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The Cormack Family Home PageUpdated September 3, 2001 | Richard Lowell Cormack P.O. Box 34736 Juneau,Alaska 99803 A-United States 907-789-0625 [email protected] |
I am interested in finding additional information about William CORMACK who was born in Wick, Scotland January 19, 1791.William married Margaret RICHIE of Dublin on September 20, 1824 at St. John's, New Brunswick Presbyterian Church.A great fire in New Brunswick destroyed census and shipping records, making it difficult to trace William. William and Margaret later arrived at the port of Philadelphia (October 10, 1828) where my great grandfather Robert Stuart Cormack was born October 13, 1839.Robert was orphaned at the age of seven along with two older brothers, Alec and James.Very little information is available about Robert's parents or siblings. I am also interested in tracing ROSEBERRY family roots, my mother's maiden name.Her great great grandfather, Mathias Roseberry, was born January 11, 1772 in New Jersey, and died in Greene County, Pennsylvania on December 2, 1851. I am seeking information on the family lineage in New Jersey prior to Mathias, and prior to the family moving to America in the early 1700s from England. The family tree included below centers on my son, Bryan Cormack. Bryan has a rich heritage.His mother's father is Roy H. Matsumoto, a legendary Japanese nisei soldier who volunteered with the U.S. Army out of an internment camp during World War II to serve with Merrill's Marauders in Burma.Roy's actions earned him a number of medals and a place in the Army Ranger's Hall-of-Fame in 1993, and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Hall-of-Fame in 1997 (click on Roy Matsumoto URLs listed below). We believe Roy's installation in both hall-of-fames to make him unique.Roy's mother was present on the outskirts of Hiroshima during the atomic bomb blast and died just recently at the age of 102. Bryan's Grandmother Kimiko (Yano) Matsumoto became Roy's sweatheart while he was with the occupation forces in Japan after the war.An irony was that he was able to see her only secretly due to a military rule against fraternization, even though both were Japanese.Kimiko's family operated a medical clinic in suburban Tokyo.Her lineage includes samurai and we intend to flesh that part of our family tree out in the near future. Bryan's grandfather, Francis Lowell Cormack, is a retired minister with the American Baptist Church.At the age of 88, he is still preaching at local Concordia, Kansas churches.Lowell's father, Robert Lee Cormack, farmed the family homestead near Abilene, Kansas that was started by his father, Robert Stuart Cormack.Robert Lee was proud of the fact that four of his six sons became Baptist ministers.Robert Stuart Cormack was with Grant's army during the Civil War and drove a teamster's wagon for General Hancock in Kansas after the war.He was a contemporary of Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill and was acquainted with him. Bryan's grandmother, Virginia (Roseberry) Cormack, has provided us with a rich treasure trove of information for the family tree.We can trace Roseberrys and related lineage back to John Heaton who was born in 1540 in Lincolnshire, England.We have recently discovered that Virginia's great grandfather, Thomas Hughes Roseberry, was a Captain in the Mexican-American War, and also with the Missouri 21st Voluntary Infantry during the Civil War.Virginia's grandfather, Rees Heaton Roseberry, and her great uncle Mathias Roseberry were also part of this unit.During the last major battle of the Civil War at Fort Blakeley, Alabama, Mathias lost his life. Rees was by his side as he passed away.Rees returned with his cousin to the battlefield six months later to remove Mathias' body from where it had been hastily buried to a family plot back in Clark County Missouri, and later married Mathias' sweatheart, Sue Wayland. Click on "InterneTree" under the Report Section below to view our current family tree.It takes a few minutes to load.Be patient. | |
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