Elizabeth BIRD
1727 - Jul 1798
Life History
1727 |
Born. |
1755 |
Married Robert WILBERFORCE. |
1756 |
Birth of daughter Elizabeth WILBERFORCE. |
1758 |
Birth of daughter Sarah WILBERFORCE. |
24th Aug 1759 |
Birth of son William WILBERFORCE in Hull, High Street. |
1767 |
Death of daughter Elizabeth WILBERFORCE. |
1768 |
Birth of daughter Anne WILBERFORCE. |
Mar 1768 |
Death of Robert WILBERFORCE in Hull.1 |
1776 |
Death of daughter Anne WILBERFORCE. |
Jul 1798 |
Died in Hull. |
7th Jul 1798 |
Buried in Beverley. |
Notes
- Daughter of Thomas Bird of Barton, Oxfordshire and Coventry, Warwks, a London
merchant.
Her sister Mary married Abel Smith II (of the Nottingham banking family):
Abel was taken on as an apprentice by Alderman William Wilberforce in 1732
and took control of the Wilberforce family business after the death of Robert
in 1768.
Sources
- 1. Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th ed, 1972.