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John Bird
1841 - 1932 (90 years)
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Name John Bird Born 7 Aug 1841 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 
Christened 5 Sep 1841 Elmdon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Gender Male Died 6 Jan 1932 Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Buried 9 Jan 1932 Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Person ID I116 Bird-Metcalf Last Modified 21 Sep 2015
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 1 Mary Jane Whitehead, b. 9 Apr 1844, North Newton, Somerset, England , d. 28 Jun 1879, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 35 years) Married 1868 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States Children 1. Ann Selina Bird, b. 16 Jul 1869, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States , d. 29 Sept 1898, Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 29 years) [Birth]+ 2. John Henry Bird, b. 8 Jan 1871, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States , d. 25 Feb 1948, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 77 years) [Birth]3. Mary Jane Bird, b. 1873, d. 1879 (Age 6 years) [Birth] 4. Emma Amelia Bird, b. 1875, d. 1964 (Age 89 years) [Birth] 5. Minnie Bird, b. 1877, d. 1966 (Age 89 years) [Birth] Last Modified 22 Dec 2014 Family ID F431 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Anna Maria Messer, b. 15 Mar 1859, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England , d. 14 May 1908, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 49 years) Married 15 Mar 1880 Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Children 1. George Bird, b. 22 Jan 1881, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States , d. 14 Oct 1966, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 85 years)2. Edith Georgina Bird, b. 24 Jul 1882, Bear Lake County, Idaho, United Stares , d. 25 Jan 1978, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 95 years) [Birth]+ 3. Walter Bird, b. 14 Sept 1884, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States , d. 10 Dec 1966, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States (Age 82 years) [Birth]+ 4. Mona Marguerite Bird, b. 1894, d. 1989 (Age 95 years) [Birth] Last Modified 22 Dec 2014 Family ID F81 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 7 Aug 1841 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 
Christened - 5 Sep 1841 - Elmdon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom 
Married - 1868 - Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 
Married - 15 Mar 1880 - Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Died - 6 Jan 1932 - Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Buried - 9 Jan 1932 - Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos John Bird of Paris, Idaho
John was one of the early saints who arrived in the Salt Lake valley in 1855.
John Bird and Anna Maria Messer
Photo taken around 1880.
John Bird, born 1841
John worked as a farmer in Idaho and had nine children.
Documents 
The Baptism Record of John Bird, born 1841
Baptized on the 5th of September, 1841, John was the son of John and Anne Bird.
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.
1870 Census of Paris, Rich County, Idaho Territory
John Bird, 29 years old; farmer; value of real estate 250, value of personal estate 200; born in England, both parents of foreign birth.
Mary J. Bird, 25 years old; born in England, both parents of foreign birth.
Ann S. Bird, 1 year old; born in Utah, both parents of foreign birth.
The Marriage of John and Ann (Messer) Bird
Married in Bear Lake Territory of Idaho on the 17th of January, 1880.
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.
1900 Census of Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho
John Bird, born Aug 1841 in England, 58 years old; married 20 years; farmer; immigrated in 1855.
Annie M. Bird, born Mar 1859 in England, 41 years old; four children, immigrated in 1879.
Minnie Bird, born Oct 1877 in Idaho, 22 years old
George Bird, born Jan 1881 in Idaho, 19 years old
Edith Bird, daughter, born July 1882 in Idaho, 17 years old
Walter Bird, son, born Sept 1884 in Idaho, 15 years old
Mona M. Bird, daughter, born Dec 1894 in Idaho, 5 years old.
1920 Census of Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho
No. 43--
Walter Bird, 35 years old; married; born in Idaho, both parents in England; general farmer
Sarah E. Bird, 26 years old; wife; born in Idaho, father in Idaho, mother in England.
Bedford Bird, 8 year old son; born in Idaho, both parents born in Idaho.
Sarah Geneal Bird, 6 year old daughter; born in Idaho, both parents born in Idaho.
Leah Bird, 2 6/12 years old; born in Idaho, both parents born in Idaho.
No. 44--
John Bird, 78 year old widower; immigrated in 1855; born in England, both parents born in England.
George Bird, 39 year old son; single; born in Idaho, both parents born in England.
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.
Death Certificate for John Bird of 1932
John Bird, born 7 August 1841 and died 6 January 1932. He was 90 years old.
*His death certificate has a few confusing facts. His mother is listed as An Whitehead--but his first wife's name was Whitehead. His wife is listed as Ann Russell but his mother's name was Ann Russen. It is assumed that the person filling out the documentation had their facts mixed up as other documents are able to clarify.
Headstones 
The Headstone of John and Annie M. (Messer) Bird
Burial:
Paris Cemetery
Paris
Bear Lake County
Idaho, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 73142048
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.)