Robert Jackson Baird

1888 - 1917  (28 years)

• Name	Robert Jackson Baird
  Birth	16 Oct 1888	Park River, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Apr 1917	Vimy Ridge, France
  Burial	Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Neuville St., Vaast (C.D.5), France
  Person ID	I11251	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	John Baird,   b. 1 Aug 1845, Ayershire, Scotland d. 3 Mar 1913, Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Annie Thomson,   b. 15 May 1854, Paris, Dumfries South Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Dec 1941, Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	11 May 1878	Palmerston, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Attended school in Park River, North Dakota, USA and Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada. Robert homesteaded on NE Section 22, Township 25, Range 23, West 2nd Meridian (from Archives of Canada) in Duval, Saskatchewan, Canada. Was living in Duval in 1913 when his father died. Robert signed his Attestation Papers on 12 April 1916 in Regina, Saskatchewan, when he joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Address was Duval, Saskatchewan; next of kin Mrs. Annie Baird, mother; born 16 October 1888 in Park River, North Dakota, USA; trade, farmer; age 27 years 7 months; height 5 feet 8 inches; complexion fair; eyes blue; hair light brown; religion Presbyterian. Robert Jackson Baird was a Private, Regimental Number 907768, B Company, 102nd Canadian Battalion, Force: Army, Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Killed in action in World War I, shot in the head by machine gun bullet while crossing No Man's Land on Vimy Ridge. He died instantly. Robert is buried in Grave 26, Row C, Plot 1, Canadian Cemetery 2, Pas de Calais, France (near Neuville-St Vaast). A wooden marker over his grave was replaced with a stone monument by the Imperial War Graves Commission. His name is on the Battalion Monument erected on the ridge. There is also a memorial stone in Lumsden Cemetery, Lumsden, Saskatchewan erected by his family. Saskatchewan Homestead Records, Archives of Saskatchewan Microfilm S6.17-749 Patent Application 979909: Robert Jackson Baird, 22, Duval. farmer, single Naturalized British Subject. Application for Patent for NE 22-25-23 W2. Obtained entry to homestead 9 February 1907. Built house on 15 August 1907. Lived there 13 April 1908 - 1 November 1908; 1 April 1909 - 20 November 1909; 20 March 1910 - 27 November 1910. In 1907 broke 8 acres. In 1908 broke additional 52 acres and had 40 acres in crop. In 1909 broke additional 30 acres and had 60 acres in crop. In 1910 broke additional 50 acres and had 90 acres in crop. In 1908 & 1909 had 4 horses, in 1910 had 5 horses. In 1911 had a frame house 10' X 18', $50, a frame stable 16' X 24', $80, a 14' X 16' granary $60. Application signed and sworn 21 April 1911 in Nokonia (?), Sask., Land Agent recommendation 27 April 1911 in Regina, Sask., Accepted in Ottawa 3 May 1911. Sworn statements by William Swai and S.E. Hunt on 21 April 1911 that Robert Jackson Baird had lived on and improved the property as stated.

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] National Archives of Canada, World War One Soldiers Attestation Papers. date and place of birth for Robert Jackson Baird