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     Robert James Bird was born in 1924 in Victoria. He was the son of James George Bird and Lily Florence Mackenzie.
     Robert died in 1925. He was aged 6 1/2 months..

     Rosalie Bird was born on 20 June 1827 in Southampton Terrace, Waterloo Town, Middlesex. She was the daughter of Isaac Bird and Isabella Tempest Paul. Rosalie Bird was christened on 16 July 1827 in St Pancras Old Church, London.
     Rosalie Bird and Isabella Tempest Bird, John Fairburn Isaac Bird, William Henry Bird and Alfred Paul Bird immigrated with Isaac Bird and Isabella Tempest Paul on 21 March 1833 to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
     Rosalie Bird and Isabella Tempest Bird were on the passenger list of the "Emma", arriving at Sydney, New South Wales,, on 20 January 1849. The brig "Emma" departed Hobart Town 14 July, carrying cabinpassengers: Miss Bird, Miss Rosalie Bird, Miss A Bird, Miss Mary Rich, Master Harry Rich, arriving at Sydney from Hobart Town.
     Rosalie Bird made a will dated 23 April 1901 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. She was living at Solomia??, Bayswater Rd, near Sydney and left her estate to her trustees for the benefit of her nieces Mary Isabella Tempest Rich, Emily Tempest Rich (Sister Freda of the Kilburn sisterhood). The trustees and executors were her nephews Hamor Charles Ellison Rich and George Edward Rich. She added a codicil to her will on 30 April 1909 in 217 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The codicil revoked the trust in favour of her niece Emily.
     Rosalie died on 23 August 1916 in Darlinghurst, NSW, aged 89.
     Her will was proved on 12 October 1916 in New South Wales. The estate was valued at £3924.19.7.

     Stephen Melville Bird was born on 31 July 1946 in Canada. He was the son of Philip Harold Bird and Ruby Rose Walling.
     Stephen died on 17 July 2011 in Canada aged 64. He was buried on 22 July 2011.

     Stillborn child Bird was stillborn in 1926. He was the son of James George Bird and Lily Florence Mackenzie.

     Susanna Bird was born circa 1805 in Onehouse, Suffolk.
     Susanna Bird married Samuel Dykes on 25 December 1827 in Buxhall, Suffolk.
     Susanna Bird and Samuel Dykes appeared on the 1841 census in Churn Milk Hall?, Buxhall. Samuel Dykes 30, ag lab, Susan Dykes 30, John Dykes 10, Maurice Dykes 8, Henry Dykes 6, William Dykes 2, Maria Dykes 3 weeks, all born in the county.
     Susanna Bird and Samuel Dykes were recorded on the 1851 census in Churnmilk Hall (near Pyhatch?), Buxhall. Samual Dykes 44, farmer of 60 acres emplying 3 labourers, born Buxhall; his wife Susanner Dykes 45, born Onehouse, children Morris Dykes 20, works on farm, Henrey Dykes 19, ditto, Mary Ann Dykes 16, William Dykes 11, on the farm, Jane Dykes 9, Maria Dykes 7, Fredrick Dykes 5, Sarah Dykes 3, all born at Buxhall.
     Susanna died before 24 April 1858 in Buxhall, Stow RD, Suffolk. She was buried on 24 April 1858 in Buxhall.

     Susannah Bird was born circa 1783 in Suffolk.
     Susannah Bird married William Cocksedge, son of William Cocksedge and Abigail Gould, on 2 May 1803 in Bradfield St Clare, Suffolk.

     Sydney Clarence Bird was born on 16 April 1896 in South Melbourne, Victoria. He was the son of Edward George Bird and Mary Ann Bailey.
     Sydney Clarence Bird married Stella Ada Brine on 12 June 1915 in Fitzroy, Victoria.
     Sydney Clarence Bird married Dorothy May Lawson in 1934 in Victoria. Sydney was a bank manager. He was buried in Springvale.
     Sydney died on 30 July 1986 in 10 Hillcrest Avenue, Caulfield South, Victoria, aged 90.

     Victor Harold Bird was born on 11 August 1932 in Canada. He was the son of Philip Harold Bird and Ruby Rose Walling.
     Victor died on 24 March 2007 in Canada aged 74.

     William Bird was born circa 1828 in Suffolk. There were 2 William Birds baptised in Woolpit, 1827 & 1829.
     William Bird married Harriet Bullett, daughter of John Bullett and Elizabeth Stiff, on 21 February 1851 in Woolpit, Suffolk. William Bird and Harriet Bullett witnessed William Button and Elizabeth Bullett's wedding on 1 December 1856 in Rougham, Suffolk.

