Mr.
Rufus
Loring
Corkum
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Burton Corkum, William Clare Corkum, Burton Corkum, Carolyn B. (Corkum) Carr, Jennie O. (Corkum) Porter, Gordon Joseph Corkum, Gladys Huntley [half], Florence A. (Corkum) Weeks, Elizabeth May (Corkum) Legge, [private brother (1890s - 1950s)] [half] and Hilda C. (Corkum) Bennett
Husband of
Helen L (Foster) Snyder
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 33
in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jun 2011
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Biography
Rufus was born in 1888. He is the son of Noble Corkum and Maria Blenkhorn. [1]
The 13-year-old Rufus appears in the 1901 Canada census in Kings, Nova Scotia, with his brother Gordon and four sisters. [2]
He died when he was just 33, while living in Portland, Maine. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Glenn Legge, Jun 23, 2011
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1901", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHK1-ZXH : 1 February 2017), Rufus L Corkum in entry for Carrie Corkum, 1901.
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-83SL : 6 October 2016), Maria Blinkhorn in entry for Rufus Loring Corkum, 1921.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184559227/rufus-loring-corkum: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Rufus Loring Corkum (2 Feb 1888–10 Feb 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184559227, citing Forest City Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by D (Huntley) Carter (contributor 47177961).
- Glenn Legge, family knowledge.
- Huntley Family Tree.ged on Dec 31, 2011 by Frederick Huntley, citing Ancestry Family Trees.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rufus by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rufus:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rufus by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rufus:
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~12.50%
Glenn Legge
:
23andMe
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~6.25%
Rick Huntley :
23andMe
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~6.25%
Heidi (Collins) Krannig :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus :
23andMe, GEDmatch M811699 [compare]
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~3.12%
D (X) LX :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member twogorb
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~1.56%
Chris Whitten :
23andMe, yourDNAportal CHR61965ed9
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A820770 [compare], Ancestry member ciwhitten
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #330041
+
Living DNA
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~1.56%
Amy (Sousa) Dickens :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marshed214
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~1.56%
Wilfred Hatch :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Wanda Millett :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Val Falconer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SY1283877 [compare], yourDNAportal VALef1c2c56, Ancestry member vfalconer
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