Ann Bird

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Bird was born on 13 August 1853, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Andrew Bird, was 24 and her mother, Ann Shill, was 30. She married Meredith Dawson on 13 December 1873. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 23 December 1938, in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Meredith Dawson
1844–1928
Ann Bird
1853–1938
Marriage: 13 December 1873
Francis Elizabeth Dawson
1874–1907
Hyrum Joseph Dawson
1877–1877
Annie Golding Dawson
1878–1962
Jessie Thursa Dawson
1881–1958
Meredith Andrew Dawson
1883–1957
Oscar Elmer Dawson
1886–1963
Orson Stewart Dawson
1889–1977
Jeston Bird Dawson
1892–1979
Elsie Maude Dawson
1895–1981

Sources (28)

  • Ann Bird in household of Andrew Bird, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Ann Bird, General Register Office Index, birth
  • Ann Bird Dawson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

Parents and Siblings

World Events (8)

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States

1863

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

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

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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Pioneer heritage

Ann was 14 years old when she was part of the Fred C. Anderson Company of pioneers.

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