William Henry Bird

1846 - 1931  (85 years)

• Name	William Henry Bird
  Christened	Jul 1846	Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  Born	21 Jul 1846	Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Dec 1931
  Buried	1 Dec 1931	Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
  Person ID	I117	Bird-Metcalf
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	John Bird,   b. Jan 1806, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 10 May 1855, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Ann Russen,   b. 15 Apr 1808, Overbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 24 Mar 1871, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States  (Age 62 years)
  Married	10 May 1830	St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Sparks,   b. 6 Feb 1859, Fort Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1937, Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1875	Idaho, United States
  Family ID	F84	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Christened - Jul 1846 - Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Born - 21 Jul 1846 - Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Married - 11 Oct 1875 - Idaho, United States Buried - 1 Dec 1931 - Bear Lake, Idaho, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		The Birth Record of William Henry Bird William, son of John and Ann (Russon) Bird, was born in Aston Union, England in 1846.
  		1851 England Census for John and Ann Bird Location: John Bird 44 Ann Bird 43 John Bird 10 Ann Bird 6 William Bird 4 Caroline Hopkins 19 Lodger
  		Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company - Bird Binding 19 December 1854 John Bird 48 Ann Bird 47 Rebek Bird 16 John Bird 13 Ann Bird 10 William Bird 8
  		Emigration Fund for John Bird and Family Lists the ages of family members as well as the disbursement amounts given by the fund. darceyslaughter1949 originally shared this to Bird Slaughter Family Tree on Ancestry.com
  		The Promise to Pay Note from the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company's Office This shows Ann Bird's mark that promises to pay the $312.64 back to the Immigration Fund, dated October 30, 1855.
  		The Autobiography of John Bird, 1841-1932 As told to Mary Anona Bird on January 20, 1931 when John was eighty-nine years old. The life of John Bird who was born on August 7, 1841 in Birmingham, England. He is the son of John Bird and Ann Russen. This document references the Bird family and their journey by ship to America as well as their settling in Utah with the Mormon saints. He tells of his two wives and his nine children. He also verifies that his father, John, died from cholera at Atchinson, Kansas as they crossed the plains.

  
  

  Headstones

  The Headstone of William H. and Mary A. (Sparks) Bird Find A Grave Memorial# 63392444

  
  

  Histories		John Bird and Mary Jane Whitehead Bird by Anona Bird Grandy A life sketch published in the book "History of Bear Lake Pioneers" History of Bear Lake Pioneers. Edith Parker Haddock and Dorothy Hardy Matthews. Paris, Idaho: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Bear Lake County, Idaho. 1968.
  		Liverpool to New Orleans on the Charles Buck John and Ann (Russen) Bird took their family on the Charles Buck from England to New Orleans in 1855 to join the LDS pioneers. (Millennial Star, Vol. XVII, pp. 73, 202, 267, 300, 315, 490; Deseret News of June 13, 1855.)