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Ann Russen
1808 - 1871 (62 years)-
Name Ann Russen Born 15 Apr 1808 Overbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Christened 31 Jul 1808 Dodderhill, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Gender Female Misc 1855 Richard Ballantyne Company
Departure: 1-2 July 1855
Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 25 September 1855
Company Information:
402 individuals and 45 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (Near Atchison)Died 24 Mar 1871 Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Buried Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Person ID I59 Bird-Metcalf Last Modified 10 Dec 2015
Father Thomas Russon, b. 20 Mar 1766, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom , d. Abt 1820 (Age 53 years) Mother Sarah Tongue, c. 9 Apr 1775, Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom , d. 8 Nov 1862, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 87 years) Married 26 Oct 1796 Dodderhill, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Family ID F41 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Bird, b. Jan 1806, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 10 May 1855, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States (Age ~ 49 years) Married 10 May 1830 St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Children + 1. Walter Bird, b. 16 Oct 1832, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 8 Apr 1904, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)2. Eliza Bird, b. 1 Dec 1834, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 3 Oct 1837, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 2 years)+ 3. Rebecca Bird, b. 28 Oct 1838, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom , d. 10 Mar 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)+ 4. John Bird, b. 7 Aug 1841, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 6 Jan 1932, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 90 years)5. Ann Elizabeth Bird, b. 23 Jun 1844, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom , d. 25 Jan 1922, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 77 years)6. William Henry Bird, b. 21 Jul 1846, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 1 Dec 1931 (Age 85 years)Last Modified 25 Feb 2014 Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 15 Apr 1808 - Overbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Christened - 31 Jul 1808 - Dodderhill, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Married - 10 May 1830 - St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 
Died - 24 Mar 1871 - Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Buried - - Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
Ann Russon Bird
A great pioneer woman born in 1808 in England and immigrated with her family to the United States to settle with the LDS Saints in Idaho.
The Sons of Walter Bird
Back left to right: Arch Hailey, William Arthur, and Wallace Bird
Front left to right: Walter Freeman, might be Walter, and John Oliver Bird
Documents 
Marriage of John Bird and Ann Russon
Married the 10th of May, 1830 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
LDS Family History Library; Film # 919783, Page 560; Church of England; St. Martins Church (Birmingham, Warwick) Parish Registers 1555-1915; Marriages 1826-1830
1841 England Census of Elmdon, Warwickshire, England for John Bird
John is 35 years old and was born in Warwickshire
Ann, Walter, and Rebecca are also listed.
Civil Parish: Elmdon
Hundred: Hemlingford (Solihull Division)
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
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.
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.)
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Ann Russon Bird
A short history of Ann and her family from her birth to her death.
The Bird Family Emigration from England
John and Ann (Russon) Bird emigrated from Liverpool, England on the 17th of January, 1855 on the "Charles Buck". Ann was the only one to make it to Utah as John died at "Mormon Grove" in Missouri.