William Fredrick Bird, Sr.^[1]

1851 - 1911  (59 years)

• Name	William Fredrick Bird, Sr.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	13 May 1851	Billington, Bedfordshire, England   [2]
  	Alternate date of 13 May 1851
  Gender	Male
  Census	Oct 1851	Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England   [3]
  	Census 1851, British England, Bedfordshire, Eaton Bray, Village of Felmersham, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Household Schedule 7, Piece 1856, Folio 557, page 2 Frederick Bird, head 41. Mary A., wife 37. Children: Ann, daughter 13; Sabina, daughter 10; Ezra, son 8; Martha, daughter 6; Sarah, daughter 5; Susannah, daughter 2; William son, 10 months. Frederick was a straw plaite dealer; Mary was a straw plaiter. He was born in Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, England. Mary was born in Billington, Bedfordshire, England and the children were born in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England.
  	Age: 10 month
  Emigration	4 May 1856	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Liverpool to New York, 4 May 1856-14 Jun 1856
  	Age: 6
  Immigration	16 Jun 1856	New York City, New York, New York, USA   [5]
  	Immigration to US 1856 Ship Manifest - Thornton, 16 Jun 1856; Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Destination: Utah, United States of America; Place of Origin: Great Britain; Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: British (English); Ship Name: Thornton; Port of Arrival: New York; Line: 31; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: M237_163; List Number: 490; Port Arrival State: New York; Port Arrival Country: United States; Final Destination Utah, USA Ship Manifest is difficult to read but presumes the following: Mary Ann Bird, 40, female; Ann, 20, female; Sabina, 17, female; Ezra, 14, male; Martha Ann, 12, female; Sarah, 10, female; Susannah, 7, female William, 6, male
  	Age: 6
  		Ship Manifest - Thornton, 16 Jun 1856
  Census	19 Sep 1860	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [6]
  	Census 1860 Utah, Utah, Provo, Provo Post Office, 19 Sep 1860, page 943, Dwelling 3069, Family 2399 Ezekiel Kellog, head, 58. Mary, wife, 43. Children: Martha, daughter 16; Sarah, daughter 14; Susanna, daughter 10; Wm. son, 8. He is a farmer; value of real estate $200; personal property $300. He is born in Utah. She and the children are born in England. All the children are attending school. Next door to Lucius N. and Alice Scovil. (Note: this is the 2nd marriage for Mary. Her maiden name is Fenn. Prior to her arrival in the US, she was married to Frederick Otto Bird who died the year before she immigrated to the US).
  	Age: 8
  Census	16 Aug 1870	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [7]
  	Census 1870 Utah Territory, Utah, Provo, 16 Aug 1870, page 11, dwelling 92, family 77 William Bird, 20, domestic servant. He was born in Englnad. Employed by Ben and Eliza Bachman.
  	Age: 20
  Census	1880	TBD Not known at this time   [8]
  	Census 1880 Possible William Bird in Wadsworth, Washoe, Nevada, age 29, born in England. Employed as RR brakeman. Marital status reflects he is single but he meets the birth requirements. His wife and children are visiting in the 1880 census.
  	Age: 29
  Census	13 Jun 1900	Kamas, Summit, Utah, USA   [9]
  	Census 1900 Utah, Summit, Kamas Precinct, 13 Jun 1900, ED 139, sheet 10B, dwelling 138, family 139 Visitor in the household of Johana Goodworth. William Bird, visitor (May 1850), age 49; a widower. He is a miner; he and parents born in Scotland; immigration 1855. Can read and write.
  	Age: 49
  Census	25 May 1910	Hamer, Fremont, Idaho, USA
  	Census 1910 Idaho, Fremont, Hamer, 25 May 1910, SD 46, ED 296, sheet 2A, dwelling 15, family 15 George A. Bird, head 34. Rose, wife, 33. First marriage for both; married 11 years; 3 children born, 3 living. Children: Ivey, daughter 8; Lara, daughter 7; Erma, daughter 6. Also living with them is his father William F. Bird, 60; a widower. George is a farmer, working on his own account; owns farm free of mortgage. All can read and write; all children are attending school. All were born in Utah. His father and mother were born in Utah. Her father and mother were born in England.
  	Age: 60
  Died	4 Mar 1911	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [2]
  Death Certificate	6 Mar 1911	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [10]
  	Death Certificate 00001101366 Wm. F. Bird Sr., born 13 May 1850 in England; died 4 Mar 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Residence 2205 So. 3 East. Widowed at time of death. Parents names not known. Informant was Wm. F. Bird, Jr., same address. Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery on 6 Mar 1911. Eber W. Hall undertaker.
  	Age: 60
  	Cause: Diabetes mellitus
  		Death certificate for William Frederick Bird, 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Buried	6 Mar 1911	Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [2, 11]
  		William Frederick Bird (1850 - 1911) - Find A Grave
  Association	Sarah Floy Avery (Relationship: Father-in-law to Sarah Fl)
  Notes	Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Bird, William Fredrick Birth Date: 13 May 1851 Death Date: 4 Mar. 1911 Gender: Male Age: 5 Company: James G. Willie Company (1856) Sources: Ancestral File Journal History, 9 Nov. 1856, p. 19 [12] Possible marriage on 13 May 1895, Salt Lake City to Sarah R. Avery. Name: William Bird Sr. Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 13 May 1895 Event Place: Salt Lake, Utah, United States Age: 44 Birth Year (Estimated): 1851 Spouse's Name: Sarah R. Avery Spouse's Age: 40 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1855 [13]
  Person ID	I758	clanSoren | FRS101, I103-Ferguson
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Frederick Otto Bird,   b. 15 Aug 1810, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. 26 Jul 1855, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England  (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Ann Fenn 2x ,   b. 02 Jun 1816, Billington, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. 22 Jul 1864, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	28 Nov 1833	Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England   [14]
  Documents		Fourth Hand-Cart Company-Capt J.G. Willie, Immigrant list for Mary A. Bird and family
  Family ID	F276	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ann Hales,   b. 15 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1872	Beaver, Beaver, Utah, USA
  Children	+ 01. William Frederick Bird, Jr.,   b. 18 Nov 1873, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1947, Westchester, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 73 years) + 02. George Albert Bird,   b. 22 Mar 1876, Circleville, Piute, Utah, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 1955, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA  (Age 79 years)   03. Caroline Elizabeth Bird,   b. 20 Nov 1878, Crescent, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 24 Aug 1890  (Age 11 years)   04. Mary Ann Bird,   b. 24 Aug 1881, Crescent, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   05. Bird,   b. Oct 1883, American Fork, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. Oct 1883, American Fork, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age ~ 0 years) + 06. Louisa Eddins Bird,   b. 8 Dec 1884, American Fork, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. 5 Sep 1955, San Diego County, California, USA  (Age 70 years) + 07. Harriet June Bird,   b. 16 Jul 1887, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, USA ,   d. 11 Jan 1967, Albany, Athens, Ohio, USA  (Age 79 years) + 08. Rena Elmira Bird,   b. 21 Nov 1889, Winterquarters, Carbon, Utah, USA ,   d. 30 May 1957, Salt Lake County Hospital, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 67 years)   09. Bird,   b. 26 Jun 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F482	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents

