• Evidence from census and church ordinance records proves that the Oakes and Barkdull families traveled to Utah in 1851 or 1852.  They appear on the 1850 Iowa census.  The first documentation to place them in Utah is the re-baptism of Prudence and Elizabeth in Salt Lake City 14 October 1852.  His death date is from the Eastern Idaho Death Records database.  Further research is needed to determine the year they came to Utah and the name of the company they traveled with.

  Jason came with his mother Prudence Ann Tremayne Barkdull Oakes.
   
  His name appears as "Nicholas Oakes" on the 1850 Iowa census.

Unknown Companies (1847-1868)

• Age at Departure: 12

Sources

• 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
• Eastern Idaho Death Records Database.