The five-year-old John B. appears with his 30-year-old father Noble, a 24-year-old woman named Sharin E. Corkum, and three of John's siblings in the 1881 Canada census in Canning.
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The 22-year-old John married 21-year-old Minnie Obrion, 04 Apr 1896.
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The 36-year-old — now a widower — married Ada Brilla Rand in 1911. Note the marriage record lists Noble's mother's name as Polenkhorn.
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"Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-WBD : 18 November 2014), John B. Corkum in household of Noble W. Corkum, Canning, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13173, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,809.
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"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-73G : 4 December 2014), John B. Corkum and Minnie Obrion, 04 Apr 1896; citing Civil, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,026.
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"British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDDQ-QWL : 21 January 2016), Noble Wentworth Corkum in household of John Burton Corkum and Ada Brilla Rand, 08 Jun 1911; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11375, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,703.
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"Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LT-JFM : 5 December 2014), John B Corkum, 26 Apr 1916; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference cn 893, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,416.
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Profile created by Glenn Legge, citing family knowledge.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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.
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