Edward Harry Bird

Brief Life History of Edward Harry

When Edward Harry Bird was born on 28 August 1858, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Bird, was 43 and his mother, Harriet Jarrold Goble, was 34. He married Martha Jane Reid on 20 November 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1864 and lived in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States in 1864 and Star Election Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 20 January 1929, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Harry Bird
1858–1929
Martha Jane Reid
1859–1936
Marriage: 20 November 1879
Margaret Effie Bird
1880–1963
Edward Harry Bird Jr
1883–1939
James Wallace Bird
1885–1886
Victor George Bird
1887–1949
Myrtle Olivia Bird
1890–1916
Vernon Charles Bird
1892–1960
Martha Ludean Bird
1895–1974
William Bird
1897–1897
Afton Reid Bird
1899–1953
Lawrence Bird
1902–1968

Sources (52)

  • Edward Harry Bird, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Edward Harry Bird, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
  • Edward Harry Sr. Bird, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States

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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findagrave.com Memorial number 29659951 Me. Bird is buried in the Vine Bluff Cemetery along with a number of family members.

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