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Name | John Henry Bird | |
Born | 8 Jan 1871 | Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Died | 25 Feb 1948 | Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States ![]() |
Person ID | i1016 | Bird-Metcalf |
Last Modified | 13 Jan 2015 |
Father | John Bird, b. 7 Aug 1841, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom ![]() ![]() | |
Relationship | Birth | |
Mother | Mary Jane Whitehead, b. 9 Apr 1844, North Newton, Somerset, England ![]() ![]() | |
Relationship | Birth | |
Married | 1868 | Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States ![]() |
Family ID | F431 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | John Henry Bird, b. 8 Jan 1871, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Family ID | F438 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos | ![]() | John Henry Bird, son of John and Mary Jane (Whitehead) Bird John was born in 1871 and died in 1948 in Paris, Idaho. |
Documents | ![]() | 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. |
![]() | 1880 Census of Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho Territory John Bird, 38 years old; farmer; born in England, both parents born in England; attended school within the census year. Annie Bird, 21 years old; wife; born in England, both parents born in England; attended school within the census year. Ann Bird, 11 years old; daughter; born in Idaho, both parents born in England; attended school within the census year. John Henry, 8 years old; son; born in Idaho, both parents born in England. Jane Emily, 4 years old; daughter; born in Idaho, both parents born in England. Minnie, 2 years old; daughter; born in Idaho, both parents born in England. |
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. |