Minnesota Family Group Sheet for the Rowland BIRD Family submitted by Janis Parkison Rodriguez *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Family Group Record 22 Oct 2003 ====================================================================================================================== Husband: Rowland BIRD ====================================================================================================================== Birthdate: 27 Apr 1793 - [1,2] Place: Massachusetts Christened: Place: Census[3]: 1820 Place: Palmyra, Ontario County, New York Census[4]: 1830 Place: Macedon, Wayne County, New York [5]: BET 1837 AND 1839 Place: Hillsdale County, Michigan Census[6,7]: 1840 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Census[8]: 1834 Place: Monroe County, Michigan Territory [9]: Place: Res[10]: 1814 Place: Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts [11,12]: 8 Mar 1836 Place: Hillsdale County, Michigan Res[13]: 9 Mar 1840 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Loc[14]: 2 Apr 1849 Place: Bird, Hillsdale County, Michigan Res[15]: Apr 1837 Place: Jefferson, Hillsdale County, Michigan Res[16]: 29 Jan 1823 Place: Macedon, Wayne County, New York Death date: 22 Sep 1840 - [17,18] Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Married[19,20,21,22]: 19 Feb 1814 Place: Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's mother: Husband's father: ====================================================================================================================== Wife: Lydia FORD ====================================================================================================================== Birthdate: 22 Sep 1795 - [23,24] Place: Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Christened: Place: Death date: 23 May 1846 - [25] Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's father: Solomon FORD Wife's mother: Anne COOK ====================================================================================================================== Children ====================================================================================================================== 1. Lorinda BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F Birthdate: 7 Feb 1814 Place: Christened: Place: Death date:: 8 Apr 1840 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Leander CANDEE Married: 1 Mar 1840 Place: Hillsdale County, Michigan ====================================================================================================================== 2. Salome BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F Birthdate: 15 Jun 1816 Place: New York Christened: Place: Death date:: 5 Sep 1855 Place: Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan Buried: Aft 13 Nov 1850 Place: Van Aucken Cemetery, Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Ira SAWYER Married: 6 Oct 1834 Place: Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Isaac FOREMAN Married: 17 Apr 1850 Place: Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan ====================================================================================================================== 3. Almond BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M Birthdate: 9 Mar 1818 Place: Palmyra, Ontario County, New York Christened: Place: 6 Jan 1859 Winona County, Minnesota BET MAY 1853 AND 30 JUL 1855 Winona County, Minnesota 1867 Winona County, Minnesota Death date:: BET 1873 AND 1880 Place: Winona County, Minnesota Buried: Place: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Julia Bassett AMBLER Married: 1842 Place: 1850 Cambria Twp, Hillsdale County, Michigan 1860 Troy, Winona County, Minnesota 1870 Saratoga, Winona County, Minnesota ====================================================================================================================== 4. Allen BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M Birthdate: 26 Jun 1820 Place: Palmyra, Ontario County, New York Christened: Place: Death date:: 3 Mar 1839 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: Spouse: Married: Place: ====================================================================================================================== 5. Priscilla BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F Birthdate: 6 Jun 1822 Place: Palmyra, Ontario County, New York Christened: Place: 14 Jun 1860 Hillisdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan 1870 Ransom, Hillsdale County, Michigan 2 Jun 1880 Ransom, Hillsdale County, Michigan Death date:: Aft 2 Jun 1880 Place: Buried: Place: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Nelson DOTY Married: 4 Apr 1843 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan 29 Jul 1850 Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan ====================================================================================================================== 6. Anna Marie BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F Birthdate: 10 Feb 1825 Place: Christened: Place: Death date:: BET 1836 AND 1840 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Married: 1845 Place: ====================================================================================================================== 7. Eunice BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F Birthdate: 7 Apr 1828 Place: Macedon, Wayne County, New York Christened: Place: Death date:: 9 Apr 1840 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: Spouse: Married: Place: ====================================================================================================================== 8. Horace BIRD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M Birthdate: 1 Sep 1834 Place: Michigan Territory Christened: Place: Death date:: 18 Sep 1840 Place: Rowland, Hillsdale County, Michigan Buried: Place: Spouse: Married: Place: ====================================================================================================================== Notes: Hillsdale Hist. History of Hillsdale County, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches. Philadelphia, Everts & Abbott, 1879. 334 p. (L. C., Y. S.) With the opening of the Erie Canal, many families in New York State and other eastern states felt the time was right to seek land in Michigan. The years 1835-1850 brought almost a flood of new settlers into the southern portions Michigan. On March 8,1836 the first white settler arrived in the area, by the name of Rowland Bird. He brought along his wife and seven children and a man by the name of Leander Candee, a man of all work. On January 28, 1840 the Township was named "Roland" in honor of its first settler. On March 9th. 1848 the Township was renamed, Ransom due to the influence of "certain parties" living in the Township, Wh