Born in Yarmouth Township, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Burrage Barnum
and Phoebe Jane (Dowlin) Barnum
Sister of
Wheeler Barnum, Mary Jane Barnum, Eliphalet Barnum, John E. Barnum, Harriet Barnum, Catherine Barnum, Dennis Daniel Barnum, William Henry Barnum, Allen Barnum, Edwin Barnum, Wentworth Barnum, Elizabeth Helen (Barnum) Emery, George Rodney Barnum and Lois M. Barnum
Wife of
William Kay Wood
— married
1 May 1849 in Elgin, Canada West
Mother of
Roualeyn W. Wood and Lois Maria Wood
Died
at age 82
in Yarmouth Township, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2014
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Contents |
Biography
This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 13 DEC 1824
- Place: Yarmouth Township, Upper Canada
Death
- Death:
- Date: 16 AUG 1907
- Place: Yarmouth Township, Ontario, Canada
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: Yarmouth Township, Ontario, Canada
- Note: She was buried in Sparta South Cemetery.
Marriage
- Husband: William Kay Wood
- Wife: Martha Ann Barnum
- Child: Roualeyn W. Wood
- Child: Lois Maria Wood
- Marriage:
- Date: 1 MAY 1849
- Place: Elgin, Canada West
- Husband: William Burrage Barnum
- Wife: Phoebe Jane Dowlin
- Child: Martha Ann Barnum
- Child: Wheeler Barnum
- Child: Mary Jane Barnum
- Child: Eliphalet Barnum
- Child: John E. Barnum
- Child: Harriet Barnum
- Child: Catherine Barnum
- Child: Dennis Daniel Barnum
- Child: William Henry Barnum
- Child: Allen Barnum
- Child: Edwin Barnum
- Child: Wentworth Barnum
- Child: Elizabeth Helen Barnum
- Child: George Rodney Barnum
- Child: Lois M. Barnum
- Marriage:
- Date: 13 FEB 1823
- Place: Bayham, Ontario, Upper Canada
Sources
- Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J69P-6MP : 10 March 2018), Martha Ann Wood, 16 Aug 1907; citing Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, yr 1907 cn 10161, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,461
- Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1907)
- Robert Mutrie (editor), The Long Point Settlers Journal, volume 4, number 3, July 1997
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~1.56%
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