Ancestry of
Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek

William Wallace Cushing

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• • Great-grandfather of Gene Roddenberry — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Elijah Cushing 
  • Mother:
  • Eunice Finney   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Apr 1850 
  • Birth Location:
  • Calais, Washington, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Jan 1935 
  • Death Location:
  • Jacksonville, Duval, Florida 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Bosque Bello Cemetery, Fernandina Beach, Nassau, Florida 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Malina E. Bourn
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Apr 1873 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Cushing

  Clara May Cushing (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • The marriage of William Cushing and Malina Bourne was recorded at both Fall River and Somerset, Massachusetts. Both the bride and groom were residing at Fall River at the time, but the bride was from Somerset.

• Additional marriages for William Wallace Cushing

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Caroline Martin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Apr 1880
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nassau County, Florida

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Eliza Avard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Aug 1912
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sackville, Westmoreland, New Brunwick, Canada

• Sources for William Wallace Cushing

  • ¹ Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946, Marriage record for William W Cushing and S Eliza Avard.
  • ² Daytona Beach News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida), 14 JAN 1935, p. 2, Obituary for William Wallace Cushing.
  • ³ Federal Census, GA, Camden County, 1880, Rose Creek, E.D. 13, p. 30, Image 2 of 20.
  • ⁴ Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, Death record for daughter Clara C. Rodenberry.
  • ⁵ Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, FHL No. 4031721, Image 677, Death certificate for William Wallace Cushing.
  • ⁶ Florida Marriages, 1837-1974, Marriage record for William W Cushing and Mary C Martin.
  • ⁷ Florida, County Marriages, 1837-1974, FHL No. 7621700, Image 295, Marriage certificate for William W Cushing and Mary C Martin.
  • ⁸ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/26/2016).
  • ⁹ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL No. 4273840, Image 528, Stillborn son of William W and Malina Cushing.
  • ¹⁰ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Fall River, Vol. 253, p. 97, Marriage record for William W Cushing and Melina E Bourne.
  • ¹¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Somerset, Vol. 253, p. 153, Marriage record for William W Cushing and Malina E Bourne.
  • ¹² New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950, Marriage certificate for William W Cushing and S Eliza Avard.
  • ¹³ The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida), 17 AUG 1912, p. 7, Wedding of William W Cushing and Eliza Avard.

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