John CORKUM

1817 - 1901  (84 years)

• Name	John CORKUM
  Birth	24 Apr 1817	Chester, Lunenburg, NS   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Aug 1901	Milan, Coos, NH   [3]
  	Cause: Old Age
  Person ID	I11087	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	John Frederick CORKUM,   b. 1 Sep 1789, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 22 Feb 1870, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Maria Magdalena LOWE,   b. 12 Apr 1790, Clearland, Lunenburg, NS d. 1858, Broad Cove, Lunenburg, NS (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1811	Lunenburg County, NS   [4, 5]
  	There were two Fred CORKUM's of approximately the same age--Fred 1788 s/o Gottlieb and Fred 1789 s/o Peter--who married at about the same and both marriages were recorded ay DRL. In 1811, on Fred marries Magdalena LOWE, and in 1812, the other m. Elizabeth CONRAD; the problem is--who married who. In looking at it, the one thing that strikes me is that the family of the Fred CORKUM who m. Mary LOWE apparently lived in the Chester area as I have some number of their children as born and died there. That's of note beCAUSe I believe that the Chester area was where the parents and siblings of Fred 1789 lived as well. On the other hand, I also believe that Gottlieb CORKUM, father of Fred CORKUM 1788, lived with his children in New Dublin Twp, somewhere in the LaHave/New Dublin area, and the will of the Fred who m. Elizabeth CONRAD tells us that that's where they lived as well. So in the absence of more definitive evidence, my best guess is that Fred 1789 m. Magdalena LOWE. There were two Fred CORKUM's of approximately the same age--Fred 1788 s/o Gottlieb and Fred 1789 s/o Peter--who married at about the same and both marriages were recorded ay DRL. In 1811, on Fred marries Magdalena LOWE, and in 1812, the other m. Elizabeth CONRAD; the problem is--who married who. In looking at it, the one thing that strikes me is that the family of the Fred CORKUM who m. Mary LOWE apparently lived in the Chester area as I have some number of their children as born and died there. That's of note beCAUSe I believe that the Chester area was where the parents and siblings of Fred 1789 lived as well. On the other hand, I also believe that Gottlieb CORKUM, father of Fred CORKUM 1788, lived with his children in New Dublin Twp, somewhere in the LaHave/New Dublin area, and the will of the Fred who m. Elizabeth CONRAD tells us that that's where they lived as well. So in the absence of more definitive evidence, my best guess is that Fred 1789 m. Magdalena LOWE.
  Family ID	F79424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine ZWICKER,   b. 2 Nov 1815, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. Bef 1849, Lunenburg County, NS (Age < 33 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1844	Chester, Lunenburg, NS
  Family ID	F81749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Anna JOUDREY,   b. 1 May 1824, Northwest Range, Lunenburg, NS d. 1899, Milan, Coos, NH (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1849	Clearland, Lunenburg, NS   [6]
  Children	1. Mary Sophia CORKUM,   b. 25 Jan 1850, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 31 May 1850, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 0 years)   2. Charles Alfred CORKUM,   b. 17 Mar 1851, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 1874, NH (Age 22 years)   3. William Ambrose CORKUM,   b. 5 Apr 1853, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 27 Feb 1922, Berlin, Coos, NH (Age 68 years)   4. James Arthur CORKUM,   b. 2 Mar 1855, Kentville, Kings, NS d. 23 Aug 1941, Harrison, Cumberland, ME (Age 86 years)   5. John Lorenzo CORKUM,   b. Sep 1856, Kings County, NS d. 20 Jan 1944, Fitchburg, Worcester, MA (Age ~ 87 years)   6. David Freeman CORKUM,   b. 1859, Kings County, NS d. Yes, date unknown   7. Theodore Hardin CORKUM,   b. 29 Sep 1862, Kings County, NS d. 6 Nov 1945, Stewartstown, Coos, NH (Age 83 years)   8. Milford Rodney CORKUM,   b. 18 Mar 1865, Kings County, NS d. 31 Dec 1951, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F3300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S9894] Western Shore, Gold River, Martin's Point, Cited By Nancy Milner, e-mail note dated 11 Sep 2001. [S553] Chester Township Book. [S12395] NH Death and Disinterment Records 1654-1949. [S9190] Parish Register, Dutch Reformed Church--Lunenburg. [S9263] Parish Register, St. John's Anglican Church--Lunenburg. [S9255] Parish Register, St. James' Anglican Church--Mahone Bay.