Dorothy (Melvin) Corkum (1802)

Born 15 May 1802 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Wife of Peter Corkum — married 3 Nov 1822 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Dorothy was born in Chester, Lunenburg County, on May 15, 1802.^[1]

Dorothy married Peter Corkum on November 3, 1822.^[2] Interestingly, six years later in 1828, Dorothy's brother Stephen married Peter's sister Anna Mary.

Dorothy appears in the family groups under Peter's name in the Nova Scotia census of 1838^[3] and the 1861 census^[4] In the 1871 census^[5] Dorothy is now a widow and is living with her son Peter. And the same again in the 1881 census.^[6]

Dorothy's date of death is not known but she was no longer living with Peter by the next census of 1891. Nova Scotia did not require death registrations between 1877 and 1908.

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch Records of the Town of Chester. "Heirs of Elijah Melven. Dorothey, Daughter of Elijah, and Hannah Melven, was Born in Chester, on the 15th of May, 1802. Recorded the 1st Decmr., 1822. John Bezanson, Town Clerk." (Image 34)
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/157268-redirection FamilySearch] The Diary of Rev. Joseph Dimock, page 124. "122. Peter Gorkum son of Peter Gorkum was married to Dorothy Melven daughter of Elijah Melven both of Chester Novr 3rd 1822 after being Lawfully published By Joseph Dimock Clerk."
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives Census Returns, 1838
4. ↑ Census of 1861 Chester sub-district, line 2
5. ↑ Census of 1871 Chester sub-district, page 26, line 2
6. ↑ Census of 1881 Chester sub-district, page 3, line 24