Welcome to the Oban Message Board! I am Mary Ann, your Board Administrator and I am also a member of the Oban family.
I am looking for the children of John Oban and his wife Juda Smith. I have no dates of birth/death for either of them, but both may have been born in Canada. They had a family of 18 children when they lived in Canada - maybe Prince Edward Island (PEI) before migrating to New Hampshire. We don't know if he migrated with his children or not. They had to have migrated to NH before 1885 as one son Israel and his family migrated to South Dakota at that time.
Juda Smith died before 1892 - I found her name on the New Hampshire marriage license/application for one of her sons - Henry J. Oban. It stated on there that she was deceased when he and Lillian R. Martin were married. I do not know if she died in Canada or the US. My guess would be Canada.
The only children of John & Juda's that I have names on are:
* Israel Oban (1846-1923)
* Henry J. Oban (1867-bef 1949)
* Sarah Oban (dates unknown.)
The only information I have on Sarah is that she stayed in Canada and her husband's last name may have been Braey (not sure of the spelling of his last name.)
I have some information on Henry J. Oban and his family.
My line is from Israel Oban (wife Sarah Little.) Israel and his family moved westward towards the Dakotas and on to Washington state.
My hope here is to connect with other descendants of the children of John and Juda and see just how large our family is!! So if you are a member of this family - through blood or marriage - let's share the information we have!