Charles Bird^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Charles Bird
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Served At Waterloo
  Person ID	I169	Curtis Hayward
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Bird of Goitre,   b. 4 Sep 1748,   d. 1800, on Sir Ralph Abercrombie's expedition to the Penninsula War  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hicks,   b. 18 May 1762, Pedlar, Virginia ,   d. 1841  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amusing diary describing his fighting days and his courtship as a guache young man who couldn't dance but could shoot snipe. Mentioed in WHW letter to Betsy about his marriage. Served at Waterloo

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] letter from Mr Byrde of Goytrey House Pontypool 8/4/1940 (Reliability: 0). [S73] byrde Web Site, john martin byrde, Charles Bird (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2012. Added by confirming a Smart Match