     William Bird was christened on 23 December 1855 in Woolpit, Suffolk. He was the son of William Bird and Harriet Bullett.

     William Henry Bird was born on 27 June 1829 in Little James St, London, Camden. He was the son of Isaac Bird and Isabella Tempest Paul. William Henry Bird was christened on 15 April 1830 in St Pancras Church.
     William Henry Bird and Isabella Tempest Bird, John Fairburn Isaac Bird, Rosalie Bird and Alfred Paul Bird immigrated with Isaac Bird and Isabella Tempest Paul on 21 March 1833 to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
     William Henry Bird married Emily Cole, daughter of Edward Cole and Mary Harrison, on 8 September 1856 in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Victoria. William Henry Bird and Emily Cole witnessed Alfred Paul Bird and Alethea Cole's wedding on 25 January 1858 in Christ Church, St Kilda, Victoria. William was an estate agent. He was listed in a directory dated 1884 as estate agent at 245 Chapel Street, Prahran, Victoria.
     William Henry Bird lived at 32 Hanover Street, Windsor, 1884.
     William Henry Bird was mentioned in the will of John Fairburn Isaac Bird dated October 1888. William Henry Bird was the informant at the death of John Fairburn Isaac Bird, on 11 August 1889.
     William Henry Bird made a will dated 5 February 1907 in 48 Chapel St, Windsor, Victoria. He left everything to his son Henry Edward Bird. He and Henry Edward Bird were listed in a directory dated 1909 at 48 Chapel Street, Prahran. William H Bird and his brother Henry E Bird valuator, estate & financial agent were listed at 48 Chapel St Windsor, opposite station.
     William died of senile decay & cerebral haemorrhage on 19 January 1916 in 54 Vine Street, Windsor, Victoria, aged 86. He was buried on 21 January 1916 in the Methodist section of St Kilda cemetery, St Kilda.
     His will was proved on 14 December 1916 in Victoria.

     She was mentioned as Albreda Biseth in 1216.
     Albreda or Isabel Biseth married William D'Aubigne Brito IV, son of William D'Aubigne (de Belvoir) and Margery de Umfraville.
     Albreda died after 1284.

     Maria Bishop or Brewer or Brodie married (?) Brodie?. Maria Bishop or Brewer or Brodie was born circa 1823 in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
     Maria Bishop or Brewer or Brodie and Frederica Maria Murray Brodie were recorded on the 1851 census in St Helier, Jersey. Maria Brodie, 27, married, annuitant, born St Heliers, Jersey; daughter Frederica, 7, born England.
     Maria Bishop or Brewer or Brodie appeared on the 1861 census in St Helier, Jersey. Maria Brodie, 39, head, married, fundholder, born St Helier, her daughter Frederica Brodie, 17, Ann Brishop, grandmother, 77, born Jersey, St Helier.
     Maria Bishop or Brewer or Brodie and Frederica Maria Murray Brodie appeared on the 1871 census in Titchfield, Hampshire. Maria Brodie,49, widow, lodger, born St Helier, Jersey and her daughter Frederica M Brodie, 25, born Plymouth in the Silby household.
     Maria Bishop or Brewer or Brodie and Frederica Maria Murray Brodie appeared on the 1881 census in Priory Leasor?, Titley, Herefordshire. Maria Brodie, 59, gentleman's widow (crossed out) born Jersey, Channel Islands, daughter Frederica M. Brodie     30, governess, born Devonshire; Amy L Ward, 13, visitor, scholar &
Martha Carter, 21, servant.

     Alexander Arthur Hume Black was born before September 1877. He was the son of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Alexander died on 2 September 1877 in Brisbane, Queensland.

     Alfred Joseph Black was born on 8 December 1891 in New Zealand. He was the son of Richard Black and Jane Eliza Sargeant.
     Alfred Joseph Black married Vera Greacen in 1924 in NZ.
     Alfred died on 4 March 1969 in NZ aged 77.

     Alice Black was born on 27 July 1885 in New Zealand. She was the daughter of Richard Black and Jane Eliza Sargeant.
     Alice Black married George John Harris on 9 April 1912 in Holy Trinity church, Dargaville, New Zealand.
     Alice died on 9 September 1967 in NZ aged 82.

