Michael Muma
ID # 3614, (1818-1905)
| Father | Jacob Muma (1776-1876) |
| Mother | Susan Starnaman (1800-1842) |
| Birth | Michael Muma was born in 1818 at New York State. |
| Marriage | He married Elizabeth Matthews, daughter of Thomas Matthews and Nancy Coleman, on 20 January 1841 at Talbot District. The marriage of Michael Muma and Elizabeth Matthews appears in the Talbot District Marriage Register: MS248 Reel 4, Vol. 22, pages 21 & 22 Talbot District A Certified return of all Marriages performed by me William Rees a minister of the Regular Baptist Church, Simcoe Michael Muma and Elizabeth Mathuse, both of Dumfries, were married Jany 20, 1841, by banns. Witnesses Isaac Fongar and Wm Mathuse. The marriage date for Elizabeth and Michael is also to be found in the biography of Michael as it appears in the Warner & Beers History of the County of Brant, page 673. The 1883 Warner & Beers History does not tell us the location of the marriage. We may note, however, that William Rees, as shown above, was the Regular Baptist Minister at the town of Simcoe (in present day Norfolk Couty and not to be confused with present day Simcoe County.) The Talbot District was hived off from the London District in 1837. Simcoe was the district town for the new Talbot District. As of the time of the marriage of Michael and Elizabeth, 1841, Dumfries Township was in the Gore District. It is possible that Rev. Rees married the couple in Dumfries Township and recorded the marriage at the town of Simcoe in the Talbot District, which was where he lived. It's also possible that Michael and Elizabeth traveled to Simcoe Town to get married. The former explanation is the more likely, especially as it was after the publishing of banns, but the marriage is recorded in the Talbot District and so is shown as the location here. |
| Death | He died on 24 November 1905 at Brantford Township, Brant Co.. |
| Note | Michael Muma's death registration number is 005747-05 and he was residing on Mohawk Road in Brantford township at the time of his death. The following information is excerpted from a History of the County of Brant, Ontario/Toronto/Warner, Beers & Co.,/1883, ex pages 672 and 673: Michael Muma, Township of South Dumfries, was born April 4, 1818, in the state of New York, twelve miles east of Buffalo, and is the son of Jacob and Susan Muma, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1776, died September 27, 1876, and the latter was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1800, died August, 1842. They were married in 1816 and came to Canada early in 1821, settling on lot 7, 2nd Concession, South Dumfries Township. They were the parents of twelve children, Michael, our subject, being the only one now living. He was married Jan. 20, 1841, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Matthews, who came from Livingstone County, State of New York, to Dumfries Township, about the month of Feb., 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Muma are the parents of ten children, eight of whom survive, viz., Susan, Nelson, Charles, Mary, Edgar, Alfred, Louisa and Franklin. Melvin and William are deceased. Nelson married Nov. 12, 1867, Mary Ann, daughter of George and Charlotte Starr, and their family numbers six children, all residing in Burford Township. Charles Muma was married April 2, 1872, to Charlotte Rutherford, daughter of George and Charlotte Rutherford , of Orillia. Edgar married Feb. 2, 1876, Rosetta M., daughter of Charles and Rachel Wilber, of Dumfries Township. Louisa was united in marriage, Jan. 28, 1879, with Whitney Wilber, and Alfred married Dec. 20, 1882, Victoria, daughter of James and Jane Coleman, of BeverlyTownship, Ont; they are living on the homestead. Michael Muma came into Dumfries Township when scarcely three years of age and was witness of, and fully experienced the toil and hardships incidental in pioneer life in Canada. He and his family are members of the Baptist Church, and are highly respected and much beloved by all who know them. Unquote. Michael and Elizabeth are shown in South Dumfries at the time of the 1851 census. Michael is a farmer and they are both shown as age 33. With them are children Susan 8, Nelson 6, Charles 5, and Mary 3. In 1861 the family is still in South Dumfries. Michael and Elizabeth are both 43. The children who appear in the 1851 census are still with them in 1861. Also present are Edgar 8, Alfred 7, Louisa 5, and Frankland 2. In 1871, no later children appear, though we may note that with them is Jacob Muma, age 89, born U.S. |
Children of Michael Muma and Elizabeth Matthews |
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| Last Edited | 31 Jan 2019 |