Helen (Anderson) Bird (1860 - 1923)

Wife of Henry Bird — married 1881 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1923 at about age 63 in Paynesville, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

Helen Anderson was born in 1860 to John Anderson and Margaret Bain in Bairnsdale, Colony of Victoria (now State of Victoria, Australia)..^[1]

Marriage

Helen Anderson married Henry Bird in 1881 in Victoria, Australia.^[2]

Children

Henry and Helen had two children:^{[citation needed]}

• Bertie George Bird^[3] (1887–1972)
• Myrtle Margaret Bird^[4] (1889–?)

Death

Helen died in 1923 in Paynesville, Victoria at the age of 65^[1][5] and was interred at Paynesville Cemetery, Victoria, Australia at location D2 Q10.^[6][7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the death of Helen Bird in Bairnsdale in 1923 at the age of 65; father: John Anderson; mother: Margaret Bain; reference number 124/1923; accessed 3 Feb 2022
2. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the marriage between Henry Bird and and Helen Anderson in 1881; reference number 1766/1881; accessed 3 Feb 2022
3. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index record of the birth of Bertie George Bird in Payn in 1887; father: Henry Bird; mother: Helen Anderson; registration number 13736/1887; accessed 1 Feb 2023
4. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index record of the birth of Myrtle Margaret Bird in Paynesville in 1889; father: Henry Bird; mother: Helen Anderson; registration number 24856/1889; accessed 1 Feb 2023
5. ↑ National LIbrary of Australia - Trove The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 13 Feb 1923 p1; accessed 23 Apr 2023
6. ↑ East Gippsland Regional Library Service. 1995. East Gippsland cemetery and memorial transcriptions. Bairnsdale: East Gippsland Regional Library Service.
7. ↑ Paynesville Cemetery register
8. ↑ McClure S. Paynesville Cemetery 1897-2002 [electronic resource] : Monumental Inscriptions, plus over 800 photos Bib ID 307615 Available via National Library of Australia, the Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library and the Melton City Council Library Service, Melton.

See also

• Victorian Pioneer Index 1836-1888
• Victorian Death Index 1921-1985