Notes:
Data source is David Lloyd Muma, e-mail dmuma@telus.net
Henry Muma became a Squire and later was Dominion Arbitrator for Sir
John A. MacDonald when Sir John A. MacDonald was Prime Minister of
Canada.
The following story was told by Sarah Muma who was a great neice of
Squire Henry Muma:
Sir John A. MacDonald and Squire Henry Muma were drinking buddies and
quite often got drunk and raised a commotion. Sarah remembered when
she was a small girl that they used to take her for rides in a
surrey. She also had pictures of Squire Henry and Sir John A.
MacDonald together.
From one of the many newspaper clipping following Squire Henry's
death comes the following:
Henry Muma died at his homestead, Pine Grove, on Saturday in his 80th
year. He located on his present farm, then a wilderness, in 1843, a
was a member of the Township and County Councils for thirty years. He
was a founder of the village of Drumbo, a justice of the peace,
notary public, and civil engineer. A land agent for years, he acted
for the late Hon. Thomas C. Street, of Niagara Falls, up to his
death. he was a warm confidential friend of the late Sir John A.
MacDonald, serving during his life as Dominion Arbitrator and land
valuator on the Welland Canal, and after the Riel Rebellion was a
member of the commission to settle the claims against the Government
caused by the rebellion. He was always a staunch conservative.
He is also featured on an historical plaque and in the Drumbo museum.
Buried in Windfall Cemetery Drumbo, Ontario, Canada
1881 Canadian Census, Blenheim, Oxford North, Ontario, Household #462, Dist 166, Sub-dist G, p. 96
Henry Muma, German Ethnic Origin, 60, b: Ontario, Canada, farmer, Methodist
Margaret Muma, German Ethnic Origin, 67, b: Ontario, Canada, Methodist
Jacob William Muma, German Ethnic Origin, 30, b: Ontario, Canada, farmer, Methodist
Maitland Fisher Muma, German Ethnic Origin, 20, b: Ontario, Canada, farmer, Methodist
Charles McCarty, widowed, German Ethnic Origin, 101, b: Ontario, Canada, Methodist
Sperrin Chant, married, English Ethnic Origin, 26, b: Ontario, Canada, store keeper, Methodist
Agnes Chant, married, German Ethnic Origin, 22, b: Ontario, Canada, Methodist
John Megg..., , English Ethnic Origin, 26, b: Ontario, Canada, Methodist