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George Coveney Bird1851 - 1930«Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next» » Slide Show Nina Mabel Foley Bird (nee St Paul) (about 1855 - 1935) Nina’s Will throws up some interesting questions relating to the ownership of The Rhodrons, why Leslie and not Percy benefited from her estate and the Everdon connection which comes up again, coincidentally this time, I think. Nina Mabel Florence St Paul married Georgie Bird in the second quarter of 1891. On the census earlier that year, Georgie is shown as living at The Rhodrons, a manor house in Hook, with one servant. They were still living there on the 1901 census with five servants and are still both there on the 1911 census with three servants. The census form says there are 13 rooms (including the kitchen). The Rhodrons is now the home for a social club. Georgie's only brother, Henry Ross Bird, had died in 1926, leaving two sons Leslie and Percy. In Nina's Will, apart from leaving monies and property to her cousin / cousin's son, the next biggest gift was £25,000 (£1.3m) to Leslie Bird. Why didn't Percy get anything - not even a mention ? He was certainly alive and well at the time. (Percy became separated from Marjorie per deed dated December 1933, so Will may well have been drawn up after they separated and could be a reason Percy isn’t mentioned ?) Finally, and this is really just curiosity and probably a coincidence, Nina left money for the upkeep of her fathers grave in Everdon, Northamptonshire. Did Nina's father, David Richard St Paul, live in Everdon and did their Everdon connection go further back from there ? The village is full of Bird's and I am trying to find a connection with my Bird's.
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