Margaret Corkum (1799)

Born 21 Feb 1799 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Margaret was born February 21, 1799.^[1] Nine of Henry's children including Margaret do not appear in church baptism records so it is possible that the family may have belonged to the Baptist church which did not do infant baptisms.

Margaret apparently never married. She was a housekeeper for George Hobson in the Rawdon census sub-district in Hants County. She appears in the 1861 census^[2] ... only George is named but he is single and one single female aged 60-70 in his household. She appears in his house in the census of 1871^[3] and identified as his housekeeper in 1881.^[4] In both census reports, she is identified as Baptist so likely was raised and remained Baptist all her life. Her sister, Mary Etter, lived nearby in 1871.

Margaret's date of death is not known.

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch Records of the Town of Chester. "Heirs of Henry Gorgum. Margaret Gorgum, Daughter of Henry, and Elisabeth Gorgum, was born in Chester on the twenty first day of February, one thousand, Seven hundred and Ninety Nine." (Image 51)
2. ↑ Census of 1861 Rawdon sub-district, line 21
3. ↑ Census of 1871 Rawdon South sub-district, page 24, line 6
4. ↑ Census of 1881 Rawdon sub-district, page 6, line 15

• NS Chester Town Records; Chester, Nova Scotia, Town Records, Record Type: microfilm; Note: MG4, Vol. 13.

• Nova Scotia Public Archives and Records Management

• Lunenburg, DR Church; Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Lunenburg, NS, Canada. Baptisms: 1770-1819 and 1837-1870. Marriages: 1770-1818 Burials: 1771-1818 and 1837-1854.