James Berry (1833 - 1879)

Born 15 Jul 1833 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Simpson) Berry — married 1 Mar 1858 in White Fly Gully, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 11 May 1879 at age 45 in Blackheath, Victoria, Australia

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Notes

Tagged as "James BERRY 1833-1879" on Trove

Teaching records show:
Teacher ID:292 James BERRY JNR
CBE Callington 1858, 1864-1877
CBE Woodchester 1859 (First teacher at this school)
CBE Middle Plains 1862

Berry Family has:
Took up land at Black Heath, north of Horsham on the Wimmera Plains.

PRG985/10 has:
James moved to Goroke, Victoria.

Resignation article has:
on account of family considerations requiring his removal from the colony.

Stabbing

Adelaide Observer (S.A.) Sat 28 Jan 1865, Page 4, CALLINGTON.

On Monday evening our usually quiet township was thrown into a state of excitement by the report that a person named Berry had stabbed his son, James Berry, jun. It appears that Berry, jun., went to the Bremer Creek with a horse and sledge in company with another man. About half-past 8 o'clock, on returning, Berry went into Kingston's public-house, his companion remaining with the horse. After staying about half an hour he told him to go on, as he did not like to leave his father, who was inside. His companion came back in about 10 minutes, when he saw Berry, jun., run into the house with one hand pressed to his left side. In the interval the father and son had had some words, when the former stabbed his son with a small pocket knife. I am told that if the wound had been an inch higher it must have proved fatal; as it is, he is lying in a very precarious state. The son refuses to lay any charge against his father, who has expressed his deep regret at the occurrence.

Biography

James BERRY (1833) was born 15 Jul 1833 at Coventry, Warwickshire.^[1]

• Baptised 18 Aug 1833 at Coventry, Warwickshire^[2]

IGI has:
JAMES BERRY
Christening: 12 AUG 1833 Saint Michael, Coventry, Warwick, England
Father: JAMES BERRY
Mother: ANN ELLEN
Batch No.: C021413

Warwickshire records office: see picture.

• Married to Sarah (Jane) SIMPSON (1839) 1 Mar 1858 at White Peg Gully, South Australia^[3]

Note that Jane is not used in birth registrations.

Marriages CD shows:
Groom Surname: BERRY
Given names: James
Age: 24
Status: N
Father: James BERRY
Bride Surname: SIMPSON
Given names: Sarah
Age: 18
Status: N
Father: Walter SIMPSON
Date: 1858-03-01
Place: Res of Walter Simpson White Fly Gully
District: MtB

Fiche at Mt Barker has:
Farmer of Bugle Ranges, of White Peg Gully. Witnesses Thomas Henry Berry farmer of Bugle Ranges and Ann Ellen Berry of Bugle Ranges.

• Appointed teacher, 1858 in Callington, South Australia^[4]

Service Histories teacher ID is 292, James Berry (Jnr) http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/research/condon/teachers/Teachers.asp?TeacherID=292

The South Australian Advertiser, Wednesday 24 November 1858 has:
CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION
CALLINGTON.
A memorial was received from the inhabitants of Callington
and the neighborhood. The memorialists stated their regret
that the Board had not seen fit to accept the resignation of
Mr. Berry, and prayed that they would now do so, as, in their
(tne memorialists') opinion, he was a most unfit person to
have the charge of the school.
It was stated that the resignation alluded to had been ac-
cepted, and that Mr. Berry's license would terminate at the
end of the present year.

• Opened school, 1859 in Woodchester, South Australia^[5]

The South Australian Advertiser Tuesday 28 June 1859 has:
CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MONDAY, JUNE 27.
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES.
Applications for new licences to teach were received from
Mr. Wheeler, of the Hundred of Waterloo ; Mr. Wild, of the
District of Hindmarsh ; Mr. James Berry, sen., of Lang-
horne's Bridge ; and Mr. James Berry, jun., of Woodchester,
accompanied by sundry memorials and recommendations.
The schools of these teachers to be inspected in due course.

