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> Subject: [COBURN] George D. Coburn
> From: polly.siegel(a)att.net
>
> In regard to the 1850 census for George D. Coburn of
> Quincy, MA. Have you seen the actual census record to
> verify that it is our George Coburn? If not, let me know
> and Ill check it out.
>
> I sent for the Civil War military and pension records of
> a George D. Coburn of Co. G, 6th Mass Vol Inf. He was:
> Born 10 Mar 1844 in Dracut, MA and living in Lowell at
> time of enlistment. His father was Othniel D. Coburn b.
> Windham NH. His mother was Hellen M. Coburn b. Winthrop
> ME. George D. Coburns occupation was a farmer at
> enlistment but later was a store keeper in the repair
> shops of Boston Elevated Railroad. George D. was married
> to Adaline (Harvey) Barden (a widow) 26 Dec 1896.
>
> So he is not our George. If anyone on the list is kin to
> this George Id be happy to send his records.
Polly as it turns out -
I have the DC of this George D. Coburn; here are the details:
Died: Sept. 14, 1927 in Boston, MA @ 83yrs 6mnths 4dys
Bithplace: Dracut
Father: Orthneil Coburn (birthplace blank)
Mother: Maria Cobb, birthplace Maine
Place of Burial Mt. Hope
Since he was born in 1844, I think that who we find in 1850 Census in Quincy is
not this George Coburn, nor the G.D. Coburn in Jamestown, CA listed as a
goldminer. Sorry, I could not locate him on the Census that genealogylibrary.com
has that are the actual pages, too bad as it would make it simple.
Jan
> Subject: Re: [COBURN] George D. Coburn
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:54:14 EDT
> From: Chsegear(a)aol.com
> In a message dated 9/11/2000 6:04:35 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> polly.siegel(a)att.net writes:
>
> << Francis Coburn was born about 1774 in Ireland and was
> probably Scots-Irish. He was married to Catherine Bowman
> who was born in Pennsylvania. >>
> I feel we may be getting closer to my brick wall: Jane Coburn married Potter
> Brookins BRITTAIN who was born in PA in the late 1700s (1790s??). Could this
> Francis and Catherine be her parents???
No, unlikely. Catherine was born 1774 and was in Nova Scotia in the 1790's, as
was Francis.
Francis may have been born as early as 1761-2.
Perhaps if you have some dates and/or locations, others on the list might remember
seeing something in those locals, past, present and future. I don't think one
would soon forget her husbands unusual name.
Jan
>
Am looking for information concerning parents of
Shelby P. Coburn
born March 17 1818 in Alabama married Sarah McCarty Nanney Jan. 29 1846
Itwamba Co. MS. Shelby died June 30 1900 in Itwamba Co. MS and is buried in
the Oak Grove Cemetery which confirms his birth and death dates.
He enlisted in the Mississippi Calvery in 1863. He is described as being 5'
6" , blue eyes and fair complextion.
I have found much conflicting info on the internet, but no documentation as
to who his parents were.
The children of Shelby Coburn and Sarah M. Nanney are as follows:
Tabathia Ann b. 1847
Uriah F. b. 1850 named after maternal grandfather
Martin Harkin (my branch) b.1853 named after mothers twin brother
Mary Ann Dicey b. 1855
Elizabeth (this is a maybe) b. 1859
Henry b. 1860
Samuel b. 1862
I have been told that a Francis Coburn and Elizabeth Widner are the parents,
but , i can find no proof of this . Am hitting a brick wall here.
Anyone familar with this branch ?
Thanks,
Sandie Williams Prater
Francis Coburn was born about 1774 in Ireland and was
probably Scots-Irish. He was married to Catherine Bowman
who was born in Pennsylvania. They married and lived in
Nova Scotia.
> Do you have Francis' full name and when he was born and where? I am
> looking for the father of Abel Coburn born in August 1870 in
> Chesterfield, NH, but the line originated in Massachusetts.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jean
>
> polly.siegel(a)att.net wrote:
>
> > Yes, it would be nice to find another son of Francis and
> > Catherine or other Coburns with Nova Scotia links.
