Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Birdsall's rank of captain in the local militia put him in charge of the Asphodel contingent when the militia was activated in response to the
Nnupụisi nke Upper Canada na 1837, ọ bụ ezie na ọ dị ka ndị agha ya etinyeghị aka na ihe ọ bụla dị ịrịba ama. Ozugbo nnupụisi ahụ kwụsịrị, Birdsall kwụrụ ụgwọ iji zụlite ma kwadebe otu ndị agha ọhụrụ na Peterborough. N'oge ọkọchị tupu nnupụisi ahụ, Birdsall lụrụ nke ugboro abụọ, Charlotte Jane Everett nke Belleville, na njikọ a mụrụ ụmụ anọ.