Jeff August Gus BIRD (1893-1954)
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Jeff August "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954)
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LINTON & BIRD Chronicles, Volume VI, Issue 2, Summer © 2011, ISSN 1941-3521
BIRD Chronicles Volume XVIV, Issue 2, Summer © 2024, ISSN 1941-3521
updated August 3, 2024
Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954) & Clara Myrtle GRAY (1900-1988)
Married
sixteen children:
Guy Edward "Eddie" BIRD (1918-1957); Earl Alford BIRD (1919-1991); Myrtle Elizabeth BIRD Dougall Holzapel (1921-1996); Evelyn Virginia "Polly" BIRD Linton (1922-2012); J. A. "Jeff Augustus" "Snookum" "Jimmie" BIRD (1923-2015); Albert Irvin BIRD (1925-2008); Donald Milton BIRD (1926-1999); Margaret Drusilla BIRD Norwood (1928-2019); Iva Lee BIRD Bryant (1930-1993); Carlton Norris Bird (1931-2002); Franklin Delano "Buddy" BIRD (1934-2016); Frances Dell BIRD Shivers (1934-2014); Mary Louise BIRD Gill (1936); David Brewer Bird (1938-1997); Patricia "Pat" Margie BIRD Bronstad (1941-2023); Beatrice "Betty" Jean BIRD Jensen (1942)
Parents
Thomas Jefferson BIRD (1861-1931) & Drusilla GAY (1868-1948)
grandparents (4)
George BIRD Jr. (1821-1888) & Melinda Elizabeth CARROLL (1827-1906)
Augustus "Gus" GAY (1840-1879) & Amanda Matilda NASH (1846-1920)
great-grandparents (8)
George Bird Sr. (1774-1847) & Martha ROBESON (1771-1836)
Thomas Marion CARROLL (1795-1848) & Rebecca Violet ROBERTS (1796-1881)
George Washington GAY (1818-?) & Catherine B. ENDERS (1810-1870)
John Bolin NASH (1807–1880) & Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876)
2nd great-grandparents (16)
Colonel Mark Huling BIRD (1739-1812) & Mary ROSS (1744-1790)
Colonel Thomas ROBESON (1740–1785) & Mary BARTRAM (1747–1799)
Thomas Jefferson GAY (1774-1838) & Mary BRANTLEY (1785-1885)
Joseph Charles CARROLL (1760–1838) & Elizabeth HENRY (1788–1840)
Thomas Columbus NASH (1775–1828) & Hannah WEST (1775–1871)
Colonel Thomas ROBERTS (1769–1841) & Jean GLEN (1771–1800)
Peter I. ENDERS (1800–1858) & Katharina Margaretha SCHUSTER (1809–1859)
James FERGUSON (1770–1813) & Elizabeth PORTER (1771–1852)
John Eldridge EMBERSON (1798-1859) & Matilida CARTER (1801-1849)
3rd great-grandparents (30 out of 32)
Esquire William BIRD (1706-1761) Ironmaster & Brigitte HULING (1710-1792)
Reverent George Aeneas ROSS (1679-1753) & Anna Catherine VAN GEZEL (1689-1748)
Thomas ROBESON Sr., (1698–1773) & Sarah SINGLETARY (1719–1775)
William BARTRAM (1711–1770) & Elizabeth H. LOCK (1715–1772)
Thomas CARROLL (1736–1829) & Esther ARMSTRONG (1736–1824)
Major William HENRY (1753–1807) & Rosannah MOORE (1757–1813)
Colonel John Hinton NASH (1729–1802) & Margaret "Peggy" CLOYD (1740–1792)
George WEST (1749–1837) & Mary Ann DILLAHUNTY (1758–1837)
Morris William ROBERTS (1731–1828) & Elizabeth Unity MARTIN (1740–1774)
Carl SCHUSTER (1756–1834) * & Sophia FUHR (1785–1841)
Johann Philipp ENDERS (1774–1839) & Friederika Catharina SPEIDEL (1776–1848) emigrants
