Jacob CORKUM

1817 - 1891  (64 years)

• Name	Jacob CORKUM
  Birth	30 Mar 1817	Lunenburg County, NS   [1, 2]
  	The date of his birth recorded on the flyleaf of the prayer book of John Peter GORKUM is 5 Apr 1817. However, the first three births on the flyleaf appear to have been recorded in the same hand after the fact, just as the Lunenburg Baptist Register dates of birth are known to have been.
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1882 and 1891	NS
  Person ID	I2789	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	John Peter CORKUM,   b. 18 Aug 1788, Lunenburg County, NS d. 3 Jul 1852, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sophia HUBLEY,   b. 25 Jun 1797, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS d. 13 Aug 1861, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1812	Lunenburg County, NS   [3]
  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]
  Family ID	F1680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ann Elizabeth SHANKLE,   b. 6 Aug 1819, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS d. 23 May 1862, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1839	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Children	1. Elias CORKUM,   b. 6 Jun 1840, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. 26 Feb 1911, Pleasantville, Lunenburg, NS (Age 70 years)   2. Jemima CORKUM,   b. 6 Oct 1843, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. 3 Apr 1906, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 62 years)   3. Margaret A. CORKUM,   b. 15 Oct 1845, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sophia Cassantha CORKUM,   b. 15 Oct 1847, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   5. Aaron Jacob CORKUM,   b. 1 Jul 1850, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. 19 Apr 1935, Wolfville, Kings, NS (Age 84 years)   6. Mary Eliza CORKUM,   b. 4 Mar 1853, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. 16 Dec 1923, Marie Joseph, Guysborough, NS (Age 70 years)   7. Isaiah CORKUM,   b. 1856, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. Between Jun 1878 and Dec 1880, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F1393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Ann FEENER,   b. 8 Jul 1834, Lunenburg County, NS d. Between 1901 and 1911, Marie Joseph, Guysborough, NS (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1864	Middle LaHave, Lunenburg, NS   [4]
  Children	1. Regina CORKUM,   b. 13 Aug 1865, Middle LaHave, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lois Rebecca CORKUM,   b. 18 Jun 1868, New Cumberland, Lunenburg, NS d. 1959, Marie Joseph, Guysborough, NS (Age 90 years)   3. Ingram CORKUM,   b. 26 Dec 1870, LaHave, Lunenburg, NS d. 13 Dec 1951, Springhill Junction, Cumberland, NS (Age 80 years)   4. Charles Rufus CORKUM,   b. 5 Jun 1872, Corkum Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. Between 1902 and 1909, Cape Breton, NS (Age 29 years)   5. Eliakim CORKUM,   b. 3 Feb 1875, Pleasantville, Lunenburg, NS d. 18 Oct 1922, Westmoreland County, NB (Age 47 years)   6. Nina CORKUM
  Family ID	F1743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S13438] Records of the Baptist Church, North West Range, Lunenburg County NS. [S10659] Prayer Book of John Peter Gorkum. [S9190] Parish Register, Dutch Reformed Church--Lunenburg. [S11693] %An unknown source.