bullet Elizabeth Margaret GORKUM was born in 1731 in Westhofen, Germany. She died in 1774 in NS. Parents: Johann Hermann GORKUM and Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF.

bullet Johann Cornelius GORKUM was born on 1 Jan 1705 in Westhofen, Germany. He died in 1726 in Westhofen, Germany. Parents: Johann Heinrich GORKUM and Maria Margaretha FROEHLICH.

bullet Johann Heinrich GORKUM died on 24 Dec 1731 in Wessel, Westphalia, Germany. He was born @1671 in Wessel, Westphalia, Germany. Parents: Johann Henrich GORKUM and Beeltin.

He was married to Maria Margaretha FROEHLICH in 1698 in Westhofen, Germany. Children were: Johann Hermann GORKUM, Johann Henrich GORKUM, Johann Cornelius GORKUM , Elisabetha GORKUM, Elisabetha GORKUM, Peter Ludwig GORKUM, Johann Wilheim GORKUM, Anna Maria GORKUM, Anna Maria GORKUM.

bullet Johann Henrich GORKUM was born @1636 in Wessel, Westphalia, Germany. He died in Germany. Parents: Peter Heinrich GORKUM.

He was married to Beeltin in 1657 in Wessel, Westphalia, Germany. Children were: Catharina GORKUM, Maria Elisabeth GORKUM, Magdalena Gertrand GORKUM , Johann Heinrich GORKUM.

bullet Johann Henrich GORKUM was born in 1702 in Westhofen, Germany. He died in 1735 in Westhofen, Germany. Parents: Johann Heinrich GORKUM and Maria Margaretha FROEHLICH.

bullet Johann Hermann GORKUM was born in 1700 in Westhofen, Germany. He died in 1752 in on board the "Pearl" or shortly after. Parents: Johann Heinrich GORKUM and Maria Margaretha FROEHLICH .

He was married to Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF on 17 Jun 1727 in Westhofen, Germany. Children were: Maria Margaretha GORKUM, Anna Barbara GORKUM, Elizabeth Margaret GORKUM, Johann Peter Hermann GORKUM , Johann Henrich CORKUM, Wilhemina GORKUM, Maria Dorothea GORKUM, Wilhelm GORKUM.

bullet Johann Peter GORKUM was born @1635 in Germany. Set out for the East Indies in 1659. Parents: Peter Heinrich GORKUM.

bullet Johann Peter Hermann GORKUM was born on 25 Mar 1733 in Westhofen, Germany. He died on 7 May 1735 in Westhofen, Germany. Parents: Johann Hermann GORKUM and Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF.

bullet Johann Wilheim GORKUM was born on 27 Aug 1713 in Westhofen, Germany. He was baptized on 3 Sep 1713 in Reformed Church, Westhofen, Rhine Palatine, Germany. He died on 10 Apr 1783 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Johann Wilheim Gorkum was our emigrant ancestor to Canada, The circumstances which brought him and his family to Canada are not only interesting but an important part of Canadian history, and therefore we are lucky to be able to have such a good understanding of the events of which Johann Wilheim was a part.

In 1749, an Englishman, Colonal Edward Cornwallis, became governor of Nova Scotia and in that same year founded the city of Halifax. Attempts to first colonize it with fellow Englishmen, mainly soldiers and sailors, weren't very successful, and so the next year Cornwallis requested the British Lords of Trade to send out more suitable settlers, perferably German farmers. The government made a contract with a man named John Dick to transport them, which he did for the next three summers. Hundreds of people made the voyage, drawn by the alluring handbills that had been circulated around the country in the German tongue. The British government promised that all the Germans who came to Nova Scotia would be given 50 acres of land free from all rent and taxes for ten years, and would be given food and clothing for the first year they lived there. They were also promised guns and ammunition, tools for building houses and for farming and clearing the land, and for fishing.

Johann Wilhelm, at the time a 39-year-old from Westphalia, sailed in 1752 on one of these government-chartered ships, the "Pearl", along with his wife Sophia Catherina, 30 and their six surviving children, ranging in age from 13 to 1. Also on the ship was his brother, Johann Hermann and his family; his wife and 6 or 7 children, ranging in age from 23 to 13. As for the rest of the brothers' birth family, their parents had already died and all of their siblings except perhaps a sister, Elizabeth.

