Martin Coburn

Brief Life History of Martin

When Martin Coburn was born in 1835, in McKean, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Hezekiah Coburn, was 27 and his mother, Dorcas Francis, was 22. He married Eliza Fidelia Bogart on 11 December 1855, in Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and North East Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died in 1907, in Franklin Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Francis Cemetery, Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Coburn
1835–1907
Eliza Fidelia Bogart
1836–1925
Marriage: 11 December 1855
William Henry Coburn
1856–1914
Cora E. Coburn
1861–1880
Hattie N. Coburn
1862–1914

Sources (8)

  • Martin Coburgh, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Martin Coburn, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Martin Coburn in entry for William Henry Coburn, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: variant of Cockburn , reflecting the pronunciation.

Altered form of German Kobern.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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