George Henry Corkum (1749 - abt. 1836)

Born 29 Apr 1749 in Westhofen, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Collicutt — married 16 Sep 1777 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about Jun 1836 at about age 87 in Lunenburg, Colony of Nova Scotia, Colony of Britain

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Biography

Birth

Georg Heinrich Corkum was born 27 April 1749 ^[1] in Westhofen, Germany.^[2] He was baptized a few days later on 2 May 1749 in Pfungstadt, Hessen, Germany ^[3]. His surname on his baptism record is spelled Gorckum ^[4].

Emigration

Georg Heinrich emigrated to Nova Scotia with his parents on the "Pearl" which left Rotterdam June 6, 1752 and arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on August 22*. ^[5][6] His name appears on the various victualing lists at Halifax and Lunenburg between 1752 and 1757.^[5] (*Gregorian calendar which we use today. Britain still used the Julian calendar at that time.)

Census

His parents are listed in the 1770 Census and George Henry would be one of the four youngest boys who are still at home (the older ones having married.)^[7]

Marriage

He married Elizabeth Collicut on September 16, 1777.^{[8] [9]}

Children

Fourteen children are listed in the Town of Chester family records.^[10] A record of his death has not been found.

Sources

1. ↑ Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
2. ↑ Descendants of Johan Wilhelm Corkum
3. ↑ Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
4. ↑ Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Register of the Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (Ca. 1749-1770) Winthrop Pickard Bell, and J. Christopher Young, 2003. pp. 10 & 189
6. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
7. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives 1770 Census, Lunenburg (Line 10)
8. ↑ FamilySearch Marriage records of the Dutch Reformed Church, Lunenburg. "By Revd. Bruin Romkes Comingo. Translated from the German. 1777. September 16th. George Henry Gorkum, and Elizabeth Collicut." (Image 891)
9. ↑ FamilySearch Town of Chester, N.S., Early Family Records, "George Henry Gorgum, and Elisabeth Colicut, were Legally joind in Marriage on the Sixteenth day of September, one thousand, Seven hundred and Seventy Seven, by the Revd. Bruin Rumkes Comingoe, of Lunenburg. Recorded, November 12, 1777. Ebenezer Fitch, Town Clerk." (Image 8)
10. ↑ FamilySearch Heirs of Henry Gorgum (Images 50-51)

• NS Chester Town Records. Chester, Nova Scotia, Town Records, Record Type: microfilm. MG4, Vol. 13. Repository: Nova Scotia Public Archives and Records Management, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

• CORKUM (GORKUM) (von GORKUM) (von GORINCHEM)

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/Corkum.html

• Corkum desc. report. Descendants of Johan Wilhelm Corkum, Recipient: Virginia Basken, Address: Nova Scotia. 6 November 1996

• 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.

• "From Gorinchem [Gorkum] Holland, to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada", Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Author: Arlene Bailey

• Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 1195494. Reference ID:B2 p 115.

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Place: Halifax, N.S.; Year: 1752; Page Number: 23.

Acknowledgements

• Research by Jamie Swindells, imported from Ancestry.com Public Member Trees.
• Research by Marsha Auger.