Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Baird was born on 31 October 1836, in Ireland, her father, Humphrey Baird, was 56 and her mother, Elizabeth Hetherington, was 42. She married Robert Patrick on 30 December 1859, in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1863 and lived in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 27 April 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rachel Baird in household of Hamphrey Baird, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Rachel Baird, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Rachel Baird Patrick, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (8)
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Rachel Baird Patrick (From family records found by great granddaughter, Kathryn Barnes
RACHEL BAIRD PATRICK (October 31, 1836 - April 27, 1913) Memories of my Mother by Laura Patrick Nicholson Rachel Baird Patrick was of Scotch - English parentage, though born in the north of Ireland, …
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