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Mary Jane Bird 1847–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jul 1847

Birth Location: Greenup County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 10 Oct 1917

Death Location: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America

Father: Macklin Bird

Mother: Sarah Skaggs

Spouse(s): Brayton Borden

Children(s): Sarah Mersinger, Katharine Zimmerman

Mary Jane Bird was born in 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Macklin M Bird And Sarah Ann Skaggs. Mary Jane Bird married Brayton Babcock Borden, and had children including Katharine May Zimmerman, Sarah Elizabeth Mersinger. Mary Jane Bird passed away in 1917 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Mary Jane Bird was born in 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Macklin M Bird And Sarah Ann Skaggs.
  • Mary Jane Bird married Brayton Babcock Borden, and had children including Katharine May Zimmerman, Sarah Elizabeth Mersinger.
  • Mary Jane Bird passed away in 1917 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Bird's Ancestors

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Mary Bird
1847–1917
Birth Place: Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Macklin M Bird
1822–1902
Green County, Kentucky, USA
Sarah (Ann) Skaggs
1825–1920
Kentucky
Grandparents
Reuben Bird
1760–1826
Virginia or Lincoln County, Kentucky
Nancy Murray
1782–1855
Caswell Co, NC
John (Cannon) Skaggs
1805–1856
Green County, Kentucky, USA
Lucinda Shofner
1806–1881
Green County, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
Reuben Bird
1740–1834
Susan Cantrell
1753–1791
David Skaggs
1767–1813
Margaret Cannon
1760–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Bird's Descendants

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Mary (Jane) Bird (21 Jul 1847–10 Oct 1917) m. Brayton (Babcock) Borden (November 1840–27 August 1917)
  1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth) Mersinger 1881–1960
  2. 2. Katharine (May) Zimmerman 1868–1919

Mary Bird's Timeline

2 Records

1847
21 Jul 1847
Birth of Mary Jane Bird in Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
1917
10 Oct 1917
Age 70
Death of Mary Jane Bird in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, USA
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1847
    Event Place: Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1917
    Event Place: Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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