John Bird

Male 1806 - 1855  (~ 49 years)


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  • Name John Bird 
    Born Jan 1806  Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 12 Jan 1806  Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1855  New Orleans, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 10 May 1855  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • John Bird Autobiography (1841-1932)--son of John Bird (1806-1855)
      "We arrived in New Orleans, sailing up the Mississippi River, and up the Missouri River to a little landing place that we called Atchinson. My father died of cholera here at Atchinson. He had worked in the lead works while in Birmingham, and perhaps due to the strain of the trip, the poison worked on him, causing his death."
    Buried 11 May 1855  Mormon Grove, Atchison, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I58  Bird-Metcalf
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2015 

    Father John Bird,   b. 1771, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1833, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Pittaway,   b. 1780, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1860, All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1799  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Russen,   b. 15 Apr 1808, Overbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1871, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 10 May 1830  St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Walter Bird,   b. 16 Oct 1832, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1904, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Eliza Bird,   b. 1 Dec 1834, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1837, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    +3. Rebecca Bird,   b. 28 Oct 1838, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +4. John Bird,   b. 7 Aug 1841, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1932, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     5. Ann Elizabeth Bird,   b. 23 Jun 1844, Yardley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1922, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. William Henry Bird,   b. 21 Jul 1846, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1931  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2014 
    Family ID F17  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jan 1806 - Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 12 Jan 1806 - Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 May 1830 - St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1855 - New Orleans, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 May 1855 - Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 May 1855 - Mormon Grove, Atchison, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    The Christening Record of John, son of John and Elizabeth Bird
    The Christening Record of John, son of John and Elizabeth Bird
    He was baptized on 12 January 1806.

    Source: John Bird in the Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812

    Source: "England, Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1538-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH6K-LVD : accessed 27 Nov 2014), John Bird in Entry for John Bird, 04 Aug 1771, Christening; citing Solihull, Warwickshire, England, Record Office, Warwick; FHL microfilm 234505.
    Marriage of John Bird and Ann Russon
    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
    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
    Records of Members of Birmingham Branch, 1847-1848
    Records of Members of Birmingham Branch, 1847-1848
    The names of Walter, John, and Rebecca Bird were baptized in 1849
    1851 England Census for John and Ann 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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.)
    The Bird Family Emigration from England
    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.

  • Notes 
    • England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
      about John Bird

      Name: John Bird

      Gender: Male

      Baptism Date: 12 Jan 1806

      Baptism Place: Solihull,Warwick,England

      Father: John Bird

      Mother: Elizh.

      FHL Film Number: 0234507-508, 234505