Brief Life History of Robert Marshall
When Robert Marshall Baird was born on 23 November 1845, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Baird, was 18 and his mother, Elizabeth Marshall, was 19. He married Sarah Hutchinson Eccles on 17 October 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 7 April 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Robert Baird in household of John Baird, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Robert Baird, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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.
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Autobiography of Robert Marshall Baird
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