William G. CORBIN & Nancy HAIG

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William G. CORBIN
Nancy HAIG

Husband: William G. CORBIN
Birth: 1829/30, Licking Co., OH
Death: aft. 1877, SD
Father said to be: William CORBIN
Mother said to be: Sophia BOYER

Marriage: 10 Feb 1852, Laporte / La Porte Co., IN

Wife: Nancy HAIGH / HAIG
Birth: 13 Oct 1822, Selkirk, Scottish Borders, SCT
Death: 19 Dec 1888, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL
Father: Adam HAIG (1788-1861)
Mother: Agnes RIDDELL (1788-1851)

Children:

— born in Noble Co., IN:
. James CORBIN, b. 4 Apr 1854
. William CORBIN, b. 28 Jul 1855

— born in IL:
. Jane CORBIN, b. 1857
. Joseph CORBIN, b. 18 Jan 1860
. Anna Margaret CORBIN, b. Jul 1862
. Isabella CORBIN, b. 28 Jan 1865
. Sarah L. CORBIN, b. ca. 1868

Other Children (adopted?):

. Agnes GRAY / CORBIN, b. Jan 1850

Agnes was born before our subject's married, and William is too young to have had a prior wife, so I don't believe she's his child. Is she Nancy's child, born out of wedlock?

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; UK, United Kingdom, SCT, Scotland; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio

Sources:

1. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 (online at Ancestry.com):

William Corbin Agnes Haigh 10 Feb 1852 Laporte Co.

2. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): There is a William CORBIN (æ 20, b. OH) living in Orange Twp., Noble Co., IN, with his widowed father, William CORBIN, plus siblings. This is said to be and certainly could be our subject. Can't find Nancy HAIG or her parents.

3a. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 21): Pattensburg P.O., Bellplain Town, Marshall Co., IL, Roll M653_210, PN 319, 2263/2203, enumerated 21 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Wm Corbin 30 M Farmer 2000 500 Ohio

Nancy " 33 F Scotland

Jas    " 6 M Ind

Wm     " 5 M "

Jane   " 3 F Ills

Jos    " 4/12 M "

Agnes Gray 10 F Scotland

3b. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 21): Lacon P.O., Bellplain Town, Marshall Co., IL, Roll 653_210, PN 331, 2338/2277, enumerated 23 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Wm Corbin 29 M Farmer 2000 500 Ind

Nancy " 32 F Scotland

Agnes " 9 F Ind

Jas   " 7 M "

Wm    " 5 M "

Jane " 3 F Ills

Jos   " 4/12 M "

It's not that unusual to get enumerated twice, and it's typical the enumerations don't usually match 100 percent.

4. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #12 of 25): Saunemin P.O., Saunemin Twp., Livingston Co., IL, Roll M593_247, p. 356B, PN 12, 84/84, enumerated 27 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Corbyn Wm 40 M W Farmer 4800 1260 Ohio

______ Nancy 42 F W Keeping House Scotland

______ Agnes 20 F W At Home Ind

______ James 16 M W "   " "

______ Wm 14 M W "   " "

______ Jane 13 F W "   " Ills

______ Joseph 10 M W "   " "

______ Anne 9 F W "

______ Isabelle 7 F W "

______ Sarah 2 F W "

5. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 19): Linn, Woodford Co., IL, Roll 262, p. 389C, PN 11 SD 4, ED 224, enumerated 19-21 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 24 25 26

95 95 Stephens William W M 29 / Farmer N York N York N York

________ Anna W F 18 Wife / Keeping house Illinois Ohio Scotland

________ George W M 1/12 May Son / Illinois N York Illinois

Corbin Nancy W F 56 M-in-law W Scotland Scotland Scotland

6. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Except for the tombstone images and occasional death certificate,
this database consists of undocumented patron submissions, so caveat emptor.

Name: - Nancy Haig Corbin

Birth according to contributor: - Oct., 1818, Scotland

Death according to contributo: - 1881, Washurn, Woodford Co., IL

Note: - -

Burial: - Mount Vernon Cemetery
Washburn, Woodford Co., IL

Inscription: - NANCY CORBIN
BORN. OCT. 13, 1822
DIED. DEC. 19, 1888
OUR MOTHER

Father: - -

Mother: - -

Spouse: - -

: - -

: - -

Contributor: - Dan Corbin; 16 Sep 2002

Memorial #: - 6781141

Some say Nancy was born in 1832, not 1822, so was the stone misread? Or is this a typo?

. LDS Family Search: Pedigree Resouce File (online at familysearch.org).

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