John Ezra Baird

10 December 1877–8 September 1947 (Age 69)
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of John Ezra

When John Ezra Baird was born on 10 December 1877, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Alexander Baird, was 45 and his mother, Sidse Kirstine Christensen, was 22. He married Caroline Elizabeth Lee on 10 June 1903, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Box Elder Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1935. In 1920, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as real estate, own business in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. He died on 8 September 1947, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ezra Baird
1877–1947
Caroline Elizabeth Lee
1878–1938
Marriage: 10 June 1903
Maude Baird
1904–1940
Carmen Rose Baird
1906–1952
John Edwin Baird
1908–2003
Bertha Baird
1911–1962
Anna Lee Baird
1913–1967
Kathryn Baird
1917–1987

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 June 1903Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 4
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1890 · The Tabernacle is Dedicated
    Age 13
    On October 26, 1890, the Tabernacle was dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 19
    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

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Beaird
    Bard

    Sources (69)

    • John Baird in entry for John Edwin Baird, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • John Baird, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Mr. John Ezra Baird, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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