Brief Life History of Raymond Francis
When Raymond Francis Bird was born on 24 September 1879, in Dayton Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, his father, Frederick Irving Bird, was 37 and his mother, Elvira Weldon, was 31. He married Bertha Bell Bare on 27 November 1902, in Grow Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Champlin Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 15 years and Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 4 March 1947, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States.
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Sources (26)
- Raymond Bird in entry for Bird, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Raymond F Bird, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
- Raymond F Bird, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
Spouse and Children
1879–1947 Male
1884–1958 Female
Children (5)
1907–1934 Male
1909–1999 Male
1911–1985 Male
1915–1975 Female
1917–1980 Male
Parents and Siblings
1842–1922 Male
1847–1913 Female
Siblings (2)
1868–1927 Male
1879–1947 Male
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
Age 5
1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly
Age 18
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname for a young or a small and slender person, from Middle English brid, bird, burd (Old English bird, brid, perhaps also byrd) ‘bird, young bird’, also ‘young man, young woman, child’.
Irish: Anglicized form of a number of Irish names erroneously thought to contain the element éan ‘bird’, in particular Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney ), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney ), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan ), and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘bird’, as for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Vogel , French Loiseau , Czech Ptáček (see Ptacek ) and Pták, Polish Ptak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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