Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Bird was born on 18 June 1811, in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Isaac Bird Jr, was 39 and his mother, Zilpah Bartlett, was 35. He married Vashti Marshall about 1835, in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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Sources (23)
- Henry Bird, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Henry Bird in entry for Henry S. Godfrey, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
- Henry Bird, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
Spouse and Children
1811– Male
1814–1878 Female
Children (4)
1836–1924 Male
1838–1881 Female
1847–1917 Male
1848–1884 Male
Parents and Siblings
1772–1839 Male
1776–1873 Female
Siblings (11)
1797–1873 Female
1797– Female
1799–1799 Male
1800–1887 Male
1803–1825 Male
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World Events (8)
1812
Age 1
1812 · War of 1812
Age 1
1846
Age 35
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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