A New York GIRD family

Family Group record of Henry Hatton GIRD III:

Henry Hatton GIRD III -of the 1st GIRD generation born in America
Birth Date: 29 May, 1801 New York City, NY.
Death Date: 1 June, 1845, New Orleans, LA. (died from Yellow Fever)
Father: Henry Hatton GIRD II (- Irish Immigrant in 1798)
Mother: Mary SMITH-CRANE - (of Long Island Families)

1st Marriage: 21 July, 1824
West Point Military Academy, Kinsley Home near Highland Falls, Orange county, NY
Spouse #1: Sarah Ann KINSLEY
Birth Date: 30 Dec., 1803, , , NY.
Death Date: 1837, Either in Jackson, East Feliciana Parish., LA. or in New York State
Father: Zabina KINSLEY (of the Bridgewater Colony, Massachusetts KINSLEY-LITTLEFIELD Families)
Mother: Annie DUNCAN(SON) (dau. of James DUNCANSON & Elisabeth WILLIAM of Cold Springs, Putnam Co., NY)

CHILDREN of Henry Hatton III & Sarah Ann "Sally" (KINSLEY) GIRD:

1. Anna Maria GIRD
Born: 30 May, 1825, , , NY.
Married: George WALKER b. 7 Oct., 1807, NY.
Children: (see their Family record at the POEM Link below)

See Godey's Ladies Book (actual 1850's cover illustration)

Anna Maria (Gird) WALKER was a writer and author of many short stories & poems published in "Godey's Ladies Book" in Rochester, New York, later "The Ladies Home Journal". It was a very popular publication for the Ladies & Gentlemen of the 19th Century. She wrote in the nom de plume of " Isabella Jocelyn ".

ANNA MARIA (GIRD) WALKER lived a very interesting life. Read about her family and a little about her life and read the Poem she wrote as her wedding gift to her new sister-in-law, Martha Stites Lewis -1849.

2. Henry Harrison GIRD
Born: 16 Feb., 1826, at the Kinsley Farm, now southern part of West Point, Orange Co. NY.
Married: 15 Feb., 1848, at brides' father's farm, Sugar Creek Twp., Clinton Co., IL. (now Trenton)
Died: 18 Mar., 1913, Fallbrook, San Diego Co., CA.
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Fallbrook, San Diego Co., CA.

Spouse: Martha Stites LEWIS
Born: 26 Sep., 1826, Sugar Creek Township, (now Trenton), Clinton Co., IL.
Died: 4 May, 1913, Fallbrook, San Diego, CA.
Buried: Odd Fellows Cem., Fallbrook, CA.
Father: William LEWIS
Mother: Mary STITES

Notes: Martha's father, William LEWIS, owned a considerable amount of land in Clinton County, Illinois and was one of the earliest settlers there - since about 1812. He later subdivided part of his farm into lots for a town. (See story below)

Children of Henry Harrison & Martha Stites (Lewis) GIRD:

Henry Lewis Gird - born: 9 Mar.,1851, Clinton Co., IL./died: 26 Aug.,1859, Clinton Co., IL.
Mary Lewis Gird "Mary"- born: 4 Nov., 1853, Shasta, CA./ died:11 Apr.,1947, San Diego Co., CA.
William Edward Gird "Will"- born: 22 Jan.,1856, Deer Creek, Placerville, El Dorado Co., CA./ died: 3 or 4 Mar., 1946, San Diego Co., CA.
Lucy Ellen Gird "Ella"* - born: 28 Feb., 1959, Long Valley, Sutter Co., CA./ died:11 Aug., 1962, Oceanside, San Diego Co., CA.
Sarah Ann Gird "Sally" - born: 24 Feb., 1863, Los Angeles Co., CA./ died: 23 Oct., 1884, San Diego County, CA.
Carrie Augusta Gird "Carrie" - born: 14 Jul., 1866, Los Angeles Co., CA./ died: 23 Oct., 1866, Los Angeles Co., CA.
Katie Leanora Gird "Katie"- born: 17 May, 1868, Los Angeles Co., CA. /died: 13 Oct., 1945, San Diego Co., CA.

3. Louis Kinsley GIRD
Born: 25 July, 1831
Married: (no info)
Death Date: Deceased - No info

4. Richard Kinsley GIRD
Born: 26 Mar., 1833
Married: (never married)
Died: Died as a young man on board a Riverboat on the Mississippi River.

