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1 Wilma Frances BIRKS1,2,3,4,5 (1924- ) [8243]. Born 17 Jul 1924.2
Mistakenly shown as Winifred in the 1930 NV, Washoe, Reno census.
From the Reno Evening Gazette.
August 25, 1953 - "Miss Frances Hawkins of Las Vegas and Miss Wilma Birks of Reno visited friends in Hawthorne last week. Both young women are teachers in the Hawthorn elementary school.".
2 William Franklin BIRKS3,6,7,8 (1892-1977) [8237]. Born 30 Sep 1892, Salt Lake City, UT.1,6,7 Died 8 Jul 1977, Reno, NV.1 Buried Mountain View Cemetery.1
From the Reno Evening Gazette.
July 9, 1977 - "William F. Birks, 84, 1288 Wesley Dr., died in a Reno hospital on Friday.
He was born in Salt Lake City on Sept. 30, 1892. Birks had lived in Reno since 1911 and was a retired railroad clerk.
Birks was a member of the Brotherhood Railway Clerks and Engineers.
Surviving are his widow, Angelina of Reno; daughter Wilma of Reno; brother, Everill of Bricktown, N.J.; and sister Hattie Irene Frick of Stockton, Calif.
A funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Walton Funeral Home, Reno. Burial will be at Mountain View Cemetery.".
4 William Thomas BIRKS9,10 (1856-1922) [3956]. Born 1 Jun 1856, Crossbrook, Derbyshire, England.9 Marr Harriet Maria RICE 9 Oct 1888.9 Died 1 Mar 1922.9
From the Davis County Clipper.
June 21, 1907 - "Mr. and Mrs. William Burkes, (Birks) of Sandy, Salt Lake Co., had their home partially destroyed by fire a few days ago. What the fire did not burn was soaked with water and ruined. The fire was caused by a defective flue.
This is twice in three years that they have been burned out. Mrs. Burkes is a daughter of Mr. William Rice of Farmington and a sister of Mrs. Archibald Duncan, of Centreville.".
5 Harriet Maria RICE10,11 (1867-1911) [3915]. Born 1 Jun 1867, Farmington, Davis Co., UT.10,11,12 Died 14 Oct 1911, Reno, NV.10 Buried Reno, Nevada.10
From the Davis County Clipper.
November 3, 1911 - "Former Resident of Farmington Dies at Reno, Nev., - Leaves Husband, Children and Aged Father.
The many friends of Mrs. Harriet Rice Birks, wife of William T. Birks, will be grieved to learn that she died of cancer Saturday, October 14, 1911, at Reno, Nevada, where she was buried.
The family moved to Madeline Plains, California, in 1908, but resided there only one year when they returned as far as Reno and settled there. She leaves a husband, seven children, a father and considerable number of other relatives to mourn her sad loss.
Her father, William K. Rice, if Centreville is a pioneer of 1847 and is nearly 90 years old. He had two wives, both dead, and there were twenty four children. Mrs. Birks was a little over forty-four years old, was born in Farmington, June 1, 1907, married in 1888 and moved to Salt Lake City in 1900; from there she went to California eight years later. All of the children and several of her brothers and sisters attended the funeral.
She was a teacher in the Relief society in Salt Lake City and was a highly intelligent and dearly loved wife, mother and neighbor and will surely receive a great reward in the mansions above, where the righteous rest from their earthly labors.".
10 William Kelsey RICE13 (1822-1913) [1704]. Born 27 Oct 1822, Manchester, Ontario, NY.13 Marr Lucy Whittier GEER 25 Oct 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL.9,12 Marr Ann Victoria ROSE 25 Oct 1855, Salt Lake, Salt Lake UT.12 Died 6 Jul 1913, Centerville, Davis, UT.13 Buried 10 Jul 1913, Farmington, Davis, UT.14
From the Davis County Clipper.
July 11, 1913 - "William Rice, a pioneer of 1847, being a member of the first company that crossed the plains, and a resident of Farmington for considerably more than half a century, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dahl Duncan, in Farmington, Monday. He was perfectly helpless for two months before the end came.
