Mumford Ancestry – England to Canada

The Mumford family in Canada begins with George Mumford who was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia about 1806 and died there in 1876. He married Jane E. Higgins (1823-1912) around 1839 in Halifax. George and Jane had seven children. The oldest boy, named George Edward Mumford was born on February 24, 1854 in Halifax and died there on January 8, 1924. 

Ernest H. Mumford was born on August 10, 1884 in Halifax and died on August 10, 1957, aged 72, in Halifax. He was the son of George Edward Mumford (1854-1924), aged 30, and Margaret Hartling (1855-1935), aged 29. According to the 1908 Nova Scotia Marriage Registration (#81), Ernest married Margaret Cecilia Naylor (1886-1965) on March 2, 1908 in Halifax. Ernest was 23 and Margaret was 21. Their marriage lasted 49 years.

Ernest and Margaret had five children: Margaret “Peggy” Louise, Ernest Patrick, Bernard Joseph, George and Margaret Cecilia. Margaret Cecilia Mumford was born on November 4, 1922 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her christening was on December 27, 1922 and her confirmation was on May 27, 1934 in Halifax. She died on April 12, 1998, aged 75, in Oakville, Ontario and was buried next to her husband at Trafalgar Lawn Cemetery, Oakville. 

It is noteworthy that Ernest and his son, Bernard Joseph, were killed as a result of a car accident in 1957. The Nova Scotia Death Registration (#02-004301), dated August 11, 1957 states that Ernest H. Mumford was buried at the Gates of Heaven Cemetery in Halifax.

Margaret Cecilia Mumford (Smith)

Margaret Mumford married Russell Cannon Smith (1920-1995) during a snowstorm on December 28, 1944 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Russell was 24 and Margaret was 22. Their marriage lasted 50 years. They had five children, a boy and four girls. Their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren can now explore their Mumford ancestry in Canada back to 1806, more than 200 years ago.