  Wedding Announcement Estella Ferguson and William Clayton, 14 June 1895

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] FamilySearch™ LDS, IGI Individual Record, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). [S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), State Board of Health File Number 372 (Reliability: 3). [S317] 1851 England Census, Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. , (Ancestry.com), Class: HO107; Piece: 1756; Folio: 557; Page: 2; GSU roll: 87685-87686. (Reliability: 3). [S365] British Mission Emigration Register, (Mormon Migration On-line, BYU Educational Library), page 129; 1856 - Willies H.C. Co. (European Emigration Card Index, EECI) (Reliability: 3). [S177] Immigration and Emigration, Utah Pioneers, 1847-1850 , (Ancestry), 1856; Arrival: New York , United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_163; Line: 32; List number: 490 (Reliability: 3). [S111] 1860 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 943; (Reliability: 3). [S103] 1870 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, 14870132 (Reliability: 3). [S85] 1880 United States Federal Census, Wadsworth, Washoe, Nevada; Roll: 759; Family History Film: 1254759; Page: 326C; Enumeration District: 054; Image: 0657. [S97] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMR5-VK8 : accessed 6 December 2014), William Bird in household of Parl A. Mitchel, Kamas, Marion, Oakley, Peoa, Woodland Precincts Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,241,686. (Reliability: 3). [S141] FamilySearch™ Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1954, Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU), (http://search.labs.familysearch.org), State Board of Health File Number 372, 00001101366 (Reliability: 3). [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 91428899 (Reliability: 3). [S96] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch) (Reliability: 3). [S342] FamilySearch, Utah County Marriages, 1887-1937, (FamilySearch), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8G6-6M2 : accessed 6 December 2014), William Bird Sr. and Sarah R. Avery, 13 May 1895; citing Salt Lake, Utah, United States, book P-256 cn5117, county courthouses, Utah; FHL microfilm 429,056. (Reliability: 3). [S273] FamilySearch™ England Marriages, 1538–1973, (FamilySearch.org), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NVS1-3Y3 : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Frederick Bird and Mary Ann Fenn, 28 Nov 1833; citing Eaton Bray,Bedford,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1279093. (Reliability: 3).