He had been a widower for a great many years, but is survived by a large number of children who reside in different parts of this western country.
Funeral services were held in the Farmington meeting house yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.".
11 Ann Victoria ROSE12 (1839-1878) [1701]. Born 4 Jun 1839, Howard, Steuben, NY.12 Died 23 May 1878, Farmington, Davis, UT.14 Buried 26 May 1878, Farmington, Davis, UT.14
3 Angelina E. ZENI1,3,4,8 ( - ) [8242].
Mistakenly shown as Alice E. in the 1930 NV, Washoe, Reno census.
From the Nevada State Journal.
May 9, 1952 - "Women Voters Invited To Visit Adult Class In Americanization. Francis Lynch, director of adult education for Reno, has invited members of the League of Women Voters to attend an Americanization class to be held Monday evening, at 7:15, room A-114 in the new Reno High School.
This will be a typical class conducted for the foreign-born people. Its purpose is to prepare these people for their citizenship examination.
Mrs. Angelina Birks will conduct the class as she has for the last 20 years. Approximately 1,000 people, from this area, have gained citizenship through her untiring efforts."
From the Reno Evening Gazette.
November 22, 1960 - "Teacher Wins Medal From Valley Forge. Mrs. Angelina Birks, elementary school teacher at Orvis Ring School in Reno, has been awarded a Valley Forge Classroom Teacher's Medal for her professional contribution toward maintaining our American Constitutional Republic, according to word received here recently from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Birks' work in behalf of responsible, patriotic citizenship and the American way of life was singled out by the Freedom Foundation's award jury for recognition as the result of her name being placed in nomination by Miss Grace Warner, principal, Orvis Ring School; Miss Valentine Olds and Miss Kathryn Clark, Orvis Ring instructors; and Mr. John Ceseria, adult distributive education coordinator for the Washoe County School System.
The nomination by Miss Warner emphasizes Mrs. Birk's work with young people as follows.
"Mrs Angelina Birks has contributed much in the first lessons of democracy. Her classroom is organized for democratic procedures and every child feels he is a vital part of group participation and group leadership."
"Children in her classroom feel secure and happy, all enjoying freedom but not abusing the privileges of this freedom.
"Students who are to live in a democracy must participate in democratic procedures in our schools and practice thinking of the rights and respect of others."
Miss Olds, in her nomination, gives added emphasis to this same contribution by Mrs. Birks.
"In Orvis Ring there are children of all races and color - Indians, Negroes, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican and all other nationalities which make up our American citizens. Every child has the same opportunity in her class to express himself and participate in classroom activities. No child is ever pushed aside.
"Mrs. Birks conducts her classroom on a democratic basis, with freedom and justice for every child."
Presentation of the Freedoms Foundation medal and citation will be made to Mrs. Briks by Proctor Hug, superintendent of Washoe county school system, in a special ceremony to be announced later.".
| 1 | "Obituary of William F. Birks in the Reno Evening Gazette, July 9, 1977". |
| 2 | "U.S. Public Records Index". |
| 3 | "1930 NV, Washoe, Reno census". |
| 4 | "Reno eligible voter lists published in the Reno Evening Gazette". |
| 5 | "Wilma Frances Birks in a June 5, 1961 list of those receiving a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Nevada.". |
| 6 | "1900 UT, Davis, Farmington census". |
| 7 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 8 | "Marriage license announcement for William F. Birks and Angelina E. Zeni in the Reno evening Gazette, December 30, 1921". |
| 9 | "World Family Tree information from Harold Davis". |
| 10 | "Obituary of Harriet Rice Birks in the Davis County Clipper, November 3, 1911". |
| 11 | "1860 Utah, Farmington, Davis Co., census". |
| 12 | "From Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men by Frank Elwood Esshom, 1913". |
| 13 | "Obituary of William Kelsey Rice in the Davis County Clipper, July 11, 1913". |
| 14 | "Ancestry.com World Family Tree". |