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Where did the Bird coat of arms come from? When did the Bird family first arrive in the United States?

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Origin Displayed: English-Alt

Origins Available: English-Alt, English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bird, Byrd, Byrde and others.

First found in Cheshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alice Bird who settled in Virginia in 1652; Richard Bird settled in Virginia in 1635; John Bird settled in the Barbados in 1663; Susan Bird who settled in Virginia in 1642.

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Suggested Readings for the name Bird
"The American Descendants of Robert Bird" by Katherine Moore Cushman, "Genealogical Sketch of the Bird Family, Having Its Origin in Hartford, Connecticut" by Isaac Bird.

Some noteworthy people of the name Bird
  • George Bird (1850-1940), American baseball player
  • Larry Bird (b. 1956), American basketball player, 12-time NBA All-Star
  • Robert Montgomery Bird (1805-1854), American author
  • Robert Byron Bird (b. 1924), American chemical engineer awarded the National Medal of Science in 1987
  • Brigadier-General Whittier S. Bird (1898-1977), American Chief of Staff, 37th Division (1941)
  • Sir Cyril Bird CBE (1887-1965), British cartoonist, made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946
  • John Bird (b. 1936), English satirist, actor and comedian
  • Carmel Bird (b. 1940), Australian author
  • Aaron Christopher Bird (b. 1983), Australian cricketer
  • Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr. (1910-1999), first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda


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