John was born in Canada, a son of Thomas Cochrane and Mary Dundas, immigrants from County Down, Northern Ireland.
As a young man, he found work on Amherst Island as a sailor on the Great Lakes. He married Selina Curran in 1861, and was the father of nine children:
Elizabeth Jane, Mary, Agnes, John H., James, Archibald, Sarah, Victor and J. Selina "Sue" Cochrane.
John left Amherst Island in 1866 and immigrated to Chicago, where he continued sailing.
As a young man, he found work on Amherst Island as a sailor on the Great Lakes. He married Selina Curran in 1861, and was the father of nine children:
Elizabeth Jane, Mary, Agnes, John H., James, Archibald, Sarah, Victor and J. Selina "Sue" Cochrane.
John left Amherst Island in 1866 and immigrated to Chicago, where he continued sailing.
John was born in Canada, a son of Thomas Cochrane and Mary Dundas, immigrants from County Down, Northern Ireland.
As a young man, he found work on Amherst Island as a sailor on the Great Lakes. He married Selina Curran in 1861, and was the father of nine children:
Elizabeth Jane, Mary, Agnes, John H., James, Archibald, Sarah, Victor and J. Selina "Sue" Cochrane.
John left Amherst Island in 1866 and immigrated to Chicago, where he continued sailing.
As a young man, he found work on Amherst Island as a sailor on the Great Lakes. He married Selina Curran in 1861, and was the father of nine children:
Elizabeth Jane, Mary, Agnes, John H., James, Archibald, Sarah, Victor and J. Selina "Sue" Cochrane.
John left Amherst Island in 1866 and immigrated to Chicago, where he continued sailing.
