Mother of actor Jack Oakie (Lewis Offield).
Her marker shows a first name of Mary but the Forest Lawn website and the California Death Index list her as Evelyn.
Additional information below provided by LeonaBelle
Maiden family name unknown to me at this time, but her given name was Mary Evelyn. US Federal Census records for 1900 and 1910 support that information. She was born in Virginia in July of 1868. She was the second wife of James Madison Offield, his first wife having deceased. She was step mother to his children from his first marriage. In addition this couple had 2 children of their own, Allie E Offield, daughter b. 1889, and Lewis Delaney Offield, later known as actor Jack Oakie. The family moved from Missouri to Oklahoma when Lewis Delaney was still a young child. James Madison Offield died in 1917 when his son Lewis Delaney was 14 years of age.
Her marker shows a first name of Mary but the Forest Lawn website and the California Death Index list her as Evelyn.
Additional information below provided by LeonaBelle
Maiden family name unknown to me at this time, but her given name was Mary Evelyn. US Federal Census records for 1900 and 1910 support that information. She was born in Virginia in July of 1868. She was the second wife of James Madison Offield, his first wife having deceased. She was step mother to his children from his first marriage. In addition this couple had 2 children of their own, Allie E Offield, daughter b. 1889, and Lewis Delaney Offield, later known as actor Jack Oakie. The family moved from Missouri to Oklahoma when Lewis Delaney was still a young child. James Madison Offield died in 1917 when his son Lewis Delaney was 14 years of age.
Mother of actor Jack Oakie (Lewis Offield).
Her marker shows a first name of Mary but the Forest Lawn website and the California Death Index list her as Evelyn.
Additional information below provided by LeonaBelle
Maiden family name unknown to me at this time, but her given name was Mary Evelyn. US Federal Census records for 1900 and 1910 support that information. She was born in Virginia in July of 1868. She was the second wife of James Madison Offield, his first wife having deceased. She was step mother to his children from his first marriage. In addition this couple had 2 children of their own, Allie E Offield, daughter b. 1889, and Lewis Delaney Offield, later known as actor Jack Oakie. The family moved from Missouri to Oklahoma when Lewis Delaney was still a young child. James Madison Offield died in 1917 when his son Lewis Delaney was 14 years of age.
Her marker shows a first name of Mary but the Forest Lawn website and the California Death Index list her as Evelyn.
Additional information below provided by LeonaBelle
Maiden family name unknown to me at this time, but her given name was Mary Evelyn. US Federal Census records for 1900 and 1910 support that information. She was born in Virginia in July of 1868. She was the second wife of James Madison Offield, his first wife having deceased. She was step mother to his children from his first marriage. In addition this couple had 2 children of their own, Allie E Offield, daughter b. 1889, and Lewis Delaney Offield, later known as actor Jack Oakie. The family moved from Missouri to Oklahoma when Lewis Delaney was still a young child. James Madison Offield died in 1917 when his son Lewis Delaney was 14 years of age.
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