The South Australian Advertiser Tuesday 16 August 1859 has:
CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MONDAY, AUGUST 8.
...WOODCHESTER.
An application was read from Mr. James Berry, jun.,
for a licence to teach at that place.
School to be inspected in due course.

The South Australian Advertiser Tuesday 30 August 1859
CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MONDAY, AUGUST 29.
...WOODCHESTER.
An application was read from Mr. James Berry, jun"
for a licence to teach, with memorial signed by 27
persons.
...CHIEF INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
...Licences were recommended to be granted to Miss Fick-
ling from the 1st July ; to Mr. Woodward from the 1st
August ; and to Mr. Berry from the 15th May.

The South Australian Advertiser Tuesday 22 May 1860
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MONDAY, MAY 21.
...WOODCHESTER.
A letter was read from Mr. James Berry, jun. tenderinig
the resignation of his licence.
(This was accepted at the next meeting on June 22.

• Applied for teacher licence, 8 Aug 1859 in Woodchester, South Australia^[6]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158129211 has:
CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Monday. August 8.
Present—Mr. Wright (iu the chair); Mr, MacDer
mott, M.P., and Mr. Wickes. Secretary.
...
WOODCHESTER
An application was read irom Mr. James Berry, jun.,
for a licence to teach at that locality.
School to be inspected in due course.

• Pound keeper, 1861 in Woodchester, South Australia^[7]

The South Australian Advertiser Monday 14 January 1861 has:
TIN POT, Section 1792, Jas. Berry, jun., Poundkeeper
One bay gelding, saddle and collar marked, branded like M
over 8 ¿ear shoulder; one black filly, star on forehead, little
white on hind feet, branded like A off shoulder; one dark
brown or black filly, small star on forehead, no brand visible.
If not claimed, will be sold January 17,1861

Similar Friday 15 June 1860, Monday 25 June 1860, Tuesday 3 July 1860, Thursday 5 July 1860, Friday 22 June 1860, Tuesday 14 August 1860, Wednesday 29 August 1860, Thursday 30 August 1860, Saturday 8 September 1860, Saturday 24 November 1860, Friday 28 December 1860, Wednesday 9 January 1861, Friday 11 January 1861, Tuesday 15 January 1861, Wednesday 16 January 1861, Thursday 17 January 1861, Friday 18 January 1861, Saturday 19 January 1861, Thursday 24 January 1861, Saturday 6 April 1861, Friday 12 April 1861, <
Saturday 13 April 1861, Friday 9 August 1861 (Tinpot), Monday 30 December 1861 (Woodchester),

The South Australian Advertiser Saturday 31 August 1861 has:
DISTRICT COUNCILS
ONAUNGA.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24.
... Mr James Berry, jun. reappointed Poundkeeper, Woodchester Pound

The South Australian Advertiser Thursday 5 December 1861 has:
DISTRICT COUNCILS
ONAUNGA.
SATURDAY; NOVEMBER 30
... Mr. James Berry, Poundkeeper, informed Council of his intention to resign.

• Bought land, 27 Jun 1864 in Callington, South Australia^[8]

Lands memorials show:
Book 196 #76 27 June 1864, James Berry the younger of Callington bought Allotment 96 of the plan of the Township of Callington, part of section 2001 in the County of Sturt for 5 pounds.

• Licensed to run school, 27 Mar 1865 in Callington, South Australia^[9]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31848076
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MONDAY, MARCH 27.
Present—Messrs. W. C. Belt (Chairman). J. Brown, and
E. W. Wickes (Secretary)
PRELIMINARY APPLICATION.
W. H. Harris applied for a license for bis school at Wal
laroo. No increase of license could be afforded to Wallaroo
and its neighbourhood.
APPLICATIONS IN DUE FORM.
James Berry. Jun., Callington, to succeed James Berry.
Sen. School to be Inspected.

