Person: Johann Wilhelm CORKUM (VON GORKUM)

Birthday: 27 August 1713
Birthplace: Westhofen, Rhine Palatine, GERMANY
Mother: Maria Margaretha FRALICH (FROELICH)
Father: Johann Heinrich VON GORKUM
Sex: male

• Wilhelm CORKUM born 29 August 1741 at Westhofen, Rhine Palatine, GERMANY

Birth year also listed as 1706. He was baptized on 3 Sep 1713 in Reformed Church, Westhofen,
GERMANY. He died on 10 Apr 1783 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CANADA. He immigrated in
1752 from the Palitinate area of Germany to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He arrived with his family on the ship "Pearl".

He was married to Sophia Catharina (Catherine) SPEISS on 27 Jan 1739 in Westhofen,Springstadt, GERMANY. Children were: Anna
Maria Sophia CORKUM, Wilhelm CORKUM, John George CORKUM, Johannes CORKUM, George Henry
(Heinrich) CORKUM, Hermann CORKUM , Johanna CORKUM, Christopher Adam CORKUM, John Gottlieb
Edward CORKUM, John Peter CORKUM.

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