Nancy Fish Barnum

[jaynef]

I wonder if someone can help...

My husbands great grandmother was called Gladys Kay born 1904...Parents were Sarah and Emanuel Sandiford...

I am to believe that Sarah is Nancy Fish Barnum sister..she was born around 1880 and Nancy was born in 1825...their parents are John and Martha Fish (Shaw)...
The Family were from Lancashire..

I have no other information as I am not trying to complete a family tree, I am just asking in general if anyone knows about this family...

I know that once Barnum had died Nancy went on to marry 2 more times...

If anyone can shed some light or know anything about Sarah and Nancy I would be grateful

Thank you
Jayne

[Pheno]

Hi are you sure bout those two birth dates of 1880 for Sarah and 1825 for her sister Nancy.  Thats an awfully large gap between siblings.

Pheno

[Gibel]

Emmanuel Sandiford married Sarah Walsh in 1900 in Ashton under Lyne. Gladys' birth was registered in Ashton under Lyne mother's maiden name Walsh.

I doubt that Sarah and Nancy are sisters the age gap is huge.

[jaynef]

thats what we were confused about..but my mother in law does assure me that her sister was Nancy Fish...my mother in law has pictures and information regarding Nancy Barnum..

[jaynef]

thats fine thank you...its confusing as we do have information regarding Nancy Barnum...wondering if they were step sisters...

[jaynef]

I think I will need to find more information...
It could perhaps be a relation on this grandfathers family rather than grandmothers family....

But thank you for your help and confirming that her maiden name was Walsh..

I may be back for more info once I have found which side of the family she comes from

 

[Gibel]

On another site Nancy Fish Barnum is said to have been born in 1850 the daughter of John Fish a Manchester Mill owner.

I would suggest you need to track back in the family to Gladys and get her birth certificate and then her parents marriage certificate to see if there are any Fish connections.

[Kay99]

There is only one possible marriage that I can  see of a Nancy Fish to a Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum to Nancy Fish - March Qtr 1874 Strand    1b   688    - On FreeBMD there is  a note added to the marriage

"The American circus owner. married Nancy Fish who was born in Darwen, Lancashire he was 60 and she was 30 (ages I was told and was also told after she was widowed she married a French Marquis)"     

[jaynef]

I know I was even speaking to my mother in law and she said the age gap between Barnum and Nancy is very big...I will need to find the Fish connection...as I was also told that sarah father owned cotton Mills....will need to go and find out the Fish connection...I think mother in law may still have Gladys birth and marriage certificates...

thank you