{Father had been suspended over stabbing}

• Resigned as school teacher, 9 Oct 1876 in Callington, South Australia^[10]

The Express & Telegraph 10 Oct 1876 has:
COUNCIL OF EDUCATION
CORRESPONDENCE. .
Callington.—James Berry resigned his posi
tion as teacher on account of family considera
tions requiring his removal from the colony.
Accepted.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208307370

• Died 11 May 1879 at Blackheath, Victoria^[11]

South Australians:
Buried nr Horsham, VIC

Vic BMD:
James BERRY, son of James BERRY, born Coventry, age 46, 1879, Mother: Anne Ellen BARKLY, Regno: 5045

Berry Family says:
... a small cemetery was set up in this area at the instigation or inspiration of (James) and he was the first to be buried there.

Letter in PRG985/10 says:
JAMES died in Goroke, Victoria, aged 45 years (this would be about 1876)

Berrys to Victoria has:
1879 May 11th James 2nd dies leaving Sarah pregnant and with 8 children.

• Buried May 1879 at Blackheath, Vic, Australia

James Berry: Find A Grave: Memorial #218102422 ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Berry-Robjohns: Dated:1988 Author:Child of Walter James BERRY, probably Les BERRY.
   Manuscript copy included in PRG985/10 a), supporting Les BERRY as author. Also with Gordon YUILLE.
   
   Robert Berry, born 1765, married 12/7/1794 Ann Flack Gibbs (BERRY) born 1766.
   Had 3 children 2 daughters and one son
   Martha Berry 1803 Sarah Berry 1806 (never married)
   son born 1809 James Berry
   James Berry married Ann Ellen Barclay 1832
   They had 4 sons and a daughter
   one son died shortly after birth.
   2 brothers James and Joseph Barclay Berry married 2 sisters Sarah Jane Simpson and Mary Ann Simpson.
   Joseph Barclay Berry b1834 married Mary Ann Simpson
   This pair had 17 children.
   My father Walter James Berry born 1860
   he was second child
   There were 3 children 2 girls 1 boy when diphtheria epidemic raged in SA. One son and daughter died.
   my father was only child left then.
   He married Clara Allen first wife and there were two sons and one daughter when Clara died.
   My father Walter James married my mother Elizabeth Robjohns
   There were six children of this marriage
   Harold Leonard James (died)
   Charles Archibald (died)
   Ruth Elizabeth (now 88)
   William Edward (now 85)
   Leslie Robjohns (now 80)
   Gordon (died in infancy)
   
   Robert Berry born March 23 1765 in Coventry England
   His father Robert senr was a Ribbon weaver by trade - his address Jordan Well just out of Coventry
   May 27 1788 Robert Berry Jnr granted freemanship of the city of Coventry. His apprenticeship was served under his father Robert and Jahn Lapworth.
   12 July 1794 Robert Berry marries Ann Flack Gibbs, a widow
   Mar 15 1803 Robert & Ann's first child Martha born
   1806 Aug 13 Second child Sarah
   1809 Oct 26 - Third child James.
   James Berry is your Great great grandfather
   1822 May 29 James is apprenticed, by indenture to his father Robert as a silk weaver, Jordon Well
   1831 July 26 James is granted freemanship of city
   1832 James married Ann Ellen Barclay of London (Battersea) at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
   July 15 1833 first child James
   1834 Dec 24 Second child Joseph Barclay Berry born (Your great grandfather) (my grandfather)
   1840 Ann Flack Gibbs died age 74 (see first entry over page)
   1849 Robert Berry born 1765 died age 84
   1851 Census James listed as a Ribbon Manufacturers Assistant (connected with Bush ribbon makers)
   1852 James and his family leave England on 'Atlanta' headed for Adelaide
   Stranded in Port Philip Bay Melbourne due to ships crew deserting to Goldfields
   James with his 2 sons James and Joseph volunteer to bring ship to Adelaide
   6 March 1853 Arrive at Port Adelaide but unable to dock because it is a Sunday
   7 March 1853 The Bremen ship Atlanta offloads its passengers
   Other passengers on the ship was the Simpson family-
   1853-1857 Family settles at McLaren Vale, Happy Valley - then to Bugle Ranges, Hartley, Callington, Langhorne's Creek.
   Berry and Simpson family meet up again.
   1858 March 1 - Monday Both James jnr & his brother Joseph are married in a double wedding to the Simpson sisters Sarah & Mary Ann. Rev Flockhart officiated. Wedding took place in Walter Simpson's home (father of the two brides) at Whitepeg Gully on Chaunceys line of road to the Murray River near Reed Creek (near Callington)
   
