A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
According to Ann Humphreville, her great-grandfather and his brother worked in one of Peter Crosby Barnum's men's clothing stores in New York City from 1865-1872. Her family has hundreds of letters addressed to and sent from the brothers at the store's address, many of them concerning the business. The brothers, Asa and Charlie Dutton, finally left P.C. Barnum's employ when they bought into an existing store on the Bowery. Barnum's store was located at 196 Chatham Square, in the City.
The two Dutton brothers moved back to the Albany area in retirement and in 1964 when their granddaughter (Ann Humphreville's aunt) cleaned out their house, she found a receipt from the P. C. Barnum business for a suit that had been sold to General Tom Thumb.
Barnum Island, New York is named for clothier Peter C. Barnum and his wife Sarah Ann Baldwin Barnum. Peter, between 1851 and 1870, owned large parcels of land on Long Island. Barnum Island is a hamlet, census-designated place ) and unincorporated area of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York. Most of Barnum Island is separated from the Village of Island Park by the Long Island Railroad's rail line to Long Beach.
From the Brooklyn Eagle, March 16, 1889: A Prominent Long Islander Dead. Peter C. Barnum died yesterday at his home at East Meadow in the Town of Hempstead. He has been ill about three months. Mr. Barnum was the head of the well known clothing house in the Bowery, New York City. He was the largest land owner in Queens County, and, beside farming it, carried on an extensive dairy business. Mr. Barnum was always conspicuous in the affairs of the Queens County Agricultural Society and was its president for several years.
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