William
Robert
Bird
Born in Red River Settlement
Ancestors 
Son of William Bird
and Elizabeth (Thomas) Bird
Brother of
Maria (Bird) Sutherland [half], James Bird [half], Elizabeth (Bird) Bruce [half], Joseph Bird [half], Charles Bird [half], Emma Bird [half], Jane Bird [half], Mary Hayward (Bird) Smith [half], Sarah (Bird) Sharp [half], Isabelle Bird [half], Jemima Bird [half], Letitia Bird [half], Charles George Bird [half], George Bird [half], Ann Harriet Bird [half], Henry Bird [half], John Bird [half], Nicholas Bird [half] and John Thomas Bird [half]
Husband of
Fanny (Shirt) Bird
— married
1874 in Edmonton, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
John James Bird, William Robert Bird, Caroline (Bird) Donald, Nicholas Bird, Elizabeth Bird and Flora Anne Mary Bird
Died [date unknown]
in Edmonton, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jan 2019
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Biography
William Bird 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
William is listed in the Department of the Interior : Registers and indexes relating to Métis and Original White Settlers land records, 1877-1927 , image 17 [1]
William was born and baptized in 1826 at Red River Colony son of William Bird and Venus Hay.
A William Bird is listed as a carpenter for the Hudson Bay Company in Edmonton 1861-1864, Red River Colony 1864-1874, then back to Edmonton from 1874-1882.
Record of his HBC employment:
- 1861-1864 Carpenter Edmonton House Saskatchewan
- 1864-1865 Freeman (Settler Red River Settlement)
- 1865-1866 Miller & Carpenter Red River Settlement
- 1866-1867 Midman, etc. Red River Settlement
- 1867-1872 Carpenter Red River Settlement
- 1873-1874 Carpenter Red River Settlement
- 1874-1876 Carpenter Edmonton Edmonton
- 1876-1879 Carpenter & Farmer Edmonton Edmonton
- 1879-1882 Carpenter
- 1882-1883 Freeman .
Bird, Jr., William - Concerning his claim as a head of family - Address, Edmonton P.O. [Post Office] - Born, Winnipeg, 1826 - Father, William Bird, (Métis) - Mother, Beney Hays, (English) - Married, 1885 at Winnipeg, 1874 at Edmonton to Fanny - Children living, four (names on declaration) - Children deceased, one - Scrip for $160 - Claim 581
William is also listed as married to someone in 1855 = no details
His daughter Caroline claimed in her scrip file ref. 870702; claim no. 3219 he died in 1876 at Strathcona (Edmonton) Alberta.
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Quality Sources
His 1826 baptism is recorded in the Extracts from registers of baptisms, marriages and burials in Rupert's Land * https://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/name_indexes/rrs_baptisms_marriages_burials.html
Record of his employment with Hudson Bay Company * https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/biographical/b/bird_william_fl1861-1883.pdf
William's Metis Scrip Claim 581 record * https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1497292&new=-8585689037105460051
Daughter Caroline's scrip for deceased siblings with family information * https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1506804&new=-8585691854146566419
Other Sources
General bio of the family * http://www.redriverancestry.ca/BIRD-WILLIAM-1803.php#:~:text=VENUS%20%E2%80%9CBENNIE%E2%80%9D%20HAY%20%28%601801-1864%29%20%28Last%20Updated%3A%20May%2009%2C,from%20England.%20%2A%2A%20MORE%20ABOUT%20JAMES%20CURTIS%20BIRD
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