[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > BIRD-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 53 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Robert Bird [Elizabeth Arndt <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from BIRD-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Robert Bird > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 14:31:32 -0500 > From: Elizabeth Arndt <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I found informtion on Robert Bird died 9/29/1921 married Catherine on the > Broyles Home page. I sent an e-mail asking how the Bird's are related to > the Broyles but did not receive a reply. Can someone explain this? I have > Robert Bird born about 1745 Va. married Catherine born 1758 Maryland. I > come down though their daughter Catherine who married John Swift. In the > 1850 Census Catherine Bird Swift lists her birthplace as NC, in the 1860 > she lists her birthplace as TN. It was posted on this list that her > brother Thomas was born in Burke Co. NC. in 1783. Was Burke Co a part of > NC in 1783 and then became part of TN later on? Any help on this family > would be appreciated. > > Betsy Arndt > [email protected] Betsy, Regarding the Broyles/Bird connection: Edwin & Maurice Broyles were sons of Ida Miller, Dau of Susan Bird, Dau of Robert Boone Bird, son of Thomas Bird, son of Robert Bird. I've also seen discrepancies in birthplaces given in the census. One census will show the birthplace of a person to be Kentucky, the next census 10 years later may show the birthplace of the same person as Tennessee. Guess it depends on who talks to the census taker. Regards, Bill Byrd