When William Bird was born on 18 July 1823, in Southport, Chemung, New York, United States, his father, Benjamin Freeman Bird, was 44 and his mother, Maribah Reeves, was 39. He married Ann Roylance on 28 September 1851, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1853. He died on 18 April 1894, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
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.
Possible Related NamesWilliam Bird was born July 18, 1823 at Southport, Cheming Co., New York. He served a mission to Connecticut in 1843. He marched in Company B of the Mormon Battalion as a Private, ending up eventuall …
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