A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
John, son of Israel, received a free grant from the military, n. half of lot 23, con 8, Flos twp, Simcoe County on 19 July 1826. Although he was just 16, he had managed to serve in the Army. He gave his residence as Sidney Township, the same as his father's.
In the 1851 Canadian Census for Rainham, Haldimand County, Canada West (Ontario) the family of John Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Enumeration District No. 1, Township 39OF, Lines 24-33
John Barnum, Blacksmith, b. Upper Canada, Episcopal Methodist, 42, Male
Nancy A. Barnum, b. Upper Canada, Episcopal Methodist, 33, Female
Syrus Barnum [sic], b. Upper Canada, No religion, 14, Male
Charles Barnum, b. Upper Canada, No religion, 9, Male
Eliza Barnum, b. Upper Canada, No religion, 7, Female
Matilda Barnum, b. Upper Canada, No religion, 4, Female
William Barnum, b. Upper Canada, No religion, 2, Male
James Gloid, Labourer, b. United States, No religion, 24, Male
Mary Ann Gloid, b. United States, No religion, 26, Female
Charles Gloid, b. United States, No religion, 1, Male
In the 1861 Census of Canada for Bruce, Ontario, the family of J. B Barnum was enumerated as follows:
J. B. Barnum, Male, 50, b. 1811, b. Upper Canada, Married, Episcopal Methodist
Nancy Barnum, Female, 42, b. 1819, b. Upper Canada, Married, Episcopal Methodist
S. W. Barnum, Female, 21, b. 1840, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
C. S. Barnum, Female, 18, b. 1843, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
E. J. Barnum, Female, 15, b. 1846, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
Matilda A. Barnum, Female, 13, b. 1848, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
William Barnum, Male, 9, b. 1852, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
John Barnum, Male, 7, b. 1854, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
S. C. Barnum, Female, 5, b. 1856, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
J. W. Barnum, Male, 5, b. 1856, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
Martha M. Barnum, Female, 2, b. 1859, b. Upper Canada, Single, Episcopal Methodist
John BARNUM, blacksmith, of Seymour Township, Northumberland Co., ON, Canada married 5 March 1838 to Nancy Ann Fairman, daughter of David Fairman and Susanna, also of Seymour Tp. The marriage is found in the Registers of Saint Thomas Anglican Church, Belleville ON, (now at the Anglican Diocese of Ontario Archives, Kingston, ON).
This family resided in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada by 1851 and later moved to Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan.
He was a blacksmith.
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