     Alice Josephine Black was born on 8 May 1873 in Brisbane, Queensland. She was the daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Alice died on 3 October 1873 in Williamstown, Victoria. BLACK -On the 3rd inst, at The English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, Williamstown, Alice Josephine daughter of Maurice Hume Black, the Cedars, Mackay, Queensland, aged five months.

     Anne Black was born on 12 June 1889 in New Zealand. She was the daughter of Richard Black and Jane Eliza Sargeant.
     Anne Black married Robert Dodd on 21 June 1922 in All Saints, Wanganui East, New Zealand.
     Anne died on 19 October 1965 in NZ aged 76.

     Arthur Alexander Black was born in 1863 in Williamstown, Victoria. He was the son of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Arthur died on 2 September 1877 in 'The Cedars', Mackay, Queensland. BLACK. On the 2nd inst., at The Cedars, Port Mackay, Queensland, Arthur Alexander Hume, eldest and dearly loved son of Maurice Hume and Maria Frederica Hume Black, aged 14.

     Charles Howard Black was born on 17 April 1917 in Kaikohopu, Wanganui, New Zealand. He was the son of Richard Black and Robina Marian Lynch.
     Charles Howard Black married Patricia Houghton on 12 April 1941 in New Zealand.
     Charles died on 11 April 1975 in Hamilton, New Zealand, aged 57.

     Egbert John Black was born on 21 October 1899 in New Zealand. He was the son of Richard Black and Jane Eliza Sargeant.
     Egbert John Black married Jean Melville Galbraith on 8 February 1928 in St Paul's, Wanganui, New Zealand.
     Egbert died on 21 April 1980 in NZ aged 80.

     Ethel Isabel Black was the daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Ethel Isabel Black married James Selwyn Wilson on 20 December 1902 in Brisbane, Queensland.
     Ethel Isabel Black lived at Pembroke Rd, Cooparoo, between 1903 and 1905.
     Ethel Isabel Black lived at O'Keefe Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, 1906.
     Ethel Isabel Black and James Selwyn Wilson lived at The Mount, 50 Nicklin St, Cooparoo, 1958.
     Ethel died on 28 July 1958 in Queensland. Ancestry lists her parents as: Thomas McKim Black & Isabella Ward - check Qld index.

     Evelyn Agnes Black was born on 12 November 1876 in 'The Cedars', Mackay, Queensland. BLACK. -On the 12th ult., at The Cedars, Queensland, the wife of Maurlce Hume Black of a daughter. She was the daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Evelyn Agnes Black married Frederick Robert Wright Jackson in 1901 in Coolgardie, Western Australia.
     Evelyn Agnes Black lived at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1906.
     Evelyn died in 1961 in Maylands, Western Australia.

     Frederick Walter Black was born on 18 October 1864 in Queensland. He was the son of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.

     Gordon Thomas Black was born on 12 November 1897 in New Zealand. He was the son of Richard Black and Jane Eliza Sargeant.
     Gordon died in 1957 in NZ.

     Helena Margaret Black was born on 28 May 1867 in Queensland. She was the daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Helena Margaret Black lived at .... House, 543 Victoria Pde, East Melbourne, Victoria, 1922.
     Helena died in 1963 in Melbourne, Victoria.

      Isabel Black was also known as Isabel Hume in some records. She was born on 17 January 1871 in Brisbane, Queensland. She was described as the fourth daughter at her wedding. She was the daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Isabel Black married Lewis Jesse Cowley, son of Jesse Cowley and Ann Clara Fisher, on 24 January 1893 in St John's, Brisbane, Queensland. COWLEY-HUME BLACK - On the 21th January, at St John's Pro Cathedral, Brisbane, by the Rev. A E David, Chaplain to the Bishop, Lewis Jesse, eldest son of Jesse Cowley, of Fairford, Sydney, to Isabel, fourth daughter of the Hon M Hume Black, MLA, of Mackay No cards. Her sister married on the same day.
     Isabel Black lived at Ingham, Queensland, 1906.
     Isabel died in 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales.

