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Descendents of John Cockburn (1783 - 15 Jun 1858)
and Elizabeth "Betsy" Leslie (1788 - 11 Apr 1869)

Third Immigrant Generation
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41. William Henry Coburn . Son of William Cockburn (Coburn) & Jane Robison. Born 10 Oct 1852 in Harvey. Died 9 Nov 1928 in Nanaimo, BC.

    From 1881 Census, Nanaimo & Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, William was 26 years old, born in NB, single, Presbyterian and occupation:   Grocer.

    He married Sarah Ellen Parkin, 29 Aug 1881 in Nanaimo, BC.

42. Jessie Coburn . Daughter of William Cockburn (Coburn) & Jane Robison. Born 4 Oct 1854 in Harvey.

    Witnesses to marriage were Robert Coburn and Lizzie Webb.

    Jessie and her husband Thomas H. Nason lived in Woodstock, N.B., and had five children:   May, Herb, Daisy, Sadie and Roy.

    She married Thomas H. Nason, 3 Feb 1877 in St. Paul's Church, Fredericton By John M. Brooke .

    Thomas was from Montreal, Quebec.

43. Stephen Robison Coburn . Son of William Cockburn (Coburn) & Jane Robison. Born 24 Nov 1856 in Harvey. Died 20 Nov 1929 in Nanaimo, BC.

    From 1881 Census, Comox & Alberni, Vancouver Island, Stephen was 24 years old, born in NB, single, Presbyterian, and a Logger.

    Information on Stephen, his wife Frances, and three children taken from 1901 Census, Vancouver Island, Courtenay area.

    He married Frances Emma Wenburn, 1 Oct 1885 in Nanaimo, BC. Born 17 Jun 1866 in BC. Died 24 Jun 1943 in Nanaimo, BC.

    They had the following children:

  188   i.   Allen Stephen Coburn

  189   ii.   Edna Coburn

  190   iii.   Grace Coburn

44. Isabelle "Belle" Coburn . Daughter of William Cockburn (Coburn) & Jane Robison. Born 8 Nov 1858 in Harvey. Died 3 Oct 1935 in Hartland, N.B. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hartland.

     Belle and Andrew Aiton had ten children:   David Albert, Frank Andrew, Herbert John, George Webster, Robert Leslie, Bessie Jane, Helen Grace, Theresa, Howard Paul and Grace.   (Daughter Tressa Werdlew Aiton was born 13 Mar 1898 in Hartland, a graduate of Mt. A. Univ, and taught music.   married Roy L. Stevens, and had three daughters.   Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hartland.)   (And Helen married ---- Berry.)

    She married Andrew Aiton, son of Andrew Aiton & Isabel. Born 2 Apr 1853 in Ayreshire, Scotland. Died 9 Jun 1924 in Carleton Co., NB .

    Came to Canada in 1853 from Scotland, and settled in Saint John, N.B.

    They had the following children:

  191   i.   David Albert Aiton

  192   ii.   George Webster Aiton

  193   iii.   Howard Paul Aiton

  194   iv.   Bessie Jane Aiton

  195   v.   Frank Andrew Aiton

  196   vi.   Robert Leslie Aiton

  197   vii.   Herbert John Aiton

  198   viii.   Grace Helen Aiton

  199   ix.   Tressa Werdlew Aiton

45. George Thomas Coburn . Son of William Cockburn (Coburn) & Jane Robison. Born 23 Jan 1861 in Harvey, NB. Christen 21 Jul 1861 in Harvey Presbyterian Church. Died 31 Jan 1930 in Vancouver, BC. Buried 3 Feb 1930 in Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby, BC.

    Information on the family and descendants from Ken Coburn, Enderby, BC, January 1998.

    George and Minerva were divorced early in the 1900, George went to the States for 15 years, then lived on Burnaby Mountain.

    He married Minerva Jane Churchill, daughter of Israel M. Churchill & Eleanor E. Williams, 10 Oct 1892 in Boston, Mass. Born 7 Aug 1867 in Temperance Vale, N.B. Died 22 Feb 1940 in Burnaby, B.C. Buried 24 Feb 1940 in Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby. They were divorced.

    They had the following children:

  200   i.   Arthur Stanley Coburn

  201   ii.   Norris LeRoy Coburn

  202   iii.   Olivia Minerva "Eva" Coburn

  203   iv.   Charles Leander Coburn

 

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