860-1922)
Mary Louise Lister (1888-1968)
m. 1910 Rodney Bedell (1888-1973)

Re: John Oklass, Missouri - tombstone

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 03:13:32Z

Tombstone in Ste. Genevieve, MO, New Cemetery just to right of main gate:

Elizabeth White Oklas John Oklas
erected by their granddaughter
Mary Jane Gath Scott

Re: John Oklass, daughter Elizabeth Ann marriage record

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 03:08:24Z

From the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri / State Historical Society of Missouri:

http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/0970.html
Indices to Ste. Genevieve Marriage Certificates
Protestant Marriages

Humphreys, Joseph S. Oklass, Elizabeth Ann 1850 f. 25

Re: John Oklass, 1850 Missouri census record

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 02:50:21Z

John's wife Elisabeth White Watson, was born in Tennessee:
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/54/88

#14 OKLASS
John, 56, France
Elisabeth W., 50, TN
Elisabeth A., 20, MO
Eugine C., 17, MO

Re: John Oklass, 1830 Missouri census records

davidabedell — 2007-06-19 02:20:04Z

A complete page image is available by following the link. Here are the heads of household.
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/49/88

380a 380b

Farley, Mrs.
Painter, Philip
Hanie, Charley
Horn, Thomas
Holloman, Edmond
Wells, John
Bryant, Jepe
Searcey, David
Alexander, Joseph I.
Meeks, Ararich
Patterson, James
Counts, Nicholas
Wolford, Daniel
Williams, James
Hammer, Joel
Crisp, John
Counts, William
Talbert, James
Griffard, Louis
Smith, John
Beard, Isaac
Ousley, Willis Y.
Johnson, Burwick
Hunt, Joseph T.
Duvall, Joseph
Scott, Obediah

John Oklass - Billiard Playing on a Sunday

davidabedell — 2007-04-20 06:27:23Z

Several of these names occur in a legal record from 1823, originally posted at http://www.burtcher.com/billiard.html
http://www.geocities.com/alwysrunnin/billiard.html

Billiard Playing on a Sunday
transcribed by Pat Sulzer and Freeda Burtcher Berry

Ste. Genevieve County, Mo 1823

To the constable of the Corporation of the Town of St Genevieve and New Bourbon Greeting
Summon Sebastian Burtcher to appear before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the township of Ste Genevieve, in the County of Ste Genevive on the first Monday of October 1823, then and there to answer for Jean Baptiste Bassin, Joseph Bogy, Antoine Debrewl, Charles Gregorie and Ferdinand Rozier trustees of the said corporation for the breach of ordinance of said corporation on the information of John Oklass for permitting to be used within said corporation on Sunday the 21st day of September 1823 between the hours of eight o'clock in the forenoon to eight o'clock at night of that day one Billiard Table under the penalty of twenty dollars.

Given unto my hand the 22nd day of September 1823
Tho. Oliver JP

Jean Bte. Bepin, Joseph Bogy
Ferdinand Kozier Antoine Dubre(w?)l
Charles Gregori Trustees of the
corporation of Ste Genevive by John
O Klass procecutor
vs
Sebastion Burtcher

1st Monday 5 October 1823
Action for breach of ordinance for permitting
Billiards to be played on Sunday on 21st September 1823. On ? the terms executed the parties appear and by consent posponed the law of the cause Until Monday next taken the party appears and the matters in ? being Submitted, it is considered by the Justice that the said trustees not legally in office and there for not competent to maintain said action, and that the defendant remove his code from which decision the plantiff by said prosecution appeals.

J. Thomas Oliver Justice of the Peace in and for the township of St Genevieve in the County of St Genevieve to certify that the above is a true copy from my docket.
Tho. Oliver JP

on the sides of page
Corporation
of Burtscher / Summary
Served personally on the said Sebastian Burtscher
John Oklay?
constable?
summons 18%
judgement 37%
??? 12%
_______
68%
constable 36%
Oklay
_________
118%

Re: John Oklass

davidabedell — 2007-04-20 06:00:47Z

Further mention of John Oklass, in association with James Clark, can be found in the book "Territorial Masonry: The Story of Freemasonry and the Louisiana Purchase, 1804-1821" by Ray Vaughn Denslow (1925), pp. 157-159, 169 (http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN156459551X).

Apparently both Oklass and Clark became members of the Louisiana Lodge No. 109 on 26 Dec 1821. This Lodge had its charter revoked in 1824 because of non-payment of dues to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. In a letter dated April 4, 1825, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and signed by Oklass, Clark, Nicholas Fleming, Thomas Oliver, and Sebastian Burtscher, these men sought to be reinstated as members. The petition was accompanied by a supporting statement by Henry Keil.

Re: John Oklass

davidabedell — 2007-04-20 05:36:33Z

Having corresponded with Charles Kriegel, I have a scan of the manumission document, the transcription of which was originally posted by Charles at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyscott/slavedoc.htm:

"To all to whom these presents shall come greetings: Know ye that for direct good causes and considerations me thereunto moving I Louisia Ann Adams of the County of Ste. Genevieve, in the state of Missouri do hereby emancipate and set free for life my slave Lucretia commonly called Lucretia Clark, said slave being a black female about thirty two years of age, about five feet four inches high, and being the same purchased by John Oklass and James Clark from Alfred Bird on the 22nd day of November AD 1824 as is evidence by bill of sale of that date. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal at St Genevieve Missouri in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and on the eighth day of December in said year."

Signed by Louisia Adams and witnessed by Wm. Duncan, John
Crane, and Jesse B. Robbins.

Re: family backgrounds

2003-12-07 04:12:37Z

that is my name. r we related? i'm in florida. where r u?

family backgrounds

tifn_1521 — 2002-08-24 23:58:33Z

hi ...i am trying to find info about the Swaner / Swanger family of the Imes family. if you can help me please email me. THANX

Oklass in MO

KelleyMullen — 2001-07-17 23:41:45Z

Charles,

William John Oklass, the son of John Oklass was the 2nd husband of Jane Hazelwood Bailey. I do have a census from St. Genevieve county, Missouri in 1860 listing the Oklasses. Since their not our direct line, I don't have a lot. There is a girl in Alton, IL who is a direct descendant to says the Oklass's are somehow related to Napolean Bonaparte, though we haven't made that connection as yet.

Let me know what you need. I hope I can help.

Kelley

John Oklass

2000-06-18 14:34:36Z

Hi Kelly, thanks for the information on John Oklass.
I am not a descendent of the Oklass family, but I
have a slave emancipation document that lists John
Oklass as the origional purchaser of the slave.
I have been in touch with a descendent of the Oklass
family who is researching the history. I will pass
on this information to her. Thanks Charles

John Oklass, Missouri

2000-03-01 16:06:03Z

I am looking for information on the Oklass
family that lived in St. Genevieve County Missouri
in the mid 1800s. One individual had submitted
a geneiology in January,2000 but must have removed
it because I have not been able to get it again.
If you have information on John Oklass and his
family, please contact me.