James BIRD (Abt 1786-Bef 1851)

Sarah (Abt 1778-)

Henry BIRD (Abt 1809-1886)

Mary Anne COOK (Abt 1812-Abt 1884)

Richard Henry BIRD (1834-Abt 1907)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Mary Ann ROLFE Charlotte BIRD Richard Henry BIRD 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Born: 19 Jun 1834, Chelmsford, Essex 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Christened: 20 Jun 1834, Old Meeting House, Independent or Congregational, Baddow Lane, Chelmsford, Essex 11 Marriage: Mary Ann ROLFE on 2 Oct 1854 in St. Paul's Chapel, Writtle, Essex 1 Died: Abt 1907 aged about 73 12    Ancestral File Number: K698-16.   Events • On 6 Jun 1841 Richard appeared on the census in Rainsford End, Chelmsford, Essex as a 7-year-old. 3 • On 30 Mar 1851 he appeared on the census in Broomfield, Essex as a 16-year-old brickmaker and farm labourer. 4 • On 2 Oct 1854 his marriage certificate said that he was a 20-year-old batchelor who worked as a labourer and that he lived in Writtle, Essex. His father, Henry Bird, was a labourer. 1 • On 7 Apr 1861 Richard appeared on the census at Compass Row, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex as a 26-year-old agricultural labourer. 5 • On 2 Apr 1871 he appeared on the census at 7 Compass Row, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex as a 36-year-old agricultural labourer. 6 • On 3 Apr 1881 Richard appeared on the census at Compass Row, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex as a 47-year-old milkman. 7 • On 21 Feb 1886 Henry Bird's death certificate said he lived at 10 Compass Row, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex. 13 • On 5 Apr 1891 he appeared on the census at 10 Compass Row, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex as a 56-year-old milkman. 8 • On 31 Mar 1901 Richard appeared on the census at 10 Compasses Row, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex as a 66-year-old dairyman working on his own account. 9 • His death was registered during the quarter ended Dec 1907 at the Chelmsford registration district, with GRO reference Vol 4a, page 309. 12 Richard married Mary Ann ROLFE, daughter of James ROLPH and Ann HILLIARD, on 2 Oct 1854 in St. Paul's Chapel, Writtle, Essex.1 (Mary Ann ROLFE was born on 14 Jan 1834 in Writtle, Essex 5 6 7 8 9 14, christened on 19 Jan 1834 in Writtle, Essex 15 and died in 1921 16.)    • Their witnesses were Samuel Rolfe and Susan Morgan. 1 • Their marriage was registered during the quarter ended Dec 1854 at the Chelmsford registration district, with GRO reference vol 4a, page 245. 17

1 England and Wales, marriage certificate for Richard Bird and Mary Ann Rolfe, married Oct 2nd 1854; citing 4a/245/70, Dec quarter 1854, Chelmsford registration district; General Register Office, Southport.

2 "International Genealogical Index," database,  (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Feb 2010), British Isles Region, entry for Charlotte Bird, christening 1855, Chelmsford, Essex, England; citing FHL microfilm 1,396,303 ( Patron ordinance submission sheets, 1969-1991 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Society ), batch no. 8702931, sheet 80.

3 1841 Census of England, Chelmsford, folio 8, page 9, Henry Bird; digital images(http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Nov 2012); citing PRO HO 107/325/9.

4 1851 Census of England, Broomfield, folio 153, page 1, Henry Bird; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Nov 2012); citing PRO HO 107/1776.

5 1861 Census of England, Chelmsford, folio 96, page 20, Richard Bird; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Nov 2012); citing PRO RG 9/1079.

6 1871 Census of England, Chelmsford, folio 114, page 19, Richard Bird; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Nov 2012); citing PRO RG 10/1662.

7 1881 Census of England, Chelmsford, folio 115, page 17, Richard Bird; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Nov 2012); citing PRO RG 11/1762.

8 1891 Census of England, Chelmsford, folio 108, page 21, Richard Bird; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Nov 2012); citing PRO RG 12/1385.

9 1901 Census of England, Chelmsford, folio 118, page 27, Richard H Bird; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 31 Jul 2010); citing PRO RG 13/1671.

10 "International Genealogical Index," database,  (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Feb 2010), British Isles Region, entry for Richard Henry Bird, birth 19 Jun 1834; citing FHL microfilm 0593807 (RG4 2162) (Baptisms, 1759-1837; burials, 1818-1836 Old Chapel (Baddow Lane, Chelmsford, Essex : Independent)), batch no. C067151.

11 "International Genealogical Index," database,  (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Feb 2010), British Isles Region, entry for Richard Henry Bird, christening 20 Jul 1842, Chelmsford, Essex, England; citing FHL microfilm 0593807 (RG4 2162) (Baptisms, 1759-1837; burials, 1818-1836 Old Chapel (Baddow Lane, Chelmsford, Essex : Independent)), batch no. C067151.

12 "FreeBMD Death records," database(http://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 28 May 2013), entry for Richard Bird aged 73, volume 4a, page 309, Dec quarter 1907, Chelmsford district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes.

13 Death Certificate - Henry Bird.

14 1841 Census of England, Writtle, folio 32, page 12, James Rolfe; digital images(http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 25 Aug 2012); citing PRO HO 107/326/14.

15 Wendy Hibbitt, Writtle Archives.

16 "FreeBMD Death records," database(http://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 2 Mar 2013), entry for Mary A. Bird aged 89, volume 4a, page 643, Dec quarter 1921, Chelmsford district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes.

17 FreeBMD, "Marriage indices," database(http://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 17 Nov 2011), entry for Richard Bird, volume 4a, page 245, Dec quarter 1854, Chelmsford district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes.