Edwin Oates family
1-29-1884, 1-2-1945
Laura Mitchell Oates
7-29-1889, 2-28-1968
Edwin Oates at work on a Ranch in California – 1909
Edwin w/ future bride Laura Mitchell (large hat)
Laura was visiting relatives Joe Lindsay and family
Edwin and Laura’s 1909 California home under construction
Laura Anderson Mitchell taking care of a Lindsey cousin in CA
Edwin Oates and Laura Mitchell were married on May 26, 1909.
Edwin’s brother, John Martin Oates was a guest at the wedding.
Edwin Oates and Laura Mitchell Oates with Mitchell
Reidsville, N.C.
about 1920
Cousins
Hilda Dunn Oates and Laura Elizabeth (Jim) Oates
(about 1923)
Laura E. (Jim) Oates and Hilda D. (Biddy) Oates
Operetta – Piney Grove School, Sampson County
(about 1927)
Joyce Oates – 1930
Robert (Bob) Lee Oates – 1930
Bob Oates
Kathleen at Faison school
Margaret (Pete) Oates
Kathleen at East Carolina Teachers College
(now East Carolina University)
John Oates
Edwin Oates
Laura Elizabeth (Jim) Oates in
Kathleen’s wedding – 6/19/1936
Cousin Serena Oates in
Kathleen’s wedding – 6/19/1936
