George Grenville Barnum Sr. (1817 - 1899)

Born 1817 in Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Findlay) Barnum — married 27 Aug 1842 in Albany, Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1899 at about age 82 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1817

SDATE 1 JUL 1817

Place: Connecticut

In the 1850 US Census for Buffalo ward 5, Erie County, New York the family of George G. Barnum was enumerated as follows:

Dwelling #29; Family #47

George G. Barnum, 33, M, Bookkeeper, b. Connecticut

Ellen Barnum, 33, F, b. Ireland

George G. Barnum 7, M, b. New York, Attended school within the year

Ellen C. Barnum, 5, F, b. New York

Allex M. Barnum, 3, M, b. New York

Robert J. Barnum, 4/12, M, b. New York

Margareth Cunningham, 35, F, b. Ireland, Cannot read or write

Event

Event:

Type: Resided

Date: 1850

SDATE 1 JUL 1850

Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York^[1]

Marriage

Husband: George Grenville Barnum

Wife: Eleanor Findlay

Child: George Grenville Barnum

Child: Helen Catherine Barnum

Child: Alexander Milligan Barnum

Child: Robert Johnson Barnum

Child: Margaret Isabella Barnum

Child: @I10999@

Child: William Roberts Barnum

Marriage:

Date: 27 AUG 1842

Place: Albany, Albany, New York

Note: The marriage of George Grenville Barnum, Sr. to Eleanor Findlay took place in the 2nd Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, New York.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S624
2. ↑ Source: #S624

• Source: S181 Barnum, Eben Lewis and Fr. Francis Barnum, SJ, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695 (Gardner, MA: Meals Printing Co., 1912)
• Source: S295 US Census of 1850
• Source: S33 Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1907)
• Source: S624 Information provided by Linda Blades, blades(at)mindspring.com>
• Source: S87 Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1904)