W. Oja

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W. Oja
OccupationLaborer

W. Oja was a laborer in Port Arthur, in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario.

The estate was probated in the Thunder Bay District surrogate court in 1902 and inventoried at $416.68 (equivalent to $16,107 in 2025). He died intestate, without a will.[1]

Newspaper record

  • Photo notice in Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 1947-01-02.[2]
    • Age recorded as 0 infant.
    • Index note: With newborn son.

References

  1. Probate record of W. Oja, laborer, Port Arthur (1902), surrogate court probate file no. 179. Canadian Regional Historical Wealth Micro-Data Collection, compiled by Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University.
  2. Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 2 January 1947, p. 1