Brief Life History of Edmund
When Edmund Bird was born on 2 August 1847, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, James Bird, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Montgomery, was 35. He married Jane Day on 20 November 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 22 February 1934, in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States.
Photos and Memories (5)
Do you know Edmund? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (48)
- Edmon Bird, "United States Census, 1870"
- Edmund Bird in entry for Bird, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Edmund Bird in household of James Bird, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1847–1934 Male
1853–1902 Female
Children (7)
1871–1875 Female
1875–1878 Female
1880–1880 Female
1881–1944 Male
1884–1884 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1811–1896 Male
1812–1850 Female
Siblings (4)
1835–1841 Female
1841–1847 Male
1847–1934 Male
1849–1908 Male
World Events (8)
1854
Age 7
1863
Age 16
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 23
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.
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.
