Ancestry of
Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham

View famous kin of Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham

• • Great-grandfather of Barack Obama — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Jacob William Dunham 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Anne Kearney   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Dec 1894 
  • Birth Location:
  • Argonia, Sumner, Kansas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Oct 1970 
  • Death Location:
  • Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth Lucille Armour
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Oct 1915 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas 
  • Child:

  Stanley Armour Dunham (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 
  • Some sources state Ralph's birthdate as 24 DEC and not 25 DEC.

• Sources for Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham

  • ¹ Federal Census, KS, Sumner County, 1900, Dixon, ED #325, Image 6 of 16.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/17/2012).
  • ³ New England Ancestors Magazine, Fall 2008, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 45-46.
  • ⁴ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Ralph Dunham.
  • ⁵ New England Historic Genealogical Society, "Partial Ancestor Table - President Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.", (accessed 05/09/2012).
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 511, 512, 565-566, 587-588.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Family of Barack Obama", (accessed 01/17/2012).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Stanley Armour Dunham", (accessed 01/17/2012).