Matthew Fifield Bird

Brief Life History of Matthew Fifield

When Matthew Fifield Bird was born on 29 May 1886, in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Lewis Richard Bird, was 35 and his mother, Ellen Orrelia Fifield, was 29. He married Louise Young Perry on 25 December 1921, in Marion, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1945 and lived in Buist, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 1 November 1964, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Matthew Fifield Bird
1886–1964
Louise Young Perry
1902–2000
Marriage: 25 December 1921
Helen Bird
1922–2008
George Perry Bird
1924–2018
Minnie Lou Bird
1926–2024
Willa Beth Bird
1928–2018
Maurine BIRD
1930–2023
David Lowell Bird
1936–1997
Richard E Bird
1942–2002

Sources (66)

  • Mathew I Bird, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Matthew F Bird, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Matthew Fifield Bird, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1891 · The Logan Tabernacle is Dedicated

The Logan Tabernacle was dedicated by Wilford Woodruff in 1891 and has been a center piece of Logan since then. In the late 1980's, the Tabernacle underwent a restoration project that restored all the original pioneer designs. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1975.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

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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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GEORGE HENRY PERRY by a Daughter - Louise Perry Bird

My Father, George Henry Perry, was born the 8th of June 1873, on his father's farm near Yellville, Marion Co., Arkansas, Less than ten years after the close of the Civil War. His father had been a so …

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