You have already been introduced to my great-great grandfather John Cobain whom I credited as the man who set me off on my genealogical journey– you can read about him in the blog post ‘The Man Who Started It All’. In this particular blog post I want to introduce you to the rest of his wider family, starting with my 5x great-grandfather Samuel Cobaine.
At present I know very little about Samuel other than the fact that he had one son Joseph Cobaine who married Ann Jane Martin on 30th December 1845. Like Samuel I know very little about Joseph Cobaine but I know that he died before 1881 as his wife is listed on the 1881 Scottish Census as a widow. Joseph and Ann Jane had 8 children:
1. William Cobaine (my 3x great-grandfather) b. 1846, m. Mary Wharry on 4thApril 1868 and d. 2nd December 1918. William was an iron turner for most of his life and seems to be the only one of his siblings who remained in Ireland.
2. James Cobaine b. 1849, m. Elizabeth Monaghan in 1875 and d. 1901 in Scotland
3. Sarah Cobaine b. 1851, I don’t believe Sarah ever got married and I believe she died in Scotland
4. George Cobaine b. 1853, m. Mary Rodger they had one son James b. 1883 in Scotland
5. Margaret Cobaine b. 1855, m. James King on 13th March 1874 in Govan, Lanarkshire
6. Joseph Cobaine b. 1859
7. John Cobaine b. 12th August 1866 in Belfast
8. Robert Cobaine b. 12th March 1869 in Belfast and d. 7th May 1871in Belfast
Like his father, John Cobain was also one of eightchildren, his seven siblings include:
1. James Cobain b. 10th April 1869, m. Eliza Jane Boyd 29thJanuary 1897 in Belfast. They had ten children:
· Joseph Cobain b. 15th November 1897
· John Cobain b. 8th May 1899
· Sarah Cobain b. 20th January 1901
· William Cobain b. 29th May 1902
· James Cobain b. 10th August 1903
· Samuel Cobain b. 14th November 1904
· Arron Cobain b. 9th June 1906
· Robert Cobain b. 15th October 1907
· Joshua Cobain b. 11th August 1909
· Titus Cobain b. 20th March 1911
2. William Cobain b. 1870, m. Mary Jane Jones in 1894. They had five children all of whom were born in Belfast:
· William Thomas Cobain b. 24th February 1895
· John Cobain b. 31st January 1898, m. Hannah Morrison on 15th April 1920. Like his uncle, John would enter the Merchant Navy
· Samuel Cobain b. 17th October 1901
· Sarah Elizabeth Cobain b.3rd April 1904 and d. 4th November 1905
· Martha Cobain b. 4th July 1906 and d. 24th August 1908
3. Mary Ann Cobain b. 12th May 1871, m. John Kirk on 12th July1890 and d. 14th March 1936 in Belfast. John and Mary Ann had five children:
· Agnes Kirk b. 20th May 1891, m. William Boyd on 9th April 1914 in Belfast. As their daughter Florence was born three months later on 9th October 1914, I can safely assume that might have been the reason why her parents got married in haste.
· Florence Kirk b. 19th March 1893 and d. 13 March 1904 in Belfast
· Maggie Kirk b. 2nd April 1898 and d. 24th June 1908 in Belfast
· Sarah Kirk b. 2nd April 1900 in Belfast
· Mary Kirk b. 16th March 1902 in Belfast
4. Ann Jane Cobain b. 1875, m. Thomas George Murray on 29th June 1913. They had one daughter Mary Murray b. 23rd June 1915 in Belfast
5. Martha Cobain b. 1875, m. John Shaw on 12th July 1894. They had ten children, all of whom were born in Belfast:
· Elizabeth Shaw b. 26th September 1894
· Susan Shaw b. 20th May 1896 and d. 19th March 1917
· William Cobain Shaw b. 14th March 1898 and d. 20th April 1917
· John Deans Shaw b. 24th January 1900
· Ethel Shaw b. 17th January 1902
· James Shaw b. 15th August 1903 and d. 24th March 1905
· Robert Shaw b. 9th October 1905 and d. 11th November 1918
· Joseph Cobain Shaw b. 3rd September 1907 and d. 9th May 1908
· Martha Shaw b. 1st October 1909
· Samuel Blane Shaw b. 17th December 1912 and d. 29th August 1914
6. Joseph Cobain b. 2nd January 1877 and d. 26th November 1936
7. Amelia Cobain b. 15th July 1878 and d. December 1882