Sadly, both Johann Herman and his wife died either on board the Pearl or shortly after. The 1752 Halifax Victualling list, from 30 Oct to 24 Dec inclusive, lists only the following 12 Gorckums: Anna Barbara, Anna Margaret, Anna Maria, Elizabeth, George, Hermanus, Johannes, John George, John Heinrich, Sophia Catherine, Wilhelm and Wilhelm.

The presence of about 2,500 of the German emigrants to Halifax soon proved to be not as desirable as they first had seemed, Since none of the land that had been promised there had been cleared or even marked out for them because of the threat of the Micmac Indians, they were forced to inactivity. Settled on a pair of rough lanes, Brunswick and Gottingen, running north from the Citadel slope and huddled together in boarded barracks, they quickly became a burden and expense to the authorities, as well as becoming very discontent among themselves.

In 1753 an uneasy peace was made with the Indians, and the fact brought relief to "the Palatines" as they were generally known. Cornwallis had been anxious to make another strong settlement on the coast, and so took this opportunity to do so, moving almost all of the Germans to what is now called Lunenburg. Each man was given a town lot, a garden lot and a farm near the town, the lots being drawn using a pack of cards.

Personal tragedy struck in 1753 as Johann Wilhelm and Sophia Catharina lost two of their children; their youngest, Johann Hermann, at the age of 2 and Johann Georg at the age of 10. They also outlived their son Johannes, who died in 1772 aged 26, leaving a widow and child.

However, the couple had three more children after their arrival in Nova Scotia: Christopher Adam in 1754, Johann Gottlieb Edward in 1757 and Johann Peter in 1760. All married and had families.

We see the family on the list of persons victualled at Lunenburg and Halifax between 23 Feb and 10 May 1756 under the name of Gorckum: Adam, Henrick, John, Maria, Sophia, Wilhelm and Wilhelm.

Johann Wilhelm himself died on April 10, 1783 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia at the age of 69 years. His wife Sophia outlived him by about 10 years. They had at least 65 grandchildren, and there are inumerable descendants today. Parents: Johann Heinrich GORKUM and Maria Margaretha FROEHLICH.

He was married to Sophia Catherine SPEISS on 27 Jan 1739 in Westhofen, Springstadt, Germany. Children were: Anna Maria CORKUM, Johann Wilhelm CORKUM, Johann George CORKUM, Johannes CORKUM, George Henrich CORKUM, Johann Herman CORKUM, Johanna CORKUM, Christopher Adam CORKUM, Johann Gottlieb Edward CORKUM , Johann Peter CORKUM.

bullet Johannes GORKUM was born @1525 in Gorinchem, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.

Children were: Peter Heinrich GORKUM.

bulletMagdalena Gertrand GORKUM. Parents: Johann Henrich GORKUM and Beeltin.

bulletMaria Dorothea GORKUM. Parents: Johann Hermann GORKUM and Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF.

bulletMaria Elisabeth GORKUM. Parents: Johann Henrich GORKUM and Beeltin.

bulletMaria Margaretha GORKUM was born in 1729 in Westhofen, Germany. Parents: Johann Hermann GORKUM and Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF .

bullet Mary Magdaline GORKUM

She was married to William ARMSTRONG on 29 Nov 1815 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Sophia ARMSTRONG, George ARMSTRONG, Mary ARMSTRONG.

bullet Peter Heinrich GORKUM died in 1654 in Germany. He was born @1599 in Wessel, Westphalia, Germany. Parents: Peter Heinrich GORKUM.

Children were: Johann Henrich GORKUM, Johann Peter GORKUM.

bulletPeter Heinrich GORKUM was born @1550 in Gorinchem, Zuid Holland, Netherlands. He died in Germany. Parents: Johannes GORKUM.

He was married @1590. Children were: Peter Heinrich GORKUM .

bullet Peter Ludwig GORKUM was born in 1710 in Westhofen, Germany. He died in 1721 in Westhofen, Germany. Parents: Johann Heinrich GORKUM and Maria Margaretha FROEHLICH.

bullet Wilhelm GORKUM was born on 24 May 1739 in Westhofen, Germany. He died in Nova Scotia. . Parents: Johann Hermann GORKUM and Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF.

bullet Wilhemina GORKUM Parents: Johann Hermann GORKUM and Maria Margaretha MAYRHOF.

bullet Allan James GORLICK Parents: Paul B. GORLICK and Mona Phyllis ETTER.

bullet Ian Paul GORLICK Parents: Paul B. GORLICK and Mona Phyllis ETTER.

