Martin William Bird Sr.

Brief Life History of Martin William

When Martin William Bird Sr. was born on 1 December 1849, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Richard Bird, was 29 and his mother, Emeline Crandall, was 25. He married Harriet Adelaide Huntington on 1 April 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 January 1890, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin William Bird Sr.
1849–1890
Harriet Adelaide Huntington
1852–1923
Marriage: 1 April 1872
Martin William Bird Jr.
1873–1951
Harriet Ida Bird
1875–1955
Charles Fenno Bird
1878–1878
Melvie Lou Bird
1879–1881
Lester Bird
1882–1901
Susie Bird
1885–1889
Dresser Bird
1887–1910
Roeane Bird
1889–1921

Sources (30)

  • Martin Bird in household of Richard Bird, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martin William Bird, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Martin Wm Bird in entry for Charles Fenno Bird, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1850

1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

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

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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Short Story of William Martin Bird, Sr.

William Martin Bird Born 1 December 1849 in Kanesville, Pottwattamie, Iowa Died 24 January 1890 in Springville, Utah, Utah William Martin Bird was a second son born to Richard and Emeline Crandall B …

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