Colonel James Samuel FERGUSON (1740–1780) & Mary LAWRENCE (1740–1810)
William Alexander PORTER (1740–1804) & Mary Catherine BOWEN (1748–1820)
Thomas GAY Jr., (1723-1783) & Patience McDANIEL (1740-1791)
Amos BRANTLEY (1759–1828) & Mary GODWIN (1765–1795)
4th great-grandparents (64)
Andrew BIRD (1673–1723) & Mary Katrun (Kuver) (Koevers) COVERT (1689–1723)
Marcus Lars HULING (1684-1557) & Margaret JONASSON-JONES (1691-1775)
David ROSS (1643–1710) Laird of Balblair & Margaret STRONACH (1685–1710)
Jacob Van GEZEL (1661–1748) & Gertrude Gerhart Geertruijdt RAYNIERS-REYNIERSZEN (1665–1709)
Chief Justice General Andrew ROBESON (1654–1719) emigrant & Mary HELM (1666–1716)
Jonathan SINGLETARY (1683–1750 & Mary RUSS (1667–1732)
William BARTRAM (1674–1711) emigrant & Elizabeth Ann SMITH (1690–1735)
Thomas LOCKE (1684–1739) emigrant & Sarah THOMAS (1695–1770)
Joseph Elias CARROLL (1699–1784) emigrant & Jannet "Jane" SWANSEY (1700–1796)
Matthew ARMSTRONG (1720–1781) master weaver & Mary "Lilly" BEATTY (1725–1781)
Colonel William HENRY (1731–1819) & Margaret Isabella McCOWN (1725–1786)
Lieutenant Colonel John MOORE (1718–1806) & Rosannah McCORD (1715–1788) the emigrants
Lieutenant Colonel John Hinton NASH (1711–1776) & Anne OWEN 1710–1757 the emigrants
David CLOYD (1710–1792) & Margaret CAMPBELL (1706–1764)
Thomas WEST (1660–1706) & Hannah MARCHANT (1680–1708)
John DILLAHUNTY (1728–1816) & Hannah NEAL (1732–1817)
Morris ROBERTS Sr., (1712–1782) & Jane PRIDE (1715–1755)
John MARTIN (1710–1780) & Mary WOOLDRIDGE (1735–1789)
Johann Peter FUHR (1747–1829) & Maria Louise KESSELRING (1750–1831)
Christoph Adolf ENDERS (1734–1800) & Maria Margaretha GUTHEIL (1734–1788)
Benjamin Gottlob SPEIDEL (1741–1830) & Catharina Margaretha WÖRNERIN-WERNER (1743–1830)
James Samuel FERGUSON (1715–1778) & Agnes ADAMS (1724–1790)
John LAWRENCE (1717–1800) & Elizabeth BELL (1714–1802)
William Alexander PORTER Sr., (1720–1782) & Elizabeth Jane BLACK (1727–1782)
John BOWEN (1723–1811) & Lillian Stella McLLHENNY (1706–1751)
Thomas GAY Sr., (1690-1754) & Mary BRYAN (1697-1800)
John McDANIEL (1691–1749) & Elizabeth Anne KEATING (1700–1769) the emigrants
William BRANTLEY (1726–1823) & Rebecca PERRY (1735–1770)
Chief Justice General Andrew ROBESON (1654–1719) emigrant & Mary Spencer HELM (1666–1716)
Jonathan SINGLETARY (1683–1750) & Mary RUSS (1667–1732)
Johann Peter FUHR (1747–1829) & Maria Louise KESSELRING (1750–1831)
William PUSEY (1725-?) * & Elizabeth (1726–?)
Nicholas SCHERTZ (1728–1804) & Barbe BIRKY (1727–1804)
Johann Gottfried GLASS (1721–1792) & Anna Elisabeth JAKOB (1726–1789)
Johann Melchior SCHONER (1711–1778) & Anna Maria GEIGER (1717–1801)
James LAYTON (1702–1767) & Mary HEATHER (1721–1753)
Captain Thomas SMITH (1725–1795) & Mary MELVILLE (1730–1809)
work-in-progress 
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1917 Wedding photo of Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD and Clara Myrtle GRAY. They were married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 7, 1917.
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