     Marion Grace Black was born on 3 March 1869. She was described as the third daughter at her wedding.
BLACK.-On the 3rd inst., at Williamstown, Mrs. M. Hume Black of a daughter. She was the daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Marion Grace Black married Edward Monro Hart on 24 January 1893 in St John's, Brisbane, Queensland. HART-HUME BLACK - On the 24th January, at St John's Pro Cathedral, Brisbane, by the Rev A J David, Ohaplain to the Bishop, Edward Monro, eldest son of the late Edward Frederlck Hart, C.E., to Marion Grace, third daughter of tho Hon M Hume Black, MLA, of Mackay No cards. It was a double wedding with her sister Isabel.
COWLEY-BLACK. HART-BLACK.
The Anglican pro-Cathedral was, on Tuesday, January 24, the scene of the marriage of the third and fourth daughters of the Hon. M. Hume Black, M.L.A., the newly-appointed, special, agent in England-Miss Marion Black wedding Mr. Edward Hart, of H.M. Customs, and Miss Isabel Black Mr. Louis Cowley, nephew of the Hon. A. S. Cowley, Minister for Lands. The wedding was intended to be a quiet one (Mr.. and Mrs. Black being engaged in active preparations for de- parture to England), but the popularity of the young brides and the men of their choice quite frustrated the attempt, so far as the ceremony was concerned, and the church, the decoration of which was confined to the dressing of the altar with white flowers, presented a very gay appear- ance, and was crowded with the friends of the two young couples.
Both brides were similarly attired in gowns of white brocaded Indian silk, th«? chief charm of which lay in their simplicity. They wore wreaths of orange blossoms and long tulle veils, and car- ried exquisite bouquets of white flowers. Each bride was followed by one maid-Miss Thallon attending Miss Marion Black, and Miss Evelyn Black her sister Isabel. The bridesmaids were attired in Empire gowns of pink crepe adorned with pink and brown ribbons, and wore brown straw picture hats trimmed with pink roses. Mrs. Black, mother of the brides, was gowned in royal'blue voile-delaine, with floral design in cream ; bonnet to harmonise. Subsequent to the ceremony Mrs. Black received a number of friends at her residence, Harris-terrace, George-street, Brisbane. Mr. and Mrs. Hart spend their honey- moon at Redland Bay, and Mr. and Mrs. Cowley are spending theirs in Sydney..
     Marion Grace Black lived at Edmonstone Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, 1906.
     Marion Grace Black and Edward Monro Hart lived at Merton St, Brisbane South, Queensland, 1908.
     Marion Grace Black and Edward Monro Hart lived at Cnr Merton Rd & St George St, Brisbane South, Queensland, 1925.
     Marion Grace Black lived at 59 Merton Rd, Brisbane South, 1937. Also at that address were Leslie Walter, buyer & Mina Marion, typiste. By 1943 she was alone at Eight Ave, St Lucia. In 1949 she was at The Entrance, NSW.
     Marion died before 1949.

