Peter
Corkum
Born in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of George Henry Corkum
and Elizabeth Collicutt
Brother of
Sophia Catherine Corkum, George Henry Corkum, Elizabeth Corkum, William Corkum, Henry Corkum, Mary (Corkum) Etter, Johannes Corkum, Anna Maria Sophia (Corkum) Pentz, Lydia (Corkum) Frail, Margaret Corkum, Richard Corkum, Matilda (Corkum) Eisenhauer and Honour Corkum
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Peter was born on March 5, 1787 in Chester[1] and baptized on June 1, 1788.[2]
Nothing more is known about Peter.
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch Records of Town of Chester. "Heirs of Henry Gorgum. Peter Gorgum, Son of Henry, and Elisabeth Gorgum, was born in Chester on the fifth day of March, one thousand, Seven hundred and Eighty Seven. Recorded November 9th, 1789. Ebenezer Fitch, Town Clerk." (Image 50)
- ↑ FamilySearch Baptism records of St. John's Anglican Church, Chester. "1788. June 1. Peter, Son of Henry, and Elisabeth Gorkum. A Hare lip." (Image 200)
- NS Chester Town Records; Title: Chester, Nova Scotia, Town Records, Record Type: microfilm; MG4, Vol. 13.
- Nova Scotia Public Archives and Records Management
- Lunenburg, DR Church; : Title: Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Lunenburg, NS, Canada. Baptisms: 1770-1819 and 1837-1870. Marrriages: 1770-1818 Burials: 1771-1818 and 1837-1854.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter:
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~6.25%
Glenn Legge
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus :
23andMe, GEDmatch M811699 [compare]
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~3.12%
Pauline (Eisner) Bouvier :
23andMe, GEDmatch M822190 [compare]
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~3.12%
~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
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Hilary Grover :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Wanda Millett :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~0.78%
Amy (Sousa) Dickens :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marshed214
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~1.56%
Wilfred Hatch :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Heidi (Collins) Krannig :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Denise Rhynold :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XS9247618 [compare], yourDNAportal DEN90c9f5b2, Ancestry member denise_rhynold
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~0.78%
Eric Eisner :
23andMe, GEDmatch M014005 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kriste Moody :
23andMe, GEDmatch FG3773436 [compare]
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~0.78%
R.c. Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A756658 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lawrence Dowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DF4659260 [compare], Ancestry member ianmeadows98
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~0.78%
Bert Hirtle :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch EM9106976 [compare], FTDNA kit #858499
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