Charles Frederick CORKUM

1827 - 1903  (76 years)

• Name	Charles Frederick CORKUM
  Birth	16 Jun 1827	Chester, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1903	Andover, Oxford, ME   [2]
  	Cause: Cancer
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, West Milan, NH
  Person ID	I209913	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	29 Nov 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   [3, 4]
  	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	Lydia CORKUM,   b. 1828, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 31 Aug 1882, Stewartstown, Coos, NH (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. Lavinia CORKUM,   b. 1853, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 13 Jun 1870, New Ross, Lunenburg, NS (Age 17 years)   2. Anna R. CORKUM,   b. 22 Feb 1855, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 29 Apr 1940, Coos County, NH (Age 85 years)   3. Janette CORKUM,   b. 1856, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 21 Jun 1873, Coos County, NH (Age 17 years)   4. Ida M. CORKUM,   b. 1860, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 22 Dec 1953, Lancaster, Coos, NH (Age 93 years)   5. Hurd B. CORKUM,   b. 1861, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 1928, Gorham, Coos, NH (Age 67 years)   6. Emerson Fletcher CORKUM,   b. 8 Jul 1863, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 19 Jan 1932, Gorham, Coos, NH (Age 68 years)   7. Bertha L. CORKUM,   b. 22 Mar 1866, New Ross, Lunenburg, NS d. 16 Feb 1921, Gorham, Coos, NH (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F82707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary B. (--?--),   b. Jun 1831, ME d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F82710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S9315] Parish Register, Zion Lutheran Church--Lunenburg. [S13151] ME Vital Records, 1670-1921, 1903, death record #14. [S9190] Parish Register, Dutch Reformed Church--Lunenburg. [S9263] Parish Register, St. John's Anglican Church--Lunenburg.