He was married to Alison PLAICE .

bullet Paul B. GORLICK

Children were: Allan James GORLICK , Ian Paul GORLICK.

bulletMaureen GORMAN.

She was married to Paul Raymond KAIZER . Children were: Daniel KAIZER, child KAIZER.

bullet Cyril Hanson GOUGH

He was married to Jean Elizabeth PENTZ . Children were: Susan Margaret GOUGH, William GOUGH.

bullet Susan Margaret GOUGH Parents: Cyril Hanson GOUGH and Jean Elizabeth PENTZ.

She was married to Robert BREEN. Children were: Erin BREEN, Timothy BREEN.

bullet William GOUGH Parents: Cyril Hanson GOUGH and Jean Elizabeth PENTZ.

bullet Elizabeth GOURD died on 15 Jun 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She was born @1585 in Shafesbury, Dorset, England.

She was married to Walter HAYNES. Children were: Sufferance HAYNES .

bullet Lucy Bagley GRAHAM was born on 16 Sep 1821 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. She died sometime after 1901 in Beach Meadows, Queens County, NS.

She was married to John PENTZ. Children were: John Graham PENTZ, Herbert James PENTZ, Arthur Graham PENTZ, James Day PENTZ, Martha Ellen PENTZ, John Ambrose PENTZ, Joseph Parker PENTZ, Selena Charity PENTZ.

bullet Anna GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

She was married to Walter MCPHEE. Children were: Harold MCPHEE, Marina MCPHEE.

bullet Daisy GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

She was married to James MCPHEE .

bullet Edith GRANT was born in 1907. Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Ethel GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Frederick Alexander GRANT was born in 1902. Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Harold GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Harry Donald GRANT

He was married to Roxanna J. FAULKNER . Children were: Myrtle GRANT, Frederick Alexander GRANT, Edith GRANT, Ethel GRANT, Wilfred GRANT, Victor Faulkner GRANT, Mary GRANT, Anna GRANT, Daisy GRANT, Harold GRANT.

bullet Hugh GRANT

He was married to daughter FLOYD.

bullet Jean GRANT

She was married to David William SLADE . Children were: Susan SLADE, David SLADE.

bullet Mary GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

She was married to Arthur Ross MITCHELL. Children were: Mary Alice MITCHELL , Arthur Ross MITCHELL, Jane Ellen MITCHELL.

bullet Myrtle GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Victor Faulkner GRANT was born in 1911. Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Wilfred GRANT Parents: Harry Donald GRANT and Roxanna J. FAULKNER.

bullet Annie GRAVES

She was married to John Henry SCHNARE .

bullet Isabella GRAVES

She was married to Thomas SCHNARE.

bullet Alfred Lindsay GRAY

He was married to Helen Lottie JENNEX .

bullet Daisy GREAVES

She was married to Harvey Wallace FAULKNER . Children were: Douglas Roy Greaves FAULKNER, Viola FAULKNER, Jean FAULKNER.

bullet Elizabeth GREEN was born in Apr 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She died on 4 Feb 1714 in Medford, Mass. USA. Parents: Percival GREEN and Ellen.

She was married to John HALL on 4 Apr 1656 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Children were: Elizabeth HALL, John Jr. HALL, Nathaniel HALL, Mary HALL, Stephen HALL, Percival HALL, Susanna HALL, Jonathan HALL, Sarah HALL, Thomas HALL.

bullet Harriet Ann GREEN

She was married to Bartholomew HILTZ in 1857. Children were: Elizabeth Samantha HILTZ , Saran Ann HILTZ, William Alexander HILTZ, Mary Eliza HILTZ, James Edgar HILTZ, David Moore HILTZ, Harris Lordley HILTZ, Edith Matilda HILTZ, Henry Henset HILTZ, Elsie Jane HILTZ, Bernard Fenwick HILTZ, Owen Almon HILTZ.

bullet Percival GREEN died on 25 Dec 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He was born @1603 in England.

He was married to Ellen before Apr 1635 in England. Children were: Elizabeth GREEN .

bullet Ken GRESIUK

He was married to Lana PRING.

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