Brief Life History of Ira S
When Ira S Birdsall was born on 3 March 1787, in Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, John Birdsall, was 17 and his mother, Lucy Wickham, was 13. He married Ruby Bragg about 1817, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sidney, Delaware, New York, United States in 1820 and Davenport, Delaware, New York, United States in 1840. He died on 28 August 1872, in Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, United States.
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- Ira S Birdsell, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ira Birdsall - Government record: birth-name: Ira Birdsall
- Ira S. Birdsall, "Find A Grave Index"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1788
Established in 1788.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Birdsall, near Malton, in North Yorkshire, so named with the genitive case of Old English bridd ‘bird’ (as either a vocabulary word or a byname) + Old English halh ‘nook, recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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