> >
> > In regard to the 1850 census for George D. Coburn of
> > Quincy, MA. Have you seen the actual census record to
> > verify that it is our George Coburn? If not, let me know
> > and Ill check it out.
> >
> > I sent for the Civil War military and pension records of
> > a George D. Coburn of Co. G, 6th Mass Vol Inf. He was:
> > Born 10 Mar 1844 in Dracut, MA and living in Lowell at
> > time of enlistment. His father was Othniel D. Coburn b.
> > Windham NH. His mother was Hellen M. Coburn b. Winthrop
> > ME. George D. Coburns occupation was a farmer at
> > enlistment but later was a store keeper in the repair
> > shops of Boston Elevated Railroad. George D. was married
> > to Adaline (Harvey) Barden (a widow) 26 Dec 1896.
> >
> > So he is not our George. If anyone on the list is kin to
> > this George Id be happy to send his records.
> >
> > Polly
> >
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In a message dated 9/11/2000 6:04:35 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
polly.siegel(a)att.net writes:
<< Francis Coburn was born about 1774 in Ireland and was
probably Scots-Irish. He was married to Catherine Bowman
who was born in Pennsylvania. >>
I feel we may be getting closer to my brick wall: Jane Coburn married Potter
Brookins BRITTAIN who was born in PA in the late 1700s (1790s??). Could this
Francis and Catherine be her parents??? Would appreciate any info. Thanks.
Sylvia Gearheart
If anyone on the list needs to research census records I
can reccommend the National Archives Census Rental
Program. Check out their site at:
http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/micrent.html
I've had no trouble with the Census Microfilm Rental
Program and they let you keep the film for a long time
before returning.
You can also rent Revolutionary War records from them.
Polly
Yes, it would be nice to find another son of Francis and
Catherine or other Coburns with Nova Scotia links.
In regard to the 1850 census for George D. Coburn of
Quincy, MA. Have you seen the actual census record to
verify that it is our George Coburn? If not, let me know
and Ill check it out.
I sent for the Civil War military and pension records of
a George D. Coburn of Co. G, 6th Mass Vol Inf. He was:
Born 10 Mar 1844 in Dracut, MA and living in Lowell at
time of enlistment. His father was Othniel D. Coburn b.
Windham NH. His mother was Hellen M. Coburn b. Winthrop
ME. George D. Coburns occupation was a farmer at
enlistment but later was a store keeper in the repair
shops of Boston Elevated Railroad. George D. was married
to Adaline (Harvey) Barden (a widow) 26 Dec 1896.
So he is not our George. If anyone on the list is kin to
this George Id be happy to send his records.
Polly
> Subject: [COBURN] Michael/Alonzo Coburn
> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:20:57 +0000
> From: polly.siegel(a)att.net
> To: COBURN-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Information about Michael/Alonzo Coburn from:
>
> 1850 Census, 4Th Ward, Boston, Suffolk, MA. Enumerated 9
> Aug 1850. National Archives microfilm, Publication
> #M432, Roll #335.
> Dwelling, 442, Family, 699.
> Michael Coburn, age 19, male, Ship smith, Born New
> Brunswick. Michael was living with the family of John
> Nason who was a Blacksmith. Also living there was John
> Hathaway, age 30 born in Massachusetts who was also a
> Ship smith.
1850 Census, Fed MA
George D. Coburn, Norfolk Co., Quincy, p.262, #MAS6a592290
Michael Coburn, Suffolk Co, E. Boston 4th Ward, p045, #MAS6a592532
Francis Coburn, Middlesex Co., Lowell, p.302, #MAS6a592268
Source: Ancestry.com, 1850/FED/MA Census
>From the details this corresponds with the letter of 1849 written between the
siblings of the father of these men, Michael Coburn of Windsor, NS, and
where
these children were living. Quote:
"your brother Michael is married again to a young women by the name of
[Bows/Power?] twenty years of age and the oldest children is very much
displeased and Frank and George are at Quincey they are Boat makers and
Jane
is there and tends them. Michael is in E. Boston a learning Blacksmiths
tools. They all wish to be remembered to you and your husband and
children."