     Maurice Hume Black was born on 16 December 1835 in London, England. He was the son of Alexander & Marianne Jane Hume who married 19 August 1833 at St Pancras; Alex was a bookseller at the time of his son Burnley's baptism 9 Feb 1851 at St Pancras. Marianne died on the 29th January, at Hastings, England, Marianne, relict of the late Alexander Black, and niece of Joseph Hume, also mother of M. Hume Black, Coolgardle, West Australia. Her death was reported in The Queenslander 20 February, p. 393. He was christened in 1836 in St Paul Covent Garden, London.
     THere was an unclaimed letter to M Hume Black advertised 16 Dec 1853 in The South Australian register and again in May 1854.
     Maurice Hume Black married Maria Frederica Hunn Davies, daughter of Rev Thomas Davies and Mary Reddish, on 4 September 1861 in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Victoria. BLACK—DAVIES.—On the 4th inst., at St Paul's Church, Melbourne, by the Rev. S. L. Chase, M. Hume Black, to Maria Frederica Hume, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Davies, M.A., of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
     Maurice Hume Black lived at Eaglefield, Nebo, Queensland, 1868.
     Maurice Hume Black was Secretary of Public Lands.
     Maurice Hume Black lived at 'The Cedars' Plantation, Mackay, Queensland. His horses were branded with an eagle on the shoulder, the cattle had an O with ---C through the centre.      
Maurice Hume Black was was a politician for Queensland. The Austrlaian Dictionary of Biography online states: Black, Maurice Hume (1835-1899), sugar-planter and politician, was born on 15 December 1835 in London, son of Alexander Black, bookseller, and his wife Marianne, née Hume. Although said to have been educated at St Paul's, he is not mentioned in the school roll which includes his brother. He emigrated to Australia in 1853 and followed pastoral pursuits in South Australia and the Riverina, where he is reputed to have invented a steam-driven machine for washing sheep. Certainly on 4 September 1861 in Melbourne he married Maria Frederica Hunn, youngest daughter of Rev. Thomas Davies of Montego Bay, Jamaica; they had two sons and five daughters.
In 1864 Black was attracted to Queensland, and three years later settled in the newly-opened Mackay district to try his hand at growing sugar. He founded a plantation known as the Cedars, and was soon a leading grower in Mackay, hospitable to his neighbours and generous even towards his Pacific Islanders. Early in 1881 he was elected to represent Mackay in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. From his family background he inherited an unusual variety of political traditions: his father was related to Adam Black, the Edinburgh publisher who was one of Gladstone's mainstays in Scotland; his mother was a niece of Joseph 'Orator' Hume, the radical reformer; and his wife's mother was a half-sister of George Canning. These were not his only claims to political notice. Mackay was prospering under a boom in sugar lands, and Black, like most of his constituents supported Sir Thomas McIlwraith's Conservative administration, with its toleration of non-European labour and its lavish public works policy. He soon established himself as a trenchant advocate of his district's needs and was re-elected in 1883 and 1888.
Black was a firm believer in the necessity for indentured Pacific Island labour in the sugar plantations, and one of his earliest tasks in parliament was the preparation of a statistical table arguing that the industry created jobs for white men as well as brown. When S. W. Griffith's ministry came to power in 1883 on a platform hostile to coloured labour, Black denounced them violently and became a leader of the movement for separating north Queensland into an autonomous colony. He spoke at length in support of J. M. Macrossan's motion for separation in 1886 and with another northern member, Isidor Lissner, went to England to lobby for separation in 1887. This did not prevent him from supporting, against most of his party, Griffith's proposals to establish government-financed central sugar-mills in the Mackay district, or from accepting office in McIlwraith's ministry in 1888. As minister for lands and agriculture he remained in office under McIlwraith's successor, B. D. Morehead. He authorized the important 1889 royal commission on the sugar industry, and sought to promote the diversification of tropical agriculture by founding government nurseries at Mackay and Kamerunga, near Cairns. He also successfully sponsored the establishment of travelling model dairies through which Queensland's numerous small farmers might be taught better husbandry. But his useful term of office ended when McIlwraith changed sides in 1890 and coalesced with Griffith, so bringing down the ministry of his former supporters. From that time Black was an embittered cross-bencher.
'Though he knew the alpha and omega of sugar-planting', wrote C. A. Bernays, 'he had not made a success of it, and this accounted largely for the bitterness, irony and sarcasm which dominated most of his speeches'. Because of his political activities, Black could not give his property the attention it demanded especially when prices were low, and by 1892, despite a fortunate speculation in Mount Morgan mining shares, his difficulties were pressing. The coalition government looked after him by creating a special post in the agent-general's office in London, with a salary of £1000 equal to a cabinet minister's. The duties were those of an immigration agent, concentrating especially on attracting farmers and small capitalists to Queensland. He held this post in 1893-94 before it was abolished. Accompanied by some of his family, the old politician then decided to try his fortunes on the Coolgardie goldfields, where he arrived in 1896 and set up as an attorney for mining companies. There he died on 16 August 1899 of cirrhosis of the liver and cardiac failure. Their symptoms might sufficiently explain the reduced circumstances of his later years; but even as a newcomer to Coolgardie Black apparently made himself well liked in the community, and was considered fit to be a justice of the peace. Inventive, enterprising, often disappointed but always buoyant, he was characteristic of many among his generation of colonial politicians who throve on prosperity but had little foresight for harder times.
     Maurice died on 16 August 1899 in Coolgardie, Western Australia, aged 63. On the 16th August, at his late residence, Lindsay-street, the Hon. M. Hume Black, late of Queensland, in his 64th year.

     Maurice Hume Black was born on 17 May 1878 in Queensland. BLACK - On the 17th ult, at The Cedars, Port Mackay, Queensland, the wife ot Maurice Hume Black of a son. He was the son of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies.
     Maurice Hume Black lived at New Zealand, 1906.
     Maurice died before 6 May 1915 in Napier, New Zealand. BLACK. - The result of a motor collision, Napier, NZ, Maurice Hume Black, youngest son of the late Hon. Maurice Hume Black, Legislative Assembly, and beloved brother of Mrs M. Wilson, 543 Victoria parade, East Melbourne, and Miss Hume Black, Scourfield Chambers, Collins street.