This week’s theme was out of place One ancestor that was not where he should be was George Augustus Cochrane. George was born in Rochester, New York on December 15, 1838. His parents were William and Emma (Merrett) Cochrane. He had five siblings. The family is in New York Census for 1855 in Rochester, but by 1860 had moved to Brooklyn, New York at 125 Fort Greene Place. George married Ella Brinkerhoff on January 2, 1861.
I could not find George and Ella in the 1860 or 1870 census, but I could find all his siblings and his parents—all still living in Brooklyn. George, however, was missing from the census and was not buried in the family plot in Green-Wood Cemetery. He was definitely out of place. I was able to find him and his second wife, Charlotte Atkinson, in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1900,1910 and 1920 Census. He was working as an inspector.
So where was he for those 20 something years? What place was he in? I now know. While looking at his mother’s will, I found him. Papers of Administration indicated he was in Montreal Canada along with his wife and his three children—Grace Brinkerhoff, Charles Augustus, and Ella Louise. George Augustus Cochrane died on March 31, 1931 in Woburn.
I would like to talk to George and find out what he was doing in Montreal, why he moved there, and why he returned.
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