Rod Corkum

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Biography

I grew up in the small community of Middle LaHave, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia along the east side of the LaHave River about 9 miles from Bridgewater. My father was a self employed carpenter and you could say I "grew up" in his workshop along with my younger brothers. I worked with him during summer vacations when in high school and for a year after graduation. The carpentry skills came in very useful later in life whenever I did renovations in my own home.

In 1970, I got a job in the accounting department of Riverport Seafoods Ltd., not far from home, and was there for nearly 10 years. I then moved to Halifax as an accountant in the audio visual industry working for Backman Vidcom for 33 years until temporarily retiring in 2016. I went back as purchasing agent part-time in 2018. It was during that retirement with time on my hands that I got interested in my family genealogy. But as of 2021 I'm back to full retirement again with more time for digging up (pun intended) ancestors. I have posted some Corkum family history and interesting relatives on my web site (see Genealogy menu) as well as many links to possible useful genealogy sites, etc.

My interest naturally is in those to whom I am directly related. I am usually not researching their spouses' parents or siblings, etc. In my database I'm not interested just in building numbers of relatives ... I want to learn something about as many as I can so that takes more time. It's nice when someone is more than just a name and dates in a list. Sometimes, however you're lucky to find that much.

For anyone interested in the Corkum family history, please refer to the Genealogy menu on my web site. We have a very interesting history.

Although I've been adding profiles to WikiTree, I have much more that's not on WikiTree yet. If you are interested in seeing more of the wider Corkum family tree (that I've found so far), I use MyHeritage Family Tree Builder and it includes an online tree at their web site, which is hidden behind a paywall (Google won't find it) however with the direct link you are able to see it but deceased persons only. The direct link to the tree is https://www.myheritage.com/site-300011361/corkum-family. If you are related and would like to see more including living people, message me your email and how you are related and I will send you an "invite" that will let you create a free login as a "site member" to access the full tree. (Ignore any MyHeritage requests to create a paid membership ... you don't need that to see my tree.)

Corkum-299 14:37, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Advance Directive

I saw WikiTree's page on this subject and since I have now started adding numerous profiles of my extended family to WikiTree, it makes some sense to include this statement. I am 70 at this date and expect to be around for some years to come (I hope) ... I've still a lot of genealogy research left to do ... but no one knows when their time may be up, especially today. So at such point that I may be unable to be contacted (possibly deceased or otherwise incapacitated) I authorize WikiTree to transfer management of any of my profiles to anyone willing to look after them. I have no descendants or any immediate family that would have the interest to do that.

Corkum-299 22:39, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Roderick Corkum.