Fredrick Montgomery Bird

Brief Life History of Fredrick Montgomery

When Fredrick Montgomery Bird was born on 22 January 1889, in Hatton, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Fredrick Montgomery Bird, was 39 and his mother, Harriet Ellen George, was 30. He married Sigrid Matilda Pearson on 22 January 1924, in Millard, Utah, United States. He lived in Kanosh Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 24 December 1972, in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Kanosh Cemetery, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Fredrick Montgomery Bird
1889–1972
Florence A Pectol
1900–1976
Marriage: 4 April 1959

Sources (18)

  • Fred M Bird, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Fred M Bird, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Fred Montgomery Bird, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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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.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1911 · The Salt Lake International Airport

The Salt Lake International Airport starts its history as a small airfield. It slowly grew until Charles Lindbergh visited that area. After his visit, the airfield changed into a Municipal Airport and started being a hub for most flights from New York to California. After World War II, the airport turned into an international hub for most flights in the Mountain West. In recent history, It sees around 30 million travelers each year and continues to grow in popularity by the local residents.

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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