James Cockburn

Male26 February 1885–1981

Brief Life History of James

James Cockburn was born on 26 February 1885, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom as the son of Andrew Cockburn and Catherine Ferguson. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Jessie Lindsay Farquharson. He lived in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916. He died in 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 96.

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James Cockburn
1885–1981
Jessie Lindsay Farquharson
1887–
Irene Cockburn
1914–
Colin James Lindsay Cockburn
1916–

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  • James Cockburn, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916"

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World Events (8)

1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act

Age 1

In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.

1908

Age 23

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1913 · Leith dockers strike 1913

Age 28

The Leith dockers strike was a strike that brought the town of Leith to a standstill after dock workers demanded an increase in pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours. The strike had an effect on the local community by not allowing trade to flow smoothly out of the docks. There totaled around 4,600 people a part of the strikes and riots but it ended near the middle of August with no demands met. since then two more strikes would happen at the same location, once in 1983 and, most recently, in 1989.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Midlothian) and northern English: habitational name from a place in Berwickshire named Cockburn, from Old English cocc ‘cock, rooster’ (or the related byname Cocca) + burna ‘stream’ (see Bourne ). This surname is traditionally pronounced Coburn.

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

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