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Lester Bird 1911–1996 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1911

Birth Location: Wisconsin

Death Date: 16 Jul 1996

Death Location: Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States of America

Father: James Bird

Mother: Anna Behnke

Spouse(s): Lilian Laws

Children(s):

Lester Bird was born in 1911 in Wisconsin, the child of James Bird And Anna Auguste Wilhelmine Minnie Behnke. Lester Bird married Lilian Alice Elizabeth Laws. Lester Bird passed away in 1996 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Lester Bird was born in 1911 in Wisconsin, the child of James Bird And Anna Auguste Wilhelmine Minnie Behnke.
  • Lester Bird married Lilian Alice Elizabeth Laws.
  • Lester Bird passed away in 1996 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States of America.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lester Bird's Ancestors

Self
Lester Bird
1911–1996
Birth Place: Wisconsin
Parents
James Bird
1884–1957
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Anna (Auguste Wilhelmine "Minnie") Behnke
1890–1923
Wisconsin
Grandparents
Wilhelm Behnke
1848–1924
Pomerania, Poland
Caroline ("Lena") Moeck
1850–1912
Pomerania, Poland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lester Bird's Timeline

10 Records

1910
8 Jul 1910
Birth of Lester Bird in Wausau, Wisconsin
Wausau, Wisconsin
1910
9 July 1910
Birth of Lester Bird in Wisconsin
Wisconsin
1910
9 Jul 1910
Birth of Lester Bird in Wisconsin
Wisconsin
1911
abt 1911
Birth of Lester Bird in Wisconsin
Wisconsin
1920
1920
Age 9
Lester Bird resided here in Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
1930
1930
Age 19
Lester Bird resided here in Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
1935
1935
Age 24
Lester Bird resided here in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin
Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin
1940
1940
Age 29
Lester Bird resided here in Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
1950
1950
Age 39
Lester Bird resided here in Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
1996
16 Jul 1996
Age 85
Death of Lester Bird in Seminole, Florida, United States
Seminole, Florida, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1910
    Event Place: Wausau, Wisconsin
    Record Source:
    [1] New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 189
    [2] U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
    [3] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Wisconsin, 10161940-03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 56
    [4] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
    [5] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04497; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 37-74
    [6] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1995; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 9
    [7] Florida Death Index
    [8] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [9] 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wausau, Marathon, Wi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 July 1910
    Event Place: Wisconsin
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Jul 1910
    Event Place: Wisconsin
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 392-07-7906; Issue State: Wisconsin; Issue Date: Before 1951

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1911
    Event Place: Wisconsin

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1995; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 9

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04497; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 37-74

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Wisconsin, 10161940-03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 56
    [2] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04497; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 37-74

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1945
    Event Place: Marathon, Wisconsin, USA

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wausau, Marathon, Wi

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 9 Jul 1959
    Event Place: New York, New York, USA
    Record Source: New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 189

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wausau, WI
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1996
    Event Place: Seminole, Florida, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
    [2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 392-07-7906; Issue State: Wisconsin; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [3] Florida Death Index
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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