Mysterious Birds - born Souldrop

[madpants]

It's very apt that a partridge married a bird 

Hi Karen, welcome to Rootschat, we're not all as barmy as Barbara Ecnops  errr i mean Ecneps 

[Mum44]

Madpants  - that's a very generalised statement - can you back it up at all -- what proof do you have              

[Ecneps]

'ere, 'ere, this is not the "lighter side"

Madpants' proof is, we go clumping round cemeteries together with nutty66 doing MI lookups we can't find........
so we must be barmy - but she's barmier, she went round Skelton churchyard with Jane in a howling gale the other week, I chickened out

[madpants]

moi?  I saw plenty of birds though 

now to get back to the topic at hand.....

what questions do you have left unanswered? 

[Ecneps]

Daniel Bird in 1861 and 1871
Esther Bird in 1861
mother Mary Bird in 1861

But hopefully foxybird will buy Esther's birth cert to find what surname Mary had then
~ 1853 Jun Qu Bedford 3b 299
In the meantime I have emailed Bedfordshire archives for a look-up

Barbara
 

[janan]

Hi Foxybird

Welcome to Rootschat

I have Birds in my tree too -

John Bird born c 1757 married Susan Pink in Great Eversden Cambs, all children born Cockayne Hatley / Wrestlingworth. No idea as yet where John originally hailed from.

Jan

[foxybird]

       just thought i would let you all know i've ordered esther birds birth cert, here's hoping it will answer a few questions
         madpants   idon't know about a partridge marrying a bird in my family  it was the fox that married her
          karen

[madpants]

Just for the record, a Frederick Bird b 1867 Souldrop married Annie Partridge of Riseley, in April 1893 at Souldrop. His parents were Robert (1839) & Mary Bird. 

Wonder if we have a link ?     John

That's what happens when you dont read it properly 

[Ecneps]

Just an update, I received a reply from Bedfordshire Archives, unfortunately they couldn't find a baptism in Souldrop for either Daniel or Esther under any surname, suggest they may have been nonconformist or baptised in a different parish.  So we'll just have to wait for Esther's birth cert....

Barbara