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Edmund BIRD

Edmund was born in 1797 in Thorpe Morieux and his baptism took place there on October 15th, 1797. Edmund's father was Edmund BIRD and his mother was Jane SNELL. His paternal grandparents were Edmund BIRD and Mary BRAGG. He had five brothers and four sisters, named John, William, James, Joseph, George, Mary, Ann, Hannah and Sarah. He was the fourth oldest of the ten children. He died at the age of 84 in 1881.

Occupation Details
- Edmund's occupation was Agricultural Labourer in agriculture.
  - Occupation Notes
    - The labouring work on the farm, as hay mowing, hedging, ditching, draining and the like, is performed by hired labourers upon day wages, or upon contracts by piecework. When hired for the whole year round, from half a guinea to 12 shillings a week. Upon the large farms there usually is one or two such labourers, having cottages, for which their wives have to shear. Such labourers may earn from £25 to £30 yearly, besides their harvest wages and food, and generally have extraordinary wages for mowing hay. The hours of labour during eight months are from six in the morning till six in the evening, with one hour for breakfast and one for dinner, at nine and one respectively. In the four winter months of November, December, January, and February, work continues during good light, when frost allows, and breakfast is taken before work begins.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Edmund BIRD ^*
  - b.1655 in Claydon d.02 Feb 1719 in Kettlebaston
  
  Edmund BIRD
  - b.1677 in Kettlebaston d.Oct 1728 in Hitcham
  
  Anna GOSNELL ^*
  - b.1662 in Kettlebaston d. in Kettlebaston
  
  Samuel BIRD
  - b.1722 in Hitcham
  
  Sarah SEAGRAVE
  - b.1680 in Buxhall
  
  Edmund BIRD
  - b.1747 in Thorpe Morieux d.Jun 1822 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  John BOORE ^*
  - b.1659 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  John BOORE
  - b.1691 in Preston St Mary
  
  Elizabeth COLE
  
  Elizabeth BOORE
  - b.1718 in Preston St Mary d.Sep 1757 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  Elizabeth
  
  Edmund BIRD
  - b.1770 in Thorpe Morieux d.1847 in Brettenham
  
  George BRAGG
  - b.1721 d.1755
  
  Mary BRAGG
  - b.1747 in Brettenham d.1823 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  George BUCKNUM ^*
  - b.1659 d.1700
  
  George BUCKNUM
  - b.1690 d.1731
  
  Catherine
  - b.1660 d.1700
  
  Mary BUCKNUM
  - b.1722 in Rattlesden
  
  Mary HAYWARD
  - b.1690 d.1736
  
  Edmund BIRD
  - b.1797 in Thorpe Morieux d.1881
  
  Jane SNELL
  - b.1763 in Poldon d.1855 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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