Her children’s birth certificates generally record her name as “Burd,” though one records it as “Bird.”

According to Mrs. James Boyd in her interview for Perkins Bull, David married Lizzie Bird. If this is true, she must have been his second wife as the Albion Township Censis returns for 1861 and 1871 give his wife’s name as Susan. It is, of course, possible that her name was Susan Elizabeth Bird.

The children listed are given as they appear in the census returns. Mrs. Boyd gives the children’s names as follows with no dates: Jane - Winnipeg; Robert - Winnipeg; David Jr. - Winnipeg; Alfred - USA; John - Toronto; Robert; Margaret; Elizabeth. There are obvious discrepancies.