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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- 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"
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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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