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ID:1062	Elizabeth Proffit (Bird)1803-1880
Relationship:	Lisa's 4th Great Grandmother

Birth	abt 1803 Whittington, Staffordshire
Death	1880

Mother	Elizabeth Bennet (b.1779)/ID:1399
Father	Joseph Proffit (b.1780)/ID:1398
Siblings	Elizabeth Proffitt (b.1803)/ID:1062
	Ann Proffitt (b.1805)/ID:2431
	Charles Proffitt (b.1807)/ID:1397
	Jane Proffitt (b.1810)/ID:1540
	James Proffitt (b.1810)/ID:2434
	Maria Proffitt (b.1812)/ID:2430
	Mary Proffitt (b.1815)/ID:2433
	Sarah Proffitt (b.1817)/ID:1541
	John Proffitt (b.1819)/ID:2432
Spouse	Thomas Bird 1803- /ID:1058
Children	Charles Bird (b.1825) /ID:1061
	Joseph Bird (b.1828)/ID:1400
	Thomas Bird (b.1831) /ID:1060
	Samuel Bird (b.1834)/ID:1402
	Sarah Bird (b.1834) /ID:1401
	Jane Bird (b.1837) /ID:1059
	Harriet Bird (b.1839) /ID:127
	Mary Bird (b.1841) /ID:128


1803 10 July 1803 - Baptism of daughter, Elizabeth Proffitt at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.


7 August 1825 - Marriage of Thomas Bird to Elizabeth Proffit at Whittington, Staffs


1825
13 November 1825 - Baptism of son, Charles, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.


1828
17 February 1828 - Baptism of son, Joseph, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.


1831 18 September 1831 - Baptism of son, Thomas, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.


1834 22 June 1834 - Baptism of twins Sarah and Samuel, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.



1834 22 November 1834- Sadly daughter, Sarah died at Whittington, Staffordshire just a few months old


9 March 1836 - Sadly son, Samuel, aged almost 2, died at Whittington, Staffordshire.


1837
5 March 1837 - Baptism of daughter, Jane, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.


1839
24 July 1839 - Baptism of daughter, Harriet, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.


1841 1841 Census for 'Whittington, Staffordshire'

Name

Age

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County

Occupation

Thomas Bird	34	1807	Male	Staffordshire	Agricultural Labourer
Elizabeth Bird	34	1807	Female	Staffordshire
Thomas Bird	8	1833	Male	Staffordshire
Jane Bird	4	1837	Female	Staffordshire
Harriet Bird	2	1839	Female	Staffordshire

1841

17 October 1841 - Baptism of daughter, Mary Bird, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.

1851

1851 Census for 'Huddlesford, Whittington, Staffordshire'

Name

Status

Age

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County

Occupation

Thomas Bird	Head	48	1803	Male	Streethay,Staffs	Agricultural Labourer
Elizabeth Bird	Wife	48	1803	Female	Whittington, Staffs
Charles Bird	Son	25	1826	Male	Whittington, Staffs	Agricultural Labourer
Jane Bird	Sons Wife	21	1830	Female	Greasley, Derbyshire
Harriet Bird	Daughter	11	1840	Female	Whittington, Staffs
Mary Bird	Daughter	9	1842	Female	Whittington, Staffs

1861

28 January 1861 - Daughter, Mary, 21, marries William Snape at St James Church Ogley Hay , Brownhills

1861 Census for '25 Ogley Square, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name

Status

Age

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County

Occupation

Thomas Bird	Head	47	1803	Male	Streethay,Staffs	Agricultural Labourer
Elizabeth Bird	Wife	48	1803	Female	Whittington, Staffs

* Thomas and Elizabeth should be aged around 57 or 58 - this make be an error on the part of the person recording the census or may have been to appear younger in order to be more likely to get work, or simply a rough guess as age was more unimportant during these times than it is today.

1871

1871 Census for 'The Square, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name

Status

Age

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County

Occupation

Thomas Bird	Head	68	1803	Male	Curborough,Staffs	Labourer
Elizabeth Bird	Wife	67	1803	Female	Whittington, Staffs	Labourers wife