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Notes for Simon BARNUM


Simon was born Simon Bacharach in Germany. After immigrating to the United States in 1857, he and his brother Nathan changed their surname to Barnum and moved west to Kansas; Nathan to Newton and Simon to Topeka. The name change may have been to make it easier to do business in the 19th century, as Bacharach is a recognizably Jewish surname. However, even after the name change they were both active in the Jewish community in Kansas.

Bacharach, also Bachrach, is a German surname, mostly Jewish, referring to the medieval town of Bacharach in the Mainz-Bingen district of the Rhineland-Palatinate.

Simon applied for a US Passport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 24 April 1883, at the age of 40.
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Name: Simon Barnum; Birth Date: 2 May 1842; Death Date: 15 Jul 1907; Age at Death: 65; Burial Date: 16 Jul 1907; Burial Plot: J-13-4; Burial Place: Topeka, Kansas, USA; Cemetery ID: USA-02842; Spouse Name: Barnum, Emma; Cemetery: Topeka Cemetery; Cemetery Address: 1601 SE 10th Ave.; Photo: Image Available.
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