5. Edward Kinsley GIRD - Coming Soon! Photos and stories
Born: 18 Jan.1835
Died: (Deceased)
Married: 1858, Clinton Co., IL.

Spouse: Lucy Dew LEWIS (younger sister of Martha S. Lewis, Henry Harrison Gird's wife).
They lived for many years in Bates County, Missouri, then later removing to Los Angeles County, California, where Edward bought land and they took up ranching.
Children: they had 6 children, but only three (3) lived to adulthood:

Edward Gird, JR. born: Abt. 1862, Bates Co., MO.
Mary E. "May" Gird born: Bates Co., MO.
Molly Gird. born: Bates Co., MO.

MORE coming SOON about the three children of Edward Kinsley GIRD and their amazing Families who settled in Los Angeles & San Bernardino, California and contributed to the development of these two areas in Southern California.

6. Eliza Kinsley GIRD
Born: 6 Sept., 1836, NY.
Married:

Spouse: Frank H. HARRIS
(no date given)
Children:

Henry Gird Harris- born: 1867
Anna Walker Harris
(named for her Aunt Anna Maria GIRD-WALKER, Eliza's older sister)
Emily Amanda Harris
Horace Howland Harris
Margaret Callister Harris
Frank William Harris
Edward Kinsley Harris

2nd Marriage:

Elizabeth Lewis WHEELER
Birth Date: 23 Feb., 1819, Massachusetts
Death Date: 6 Feb., 1899, <Utica, Oneida county, NY>
Father: Daniel Greenleaf WHEELER
Mother: Nancy CLAPP

Marriage Date: 30 May, 1838, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, LA.

CHILDREN of Henry Hatton GIRD & Elizabeth Lewis WHEELER
vii 1. Joseph Wheeler GIRD, Capt.
       born: 21 Oct., 1839, Worcester, Massachusetts
       death: 6 May, 1864, Killed in action (Civil War)- Engagement: Wilderness, Va
       marriage: Adeline Augusta ALDEN, dau. of Reverend Seth & Persis (RICE) ALDEN
       marr date: 14 Jan., 1864
       one child: Josephine Wheeler Gird, b. 26 Nov., 1864
       married - Everett H. WARREN, son of William E. & Lydia (HOUGHTON-OTIS) WARREN
       date of marr: 29 September, 1884, Worcester, MA.
       They had two children
viii 2. William Otis GIRD
         born: 11 Aug., 1841, <Clinton, East Feliciana parish, Louisiana>
         death: 26 Mar., 1851, Worcester, Massachusetts
ix    3. Samuel Woodward GIRD
        born: 6 Jan., 1844, <Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana>
         or    5 Jan., 1844, Worcester, Worcester County, MA.
        death: 26 Jul., 1846, Lebanon, Illinois
Errata: (there was no daughter)

Sources for some of the GIRD - WHEELER data:
1. Worcester Town Records, Items 1 3; Author: Franklin Pierce RICE, town clerk (1852-1919)
2. Civil War Muster Rolls
3. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
Abbreviation: MASSCW
Published by Adjutant General on 1931-37
4. The Union Army, vol. 6
5. Illinois Public Domain Land Records - Sugar Creek twp of Clinton Co, & St. Clair Co.
6. 1840 CENSUS - East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (Annotated transcription of the 1840 Census of East Feliciana Parish, La. by Claude B. Slaton Baker, La., 31 August 1998-
Transcribed from: U. S. National Archives Microfilm Call No. M704, Roll 130
From the first page of the original census book:
"The annexed return of Enumeration made by A. Hagman, Assistand [sic]
Marshal appointed to take the Census of Parish of East Feliciana. I have
examined and certify to be corrected. Total 11,893 Wm. Mann"
7. Marriage book - The annotations in this transcription come from the
"Hunting For Bears" Marriage Book of East Feliciana Parish, when the marriage
seemed to belong or pertain to the listed entry. Some of the marriages have
"WFP" after them. This means that the marriage record was taken from the
"Hunting For Bears" Marriage Book of West Feliciana Parish, and in most cases
date before the splitting of the parishes into East and West, in 1824.
8. " A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire
- The story of Centenary College" by William Hamilton Nelson. copyright 1931
Library Call Number: (LD 871 C32 N4)

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