Family: John Peter CORKUM / Sophia HUBLEY (F1680)
m. 25 Mar 1812-
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John Peter CORKUM
Birth 18 Aug 1788 Lunenburg County, NS 
Death 3 Jul 1852 Lunenburg County, NS Burial Marriage 25 Mar 1812 [1] Lunenburg County, NS [1] Father Johann Wilhelm GORKUM | F1656 Group Sheet Mother Anna Catherina Elisabetha REINHARDT | F1656 Group Sheet
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Sophia HUBLEY
Birth 25 Jun 1797 Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS Death 13 Aug 1861 Lunenburg County, NS Burial Father Jacob HUBLEY | F1733 Group Sheet Mother Susanna Elisabeth BARKHOUSE | F1733 Group Sheet
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Alexander CORKUM
Birth 15 Jan 1816 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 25 Jul 1907 Pleasantville, Lunenburg, NS Burial Pleasantville (Old) Cemetery, Pleasantville, NS Spouse Catherine Elizabeth SPINDLER | F1734 Marriage 20 Sep 1839 Lunenburg County, NS
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Jacob CORKUM
Birth 30 Mar 1817 Lunenburg County, NS Death Between 1882 and 1891 NS Burial Spouse Mary Ann Elizabeth SHANKLE | F1393 Marriage 20 Sep 1839 Lunenburg County, NS Spouse Sarah Ann FEENER | F1743 Marriage 21 Mar 1864 Middle LaHave, Lunenburg, NS
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John L. CORKUM
Birth 20 Dec 1818 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 22 Aug 1845 Lunenburg County, NS Burial Spouse Mary Ann DOREY | F1842 Marriage 24 Dec 1842 Lunenburg County, NS
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Sophia CORKUM
Birth 22 May 1820 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 18 Mar 1902 Indian Harbour, Halifax, NS Burial Baptist Cemetery, Indian Harbour, NS Spouse George COVEY | F1686 Marriage 28 Feb 1845 North West, Lunenburg, NS
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Barbara CORKUM
Birth 5 Jun 1822 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death Bef 1871 Lunenburg County, NS Burial Spouse John Abraham SPINDLER | F1739 Marriage 30 Mar 1841 Lunenburg County, NS
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Maria Elizabeth CORKUM
Birth 5 Mar 1826 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death Yes, date unknown Burial Spouse John Louis DAUPHINEE | F1788 Marriage 22 Sep 1848 Lunenburg County, NS
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Susanna CORKUM
Birth 27 Apr 1827 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death Yes, date unknown Burial Spouse Solomon CORKUM | F113007 Marriage 13 May 1849 Lunenburg County, NS
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Peter “Red” CORKUM
Birth 23 Jun 1830 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 10 Apr 1920 Lunenburg County, NS Burial Pleasantville (Old) Cemetery, Pleasantville, NS Spouse Mary Elizabeth SHANKLE | F1002 Marriage 27 Dec 1855 Lunenburg County, NS
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Joel CORKUM
Birth 15 May 1832 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 20 Aug 1911 Pleasantville, Lunenburg, NS Burial Pleasantville Cemetery, Pleasantville, NS Spouse Margaret SARTY | F1646 Marriage 19 Nov 1861 Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS
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Ann CORKUM
Birth 13 Apr 1834 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 17 Nov 1905 Indian Harbour, Halifax, NS Burial Spouse Isaac RICHARDSON | F1688 Marriage 12 Jan 1854 Lunenburg County, NS
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Benjamin CORKUM
Birth 17 May 1835 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 29 Aug 1835 Lunenburg County, NS Burial
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Sarah A. CORKUM
Birth 14 Mar 1837 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 1905 Lunenburg County, NS Burial Maple Leaf Cemetery, Conquerall Bank, NS Spouse John Michael CORKUM | F124943 Marriage
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Priscilla G. CORKUM
Birth 10 Feb 1840 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 11 Sep 1927 Pleasantville, Lunenburg, NS Burial Pleasantville (Old) Cemetery, Pleasantville, NS Spouse Benjamin L. SARTY | F30710 Marriage Abt 24 Dec 1861 Lunenburg County, NS
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Samuel CORKUM
Birth 29 Dec 1844 Dublin, Lunenburg, NS Death 1937 Halifax, Halifax, NS Burial St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Halifax, NS Spouse Lucinda Ann JOUDREY | F119455 Marriage 1865 Bridgewater, Lunenburg, NS
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Notes - The conventional wisdom is that John Peter and Sophia (HUBLEY) CORKUM had 19 children. However, the original NW Baptist Register says the following:
"Children Born unto Peter Corkum [sic] and his Wife Sophia.
Alexander Corkam, Born 15th February, 1816. Dublin
Jacob Corkam, Born 30th March, 1817. Do.
John Corkam, Born 20th December, 1818. Do.
Sophia Corkam, Born 2d May, 1820. Do.
Barbary Corkam, Born 5 June, 1822. Do.
Mary Corkam, Born 5th March, 1826. Do.
Susana Corkam, Born 27th April 1827. Do.
Daniel Corkam, Born 29th September, 1828. Do.
Peter Corkam, Born 23d June, 1830. Do.
Joel Corkam, Born 15th May, 1832. Do.
Ann Corkam, Born 13 April 1834. Do.
Benjamin Corkam, Born 17 May, 1835.
Sarah Corkam, Born March 14th, 1837.
Rachel Corkam, Born 21st October, 1838.
Breseles Corkam, Born 10th Feb 1939." [which should more likely be 1840]
and then later, by a different clerk, comes this entry:
"Children born to Peter Corcum, & his wife Sophia, Township of New Dublin.
Samuel Corcum, born Decr. 29th, 1844."
Since we know that Priscilla Corkum did exist, Breseles appears to be a garble of Priscilla by the register clerk. But that leaves the widely reported John 1836 and his supposed twin Elizabeth 1836, as well as Russell 1840 unaccounted for. So where do they come from.
We know that the John CORKUM who is b. 1818 marries Ann DOREY on 22 Dec 1842 and he then dies on 22 Aug 1845, whereupon Ann remarries, on 31 Dec 1850, Isaac JOUDREY, by whom she has 4 children. So this John cannot marry Mary O'CONNOR in 1851. Also, if John 1818 is still very much alive in 1836, why is a second son given the name John, and why is he missing in the listing of children in the register?
The source of this John is apparently an Ancestral File and IGI entry which has him marrying Mary O'CONNOR in 1851. But one of the witnesses to the marriage of John and Elizabeth O'CONNOR is William CORKUM. There are no William's in the family of John Peter and Sophia, but William is the father of John 1827, and I believe it is this John 1827 who dies in 1858. So I suspect that John 1836 is a self-perpetuating error, as is his twin, Elizabeth, whose sole claim to existence seems to be another Ancestral File/IGI entry.
As to the third missing child, Russell, it seems highly unlikely to me that the birth of his twin sister would be recorded, but not his. The only other source of his existence seems to be a World Family Tree entry; however, such entries are usually less reliable than a coin toss. One source has him marrying a Myrtle LOHNES with no date; however, the only known marriage of a Russell CORKUM to a Myrtle LOHNES occurred 40 years later.
So I tend to think that John Peter and Sophia had 17, not 19, children.[Bob H]
- The conventional wisdom is that John Peter and Sophia (HUBLEY) CORKUM had 19 children. However, the original NW Baptist Register says the following:
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