Tuhia he toenga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te tūranga o te rangatira o Birdsall i roto i te hōia ā-rohe i tuku ia ia ki te kawenga o te rōpū Asphodel ina whakahohehia te hōia hei whakautu ki te Upper Canada Rebellion
i te tau 1837, ahakoa te mea kaore i uru tana roopu ki tetahi kaupapa nui. I muri tonu i te mutunga o te tutu ka utua e Birdsall ki te whakaara me te whakakao i tetahi roopu miihana hou i Peterborough. I te raumati i mua i te tutu, ka marena a Birdsall mo te wa tuarua, ki a Charlotte Jane Everett o Belleville, a e wha nga tamariki i whanau mai i tenei hononga.