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Record #12018
Name :
: Eliza BIRD (1865 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1865 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Bromsgrove
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 15 Jun 1874
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarmatian

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Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesParents: Thomas Bird and Frances Giles, married 1854, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.

In 1874 she was a charge of the the Bromsgrove Union Workhouse in the County of Worcestershire, England. Her father Thomas was an inmate in the Workhouse Hospital at the time and gave Eliza and her sister Jane up to be emigrated to Canada.

In 1874, Eliza Bird, 9, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 148 Maria Rye children en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Eliza was placed with a Mr. Mercer, who found her obstinate. (Possibly Robert Mercer, a Goaler in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada) She was subsequently placed with a Jacques family in Chatham. (Probably harness-maker, Francesse Jacque and family of Chatham, Kent) It is unknown how long she remained with the Jacques family.

On September 28, 1880, at Dunville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Eliza Bird, 16, born in England to William Bird and (mother's name not known); and Benjamin Sider, 24, farmer, born in Wainfleet, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, to Peter and Elizabeth Sider.

Benjamin and Eliza had seven children: Thomas Sider (1882 - 1936); Minnie Sider (born January 5, 1884); Clara Sider (born about 1886); Verney Sider (born March 1, 1886 - 1971); Leroy Sider (born January 29, 1890 - 1957); Franklin Leslie Sider (born October 12, 1893 - 1973); and Ernest Cecil Sider (born October 13, 1896).

Thomas Sider moved to the United States. By 1891, all the children, with the exception of Thomas, were working as farm labourers in Wainfleet, Haldimand & Monck, Ontario, Canada.

Benjamin F. Sider died on August 20, 1934, in Wainfleet, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. He is listed as a widower. He was buried in Zion Cemetery, Wainfleet, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-23 20:36:55 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-06-24 10:04:03 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
20604 BIRD, Albert Edward1894 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
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20314 BIRD, C.1895ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22596 BIRD, Daisy L1896ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
10499 BIRD, Edith May1907ENG, LDN, London Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
13254 BIRD, Edward1899ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
9600 BIRD, Edward John1892ENG,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
25275 BIRD, Eileen Anne1913ENG, MDX, Uxbridge Feb 1924 : Euripides AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12018 BIRD, Eliza1865ENG, WOR, Bromsgrove Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Maria Rye  
8492 BIRD, Elizabeth1899ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9289 BIRD, Ernest1891ENG,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
22505 BIRD, Eva1888ENG,     Sep 1898 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
2760 BIRD, George1871ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
12618 BIRD, George F1886ENG,     Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
17203 BIRD, Gertrude ENG,     Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
20764 BIRD, Henry1892 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
2761 BIRD, Horace1872ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
8988 BIRD, James1900ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
14191 BIRD, James1887ENG,     Jun 1901 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
22124 BIRD, James1913ENG,     Apr 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
27464 BIRD, James1863 Aug 1872 : Sarmatian CAN Macpherson Homes  
12019 BIRD, Jane1868ENG, WOR, Bromsgrove Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Maria Rye  
6436 BIRD, John1897ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
22131 BIRD, John Morris1897ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
22752 BIRD, John Thomas1904ENG,     Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
14047 BIRD, Mabel L1890ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
17204 BIRD, May1883ENG,     Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
25045 BIRD, Rose1898 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
25274 BIRD, Sydney1914ENG,     Feb 1924 : Euripides AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20763 BIRD, Thomas1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
4223 BIRD, William1879ENG,     Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
6622 BIRD, William1896ENG,     Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
20103 BIRD, William1870ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
20260 BIRD, William ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
23408 BIRD, William1909ENG,     May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
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