Born before in St. Paul's Middle Church, Winnipeg
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Bird
and Robina Venus (Hay) Bird
Sister of
James Bird, William Robert Bird [half], Charles Bird, Jemima Bird, Isabelle Bird, Sarah (Bird) Sharp, Letitia Bird, George Bird, Henry Bird, Nicholas Bird and John Thomas Bird
Wife of
William Robert Smith II
— married
1860 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
James Sinclair Smith, William Robert Smith, William Robert Smith III, John Lockhart Smith, Charlotte (Smith) Flett, Mary (Smith) Jones, Sarah (Smith) Charles and Isabella (Smith) Lizotte
Died
after age 76
in Fort Vermilion, Alberta
Profile last modified
| Created 21 May 2018
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Biography
Mary (Bird) Smith was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.
Genealogical Proof Standard - this profile lacks all 5 proof elements. At this stage it's a profile needing further research
Mary was born about 15 March, 1835 at St. Paul's; Manitoba the daughter of William Bird and Venus Hay.
In 1860 Mary married William Robert SMITH, son of Mary Ann SWAIN and William Robert SMITH SR (1797-1869) from England, a teacher at St John’s and a retired HBC employee.
Children Smith, James Sinclair Smith, William Robert III Smith, Charlotte Smith, Mary Smith, Isabella Smith, John Lockhart Smith, Sarah
Smith, Mary; address: Fort Vermillion; born: 15 March, 1835 at St. Paul's; Manitoba; father: William Bird (Métis); mother: Venus (Métis); married: 28 August, 1860 at Fort Simpson to William Robert Smith; children living: James, William, Robert, Charlotte, Mary, Sarah and Isabella; children deceased: John Lockhart; scrip cert. no. 867A; claim no.408
She passed away about 1911
Quality Sources
Record of Metis Scrip * https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1514959&new=-8585689173894151953
Record of baptism - although states 1832 I have elected to go with her scrip data * https://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/name_indexes/rrs_baptisms_marriages_burials.html
Other Sources
General bio without supporting quality sources * https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/36159482/person/18898565955/facts
General bio of her birth family * http://www.redriverancestry.ca/BIRD-WILLIAM-1803.php
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