William John Butterworth Bird
- Born: 27 Nov 1852, India
- Christened: 2 Jan 1853, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
- Marriage (1): Marion Augusta Christison on 18 Dec 1875 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh India
- Marriage (2): Elizabeth Liddle
- Died: 10 Feb 1931, Red House, Dawlish, Devon England at age 78
- Buried: 13 Feb 1931
General Notes:
William J B Bird born: abt 1853 in India. Rel to Head of Household: Nephew. Living in Clifton, Gloucestershire (1861 Census England)
The Times (London) Thursday, Jan 20, 1876.
On the 18th Dec., 1875 at Agra, by the Rev. M. Lamert, William J. B. Bird, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, son of Edward Bird, Esq., late Madras Civil Service, to Marion Augusta, eldest daughter of Alexander Christison, M.D., Bengal Army, Civil Surgeon, Agra.
The London Gazette, February 15, 1898.
Indian Staff Corps.
Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels. Dated 15th December, 1897.
William John Butterworth Bird.
William was a Colonel in the Indian Army.
Research Notes:
source: & Dr C S Knighton, Editor of the Clifton College Register
who notes:
Was glad to find details of this man on your website. He attended Clifton College, Bristol UK from 1864 (Michaelmas Term) to 1867 (Christmas Term) before going on to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. His brothers Walter Montagu (1854-1936) and Francis Trevor (1850-9) followed him to the school, which had been founded in 1862.
Noted events in his life were:
• connection. My connection to William Bird (1852) is as follows:
William Bird (1852)
His father was Edward Bird (1824) who married Catherine Groube (c1824)
Her father was Thomas Groube (1774) & he also had Horatio Groube (1814)
He had George Groube (1847)
He had Edith Groube (1880) who married Percy Howe (1866)
His father was Robert Howe (1833)
His father was Frederick Howe (1805)
His father was James Howe (1777)
His father was George Howe (1741) & he also had Sarah Howe (1775)
She had Alexander Moss (1811)
She had James Moss (1846)
He had Laura Kershaw Waldock or Moss (1864)
She had Winthrop Larkinson (1889)
He had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925)
She had me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
William married Marion Augusta Christison, daughter of Alexander Christison and Jemima Ann Cowley Brown, on 18 Dec 1875 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh India. (Marion Augusta Christison was born on 1 Jul 1855 in India and died on 6 Dec 1912 in 108 Philbeach Gardens, S.W. England.)
William next married Elizabeth Liddle. (Elizabeth Liddle was born circa 1860.)
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