Relationship Record 266

Male/Husband}   Bird, Theodore L.     Family History} Hancock
  Female/Wife}    Nelson, Pamelia Elizabeth Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa 14 Feb 1903 Place} Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
Ended: On Date} Exa             1933
                     By} Death of husband
Source 1} 110 = Newspaper
Source 2} 111 = Newspaper
Source 3} 109 = Prison rec
Source 4} 1427=Marriage rec
Source 5} 708 = 1910 USA cen
Source 6} 886 = 1920 USA cen
Source 7} 798 = 1930 USA cen
Source 8} 1246=Letter
1st Household No.} 190 = 137 Sixth Street, Detroit
Photo} None
Last Updated
        by} Dan Hancock
Date Updated} 10 Feb 2013
Date Created}  17 Jun 1994
Notes:  Pamelia previously was a wife of Theodore Williams — based upon the three newspaper articles below.

The Adrian Daily Times of 30 Sep 1899 (Source 111), reported that the "Sixth street home of Bird and Curtis was in a basement of two rooms, the front being used by [Theodore] Bird and his wife, the rear by [Theodore] Williams, his wife and four children".  Also, it reported that "Williams once told this neighbor that she was not married to her husband by whom she has had several children".

One month later, the Adrian Daily Times reported that "The woman now living with Bird was Williams' legal wife, and the woman who Williams was living with was a sister".

In November 1899, per Source 109, Pamelia Williams was listed as the wife of Theodore Bird.  At that time she was living with Myrtle Bird at 137 Sixth Street in Detroit.

Theodore was in prison at Ionia from 15 Nov 1899 until he was released on 14 Feb 1903.  He married Pamelia in the Michigan town of Jackson on the day (Valentine's Day) of his release .  Theodore was then 42 and Pamelia was 36 years old.

In November 1910, the family, including step-son John Williams, was living on a farm in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  By January 1920, the family had moved to Tullahoma, Tennessee.  By April 1930, the family had moved to Kansas.
Children: Total # of Children} 5? Seq. # of Primary}  
1st Child} Bird, Jessie
2nd Child} Bird, Ruth Naoma
3rd Child} Bird Jr., Theodore
4th Child} Bird, Chauncey
5th Child} Bird, Mabel
Copyright © 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013 by Daniel W. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

Home Page Home Page Next Page Next Page