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Bird, Harry Edward[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1865 - 1946  (80 years)


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  • Name Bird, Harry Edward 
    Birth 29 Dec 1865  Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13] 
    • The 1891 and 1901 England, Wales and Scotland census give a birth year of 1866.
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year ?  Sydney, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Business Address/Year 1891  Bideford, Devon, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Business Address/Year 1901  Stamford, Lincolnshire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Business Address/Year 1907-1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    337 West Hastings Street
    Wadds Brothers
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1911  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Death 10 Feb 1946  Sydney, New South Wales Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 
    Association Wadds Brothers (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Person ID I1957  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2024 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The 1891 England, Wales and Scotland census shows he was married with two children, age 25 and working as a photographer. In the 1901 England, Wales and Scotland census he was 35, married with two children and working as a photographer in Stamford, Lincolnshire. His birth year was given as 1866.
      He first immigrated to the United States, arriving on 10 Oct 1903 at New York, NY, on the Philadelphia, with a final destination of Washington, D.C. He gave his occupation as photographer.
      He worked as a photographer for the Wadds Brothers.
      At some point he immigrated to Australia and worked in Sydney as a photographer where he passed away in 1946.

  • Sources 
    1. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906).
      Vancouver: not listed

    2. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 315.
      Vancouver: Bird Harry E photographer Wadds Bros h 1767 Princess

    3. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 411.
      Vancouver: Bird Harry E photographer Wadds Bros h 1767 Pender E

    4. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 496.
      Vancouver: Bird Harry E photographer Wadds Bros h 1775 Pender E

    5. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 546.
      Vancouver: Bird Harry E photographer Wadds Bros h 1775 Pender E

    6. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).
      Vancouver: not listed

    7. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 481.
      Vancouver: Bird Harry E photogr h 1775 Pender E

    8. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 568.
      Vancouver: Bird Harry E carp h 1775 Pender E

    9. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).
      Vancouver: not listed

    10. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      1901 England, Wales and Scotland census. Birth year of 1866 and birth place of Gloustershire (county).

    11. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      1891 England, Wales and Scotland census

    12. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      U.S. National Archives, RG 36, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897, Microfilm T715, 1897-1957; Line 11; Page 105

    13. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Harry Edward Bird (family tree)
      URL (accessed 8 Jun 2024): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/68689590/person/30184448613/facts
      Some of the linked records do not correspond to this person, for example, an 1890 British Army pension record gives his birth place as Birmingham and his age does not correlate. His residence in Vancouver, BC, is also not covered by this family tree.

    14. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      1901 England, Wales and Scotland census

    15. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Harry Edward Bird (family tree)
      URL (accessed 8 Jun 2024): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/68689590/person/30184448613/facts
      Some of the linked records do not correspond to this person, for example, an 1890 British Army pension record gives his birth place as Birmingham and his age does not correlate. His residence in Vancouver, BC, is also not covered by this family tree.

    16. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Bird, Harry Edward
      Will no. 311497, New South Wales Will Books 1800-1952. His will gives his occupation as photographer. The will was executed by his (step?)son Norman Bird and the beneficiaries were his widow (second wife), Alice Bird, and two children, Norman Bird and Winifred (nee Bird) Morris.