Clara Myrtle GRAY Bird (1900-1988)

Clara Mytrle GRAY Bird's  Grandfather & Grandmother

Clara’s grandfather, John Williams (1840-1943) was born on November 26, 1840, in Seaboard, Princess Anne County, Virginia. John died on August 13, 1943, in Princess Anne, Norfolk County, Virginia, at age 102. John Williams was the son of William Mastin Williams Sr (1809-1859) of Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Eliza Jane Emberson (1822-1856) of Hempstead County, Arkansas.

In 1865, John Williams married Sarah A. Capps (1846-1943), in Seaboard, Princess Anne County, Virginia. Clara’s grandmother Sarah , was the daughter of Ira Capps Jr. (1802- ?) and Lydia Unknown (1827- ?). Sarah was born in 1846, in Pungo, Princess Anne County, Virginia. Sarah died on December 8, 1943. in Norfolk, Virginia, at age 97. Sarah according to her obituary, she had 15 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren when she died.

John William and Sarah A. Capps four children:

Alice J. Williams (1866- ?); Lula Virginia "Ginny" Williams (1874-?); Edward G. Williams (1876-1904); Russell G. Williams (1881-1979)

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How are you related to  Clara Myrtle GRAY Bird (1900-1988)

Clara's husband Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954)

Descendants of Clara Myrtle GRAY Bird (1900-1988)

Jeff Augustus Bird (1893-1954) & Clara Myrtle Gray (1900-1988) (Memories)

Clara's Williams Family Tree

Clara's Capps Family Tree

Clara's Emberson & Carter Family Tree

Clara's TERRY Family Tree 

Clara's CRAWFORD Family Tree 

Clara's adopted Family the SADLERS and CURLINGS

Clara's Photo Gallery

Bird Family Photo Gallery

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