Michael in E. Boston is never mentioned again in the letters.
In a letter date June 16th 1856, quoting:
" George Coburn [?] got home and he looks very fine and robust and I
suppose
he has made considerable and he has gone down to winsor to see his
father. he
thinks some of setting up with his father."
It was from the Census that I learned the middle initial D, which seemed
to
make a perfect match for the two men who were in CA 1855, Jamestown:
Essex Genealogist, Vol. 5, Issue 4, Nov 1985.
> Article -
> Gone West - Massachusetts Men Gone to California - 1856
These are the Coburns that appear on this list, Volume 5 TEG "Gone West"
Massachusetts Men in California, 1856, by Effingham P. Humphrey, Jr.,
F.U.G.A.
To Jamestown
Coburn, G.D., miner
Coburn, A.W., miner
George returns but no mention of Michael or alias Alonzo W. We think
they
went Panama Canal route and much is written about the disease ridden
place and
people dying on board ships...including their uncle William Little.
I have pulled all the copies of the "Presbyterian Witness Vital
Statistics
1848-1887 for letters (A-F). On p. 280 there are 7 entries for the
Coburn
spelling, 6 of them known to be ours but the 7th I have never
investigated.
It reads as follows:
COBURN Ellen M. 24th ult. (4th d/o A. W. Coburn); Alexander S. Burrell,
all of
Manners-Sutton, by Rev. A. J. Mowatt at Harvey, N.B.
Source: P.W. Sat 4 Jul 1885 Vol. XXXVIII No. 27, p. 216
[The name Ellen certainly is in the same family. The PW pages I have do
no
include the letters Bu, too bad.]
"Presbyterian Witness Vital Statistics 1888-1908 Vol. 1 (A-F)" p. 226
COBURN, Mrs. ---, w/o A. W. Coburn, elder, d. ---, at Harvey Station,
N.B.
Source: P.W. Sat. 1 October 1904, Vol. LVII, No. 40, p.324
[This is interesting and these PW's did not start until 1848, so if it
is ours
then the elder must have died before 1848. ]
These Coburns probably tie into the Obit of 1936 that I posted. Thus
some may
have been in ME.
Changing ones name - an interesting note by the Genealogist Terrence
Punch:
Changing ones name in Nova Scotia by TM Punch
There are five motives for changing surnames:
1) inheritance (to my nephew, William Woods, provided he assumes the
surname Martin.); 2) clarity (Beauchamp to Beecham); 3) anglicization
(Zimmermann to Carpenter); 4) profession (Would you go to Dr. DeAthe?);
and 5)
refinement (Fuchs to Fox). In English common law people may change
their
surname provided they then exclusively use the adopted name. However,
this
can complicate matters contingent upon legal technicalities such as
inheritance. People therefore like to play it safe and record their
change
of name.
One way, by having a private act passed by the Legislature. Between
1874 and
1914, twenty-nine such private bills passed the NS Leg. They involed 35
persons.
#22 Newell, Arnold Cunningham (60 Vic. (1897), cap.154) was Arnold
Cunningham,
Cape Sable Island.
Hopes this is of help, would be nice to find another son of Francis and
Catherine Colburn/Coburn.
I do not know the Cause of death for Ann McLaughlin Coburn in 1848, do
you?
Epidemic?
Perhaps there are some on the list who are ME Coburns?
Jan
Information about Michael/Alonzo Coburn from:
1850 Census, 4Th Ward, Boston, Suffolk, MA. Enumerated 9
Aug 1850. National Archives microfilm, Publication
#M432, Roll #335.
Dwelling, 442, Family, 699.
Michael Coburn, age 19, male, Ship smith, Born New
Brunswick. Michael was living with the family of John
Nason who was a Blacksmith. Also living there was John
Hathaway, age 30 born in Massachusetts who was also a
Ship smith.