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    • Source: Walter James Bird

      • Walter James Bird (10 January 1863 – 9 December 1953) was an organ builder based in Birmingham, England.


      Life


      He was born in Birmingham on 10 January 1863, the son of Thomas and Sarah Bird and christened on 1 February in St. Thomas' Church, Birmingham. He married Ellen Oakes on 5 October 1884 in the same church, and they had the following children:

      Walter H Bird (b 1878)
      Amelia M Bird (b. 1886)
      Harold Bird (b. 1888)
      Elsie Lucy S Bird (b.1890)
      He trained as an organ builder with Edward James Bossward in Birmingham and took over his business in 1883. He built, repaired and maintained many organs in the vicinity. In 1904 he was based at 81 Latimer Street, Birmingham.
      He died on 9 December 1953.


      Works


      He installed organs at the following churches

      St Bartholomew's Church, Allen's Cross 1888
      St. Thomas' Church, Birmingham 1893 enlargement
      Emmanuel Church, Broad Street, Birmingham 1896
      St John's Church, Deritend 1906
      Knowle Parish Church
      St Paul's Church, Dosthill 1914
      St Andrew's Church of England, Handsworth, Birmingham 1926


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