John Alexander Cockburn KCMG MD (1850 - 1929)

Born 23 Aug 1850 in Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Sarah Holdway (Brown) Cockburn — married 13 May 1875 (to 1929) in Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1929 at age 79 in Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom

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John Cockburn KCMG MD is Notable.

John Cockburn KCMG MD came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

John Alexander Cockburn was born in 1850. He was the son of Thomas Cockburn and Isabella Wright.^[1]

In 1875 he married Sarah Holdway Brown in Edinburgh.^[2][3]

COCKBURN-BROWN.-On the 13th May, at Longformaeus House, Berkshire, by the Rev. Geoorge Cook, B.D., John Alexander Cockburn, M.D., Lond., to Sarah Holdway Brown, fourth daughter of the late Hon. Forbes Scott, Brown, of Longformaeus and Glugar, Penang. The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889), p. 4.

They emigrated to South Australia on the Hesperus, arriving on the 22nd of September, 1875^[4], where they had two children: Piers Alexander Cockburn, born 1876; and Margaret Stuart Cockburn, born 1880.

The following gentlemen to act as Medical Officers to attend to the destitute poor and aborigines within the undermentioned districts :- Belalie, John A. Cockburn The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) Fri 22 Sep 1876 Page 2 THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

He died in London in 1929. ^[5][6]

Knighted in 1900 Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (2020, June 19). John Cockburn (Australian politician). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:53, August 5, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Cockburn_(Australian_politician)&oldid=963327549
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR6-Q2B : 11 February 2020), John A. Cockburn, 1875.
3. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSC-CHB7 : 18 April 2019), John Alexander Cockburn, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 15 May 1875, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ 1875 'SHIPPING NEWS.', The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), 22 September, p. 2. (SECOND EDITION.), viewed 29 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208178174 Wednesday, September 22.

   HESPERUS, ship, 1,777 tons, William Cumming, master, from London, July 1. Stilling and Co., agents, Town and Port, Passengers— First-class—Dr. Jno, Cockburn, Mrs. Cockburn, Mr. Thomas Trower, Mr. Jas. A Lush, Mr. A. F. Boothby. Second-class—Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Miss Emma, Miss Anna, Mr. D. Matterston, Mr. G. Newport, O. Yance, L. Door, J. Bains, G. H. Kent, Mrs. Humphrey, Mr. E. J. Gaye, A. Gibson, W. F. Campion, Thoi. G. Young, E. Bates, M. O'Connell, R. Atkinson, J. Rambach, H. Carter, J. Dodderidge, H, Mitohell, and A. L, Hopkinson.

5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHM-DQTN : 4 September 2014), John A Cockburn, 1929; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Lambeth, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7X85-TQZM : 27 August 2019), John Alexander Cockburn, 7 Mar 1930; citing Probate, London, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_New_Year_Honours

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XK-BPK : 20 May 2019), John A Cockburn, Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Croydon subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWDT-5QW : 28 June 2019), John Alexander Cockburn, Harrietsham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.