Nellie May Bird

1865–
Sangamon, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Nellie May

When Nellie May Bird was born in 1865, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States, her father, John M. Bird, was 31 and her mother, Frances Ellen Greenleaf, was 24. She married Lorin Andrews Etter on 22 June 1887, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. She lived in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She was buried in Pickerell Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorin Andrews Etter
1863–1899
Nellie May Bird
1865–
Marriage: 22 June 1887

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 June 1887Sangamon, Illinois, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (3)

    World Events (8)

    1865
    Age 0
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
    1886
    Age 21
    Historical Boundaries: 1886: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 31
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Kingbird
    Byrd
    Heaney
    Blackbird
    Burd
    Burt
    Hummingbird
    Heagney

    Sources (3)

    • Nellie M Bird in household of John M Bird, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Nellie May Bird in household of John M Bird, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Find a Grave Memorial, Nellie Bird Etter

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