Re: hird family in yorkshire
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In reply to:
hird family in yorkshire
3/22/01
Tony,
I am directly descended from your Anthony and Phillis Hird; their son John (b. June 10, 1829) is my great-grandfather.He came to the U.S. with his brother James and settled in Wisconsin in I believe the 1840's.John married Elizabeth Jane Cherry and moved to Nebraska, they had 9 children.One of those children was James Hird, born April 22 1877, died January 28 1945.James married Ethel McGinnis in 1907 and had 13 children; their last, Wesley, born May 15 1931, is my father (still living).We still live in Nebraska.I actually have, among other prized family papers, a partial letter from Phillis Hird Hebblethwaite written to her newphew James Hird (my grandfather).
I am very much interested in finding more information about those children of Anthony senior and Phillis Harker who remained behind in England.Also, more about Anthony senior's parents.I know Anthony's father was Thomas Hird, who I think was married to a Martha Jewett in 1781 in the Grinton area?But that's as far back as we've been able to trace anything to.
Are you also descended from Anthony and Phillis?That would make us cousins of some sort...I'd love to learn more about your connections!Please reply, either on this message board, or I can be contacted at [email protected] or at [email protected]