Person Sheet


Name John Alfred Berry, G Grandfather
Birth 1 Jan 1849, Brook Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk.411
Death 19 Apr 1937 Age: 88
Burial 22 Apr 1937, Davisville Baptist Church, Warminster, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation Boot And Shoe Manufacturer
Father John Berry (~1823-1885)
Mother Sarah Wright (~1823-1886)
Spouses
1 Elizabeth Brown , G Grandmother
Birth 15 Jul 1862, 47 Peel Street, Leicester.412
Death 17 Nov 1929, 141 Clare Street, Northampton.413 Age: 67
Burial 21 Nov 1929, Plot 5491, Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton
Father Thomas Brown (1839-~1891)
Mother Mary Ann Willson (~1842-)
Marriage 26 Jul 1881, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Broad Street, Nottingham.153
Children Annie Ethel (1882-1944)
  Harold Archibald (1884-1955)
  Edith Elizabeth Sarah (1884-1961)
  Agnes Mary (Died as Infant) (1886-1887)
  Grace Tryphena (1887-1941)
  Lilian Alice (1889-1968)
  Eva Catherine (1890-1958)
  John Alfred (1891-1968)
  Jonathan Wright (1892-1961)
  Dorothy Amelia (1894-1946)
  Simeon Humphrey George (1895-1956)
  Charlotte Victoria (1897-1966)
  Barbara Ella (1898-?1977)
  Olive Elsie (Died as Infant) (1899-1900)
  Christopher Arthur (1900-1967)
  Samuel Joseph Wilson Edward (1903-1965)
Notes for John Alfred Berry
Aged 2; living in 20 Parish Street, Southwark; shown born Woodbridge, Suffolk @ census 30-Mar-1851.147
Lived in London when young, went to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, London, (pre 1860).
Aged 12; living in Upper Thrift Street, Northampton; shown born Woodbridge, Suffolk @ census 7-Apr-1861.149
Aged 22; living in 76 + 78 Vernon Street, Northampton; shown as clicker; shown born Woodbridge, Suffolk @ census 2-Apr-1871.151
Aged 32; listed as visitor in 164 Arkwright Street, Nottingham; shown as Boot Manufacturer @ census 3-Apr-1881.205
Aged 32; living in Clare Street, Northampton when married; shown as shoe manufacturer on marriage certificate.
Aged 42; living in 141 Clare Street, Northampton; shown as shoe manufacturer @ census 5-Apr-1891.414
Aged 52 @ census 31-Mar-1901.415
Visited the USA when Jonathan Obadiah Berry emigrated in May 1904.210
Accompanied Jonathan Wright Berry when he emigrated to the USA in April 1908.416
Returned to the USA in April 1913.417
Emigrated to USA post 1915 pre 1926.
Present at Grace's and Lilian's weddings in 1914 and 1915.
Shown as retired shoe manufacturer on Lilian Alice Berry and Harold John Ball's marriage certificate 21-May-1915.418
Lived at "J. A. Berrys & Son, Olivet Fruit Farm, Davisville, PA".
Died aged 88 in Davisville, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died at 5am (from Annie Ethel Berry's letter 20-Apr-1937).

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Wills 1938
BERRY John Alfred of Davisville Warminster Bucks Pennsylvania U.S.A. died 19 April 1937 Administration (with Will) (limited) London 27 May to Harold Tyler Peacock bank official attorney of Simeon George Berry. Effects £850 in England.419

Current owners of the farmhouse are Mr & Mrs Momorella, 190 Davisville Road, Warminster, PA 18974, USA (tel: +1 () 357-8918) @ Mar-1992.
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Aged 9; living in 29 Hockley, Nottingham; shown as School Girl; shown born Leicester @ census 2-Apr-1871.204
Aged 18; living in 164 Arkwright Street, Nottingham; shown as Teacher of Music; shown born Leicester @ census 3-Apr-1881.205
Aged 19 when married; living in 164 Arkwright Street, Nottingham when married.
Aged 28; living in 141 Clare Street, Northampton @ census 5-Apr-1891.414
Aged 38 @ census 31-Mar-1901.415
Aged 48; living in 143-141 Clare Street, Northampton; shown born Leicester @ census 2-Apr-1911.420
Aged 67; living in 141 Clare Street, Northampton; shown as Wife of John Alfred Berry a retired Boot and Shoe Manufacturer; informant A.J.Darnell, coroner for the County Borough of Northampton, inquest held 20th November 1929; cause of death given as Degeneration of the brain produced by haemorrhage following fractured base of skull Accidental death caused by fall in attempting to board a tram car on death certificate 17-Nov-1929.413
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