Elizabeth Bird

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bird was born about 1795, in Massachusetts, United States. She married Knowlton Baily on 11 January 1818, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Brown Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died in 1872, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Knowlton Baily
1788–1856
Elizabeth Bird
about 1795–1872
Marriage: 11 January 1818
Elizabeth Bailey
1822–1907
Margarett Baily
about 1825–
Asenath Bailey
about 1832–1859
Elizabeth Bailey
about 1834–
Rachael Baily
about 1838–
Knowlton W Bailey
about 1842–1915
Eliza Baily
1829–

Sources (8)

  • Elizabeth Baily in household of Knowlton Baily, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Bird, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Elizebeth Bird in entry for Knowlton W Bailey, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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