   Great grandpa (yours) Joseph Barclay Berry was a farmer and school teacher, lived at many places south of Adelaide - near Macclesfield, at Langhorne's Creek, Finniss, Bugle Ranges, Sandergraove, Angas Plains, Roper River near Red Hill & Crystal Brook.
   
   Wiliam Simpson, son of Walter Simpson & brother in law to my grandfather - Joseph Barclay Berry was born in Battersea, London, and fought in the Crimea War. Came to South Australia & joined the family some time after 1850.
   
   Robjohns - not so much known as with the Berry family.
   My mother's father was Charles John Drake Robjohns - his mother's surname was Drake. He came with his parents including one sister first to new Zealand. Relatives name was East. CJDR left NZ and came to Adelaide. He was a baker and had a shop in a side street off Flinders Street near Pulteney St. Family came from Tavistock, Devon, England - the birth place of Sir Fancis Drake. There is a family connection. However Sir Francis was a bachelor & had lots of lady friends no direct descendancy has been established.
   Grandma Robjohns single name was Elizabeth Machin she was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England on 12/4/1846.
   CJDR & EM were married on 9/6/1867 at Pirie St Methodist Church.
   Tracing back Machin family.
   Machin family lived in the village of Tadcaster Yorkshire in the vicinity of city of York.
   They had a farm called "Home Stoke Riding" Awkley Common near Doncaster.
   Story is that my Grandmother's father she was Elizabeth, Samuel Woodal Machin was a corn merchant & farmer. He was a heavy drinker, & sold his farm to pay debts and migrate with his family to Australia. They came to SA via Melbourne on sailing ship "Admella" which was wrecked on its return journey to Melbourne. The Machins lived in King William St & had a fruit garden at Unley. My grandmother was a milliner by trade.
   When the copper mine rush started at Moonta Grandpa & Grandma Robjohns moved to Moonta. He was a baker, but started work as engineer in the Moonta mines, Taylor's shaft. They lived in East Moonta.
   Their family was as follows:-
   1868 Mary Elizabeth (my mother) (Berry)
   1869 Eliza Ann (Thomas)
   1872 Emma Edith (Nancarrow)
   1874 Louisa Harriett (single)
   1876 (Charles George (died 1904)
   1880 Alfred John (died on WA goldfields)
   1882 Henry Thomas (had 2 sons)
   1886 Clara May (Whitford)
   1889 William Francis Machin (had 1 son)
   
   Elizabeth
   Hannah
   
   IGI: Author:LDS church.http://www.familysearch.org/
   
   International Genealogical Index, published at http://www.familysearch.org/ by the Latter Day Saints (Morman) Church. Entries with a batch number are taken from original documents, typically Parish registers. Private submissions have been entered by members of the church from other sources.
   
   More recently known as FamilySearch.
   
   Berry Family: Dated:1984 Author:Stephen Henry BERRY
   Photocopied booklet of his memories. Avis Steer has a copy.
   
   Berry James 1833 Bible:
   Vivien Reynolds has photocopies with the heading:
   Enries from the family Bible of James & Sarah Berry nee Simpson
   Bible now in posession of Alfred Berry, Geelong
   N. B. Some of the entry dates appear to be in accurate (V. Reynolds)
   
   Text is:
   Name | Birth | Deaths | Marriage
   1. James Berry | July 15th 1833 | May 11th 1879 | March 1st 1858
   2. Sarah Berry nee Simpson | October 31st 1839 | July 22nd 1929 | March 1st 1858
   3. James Berry | June 3rd 1859 |February 9th 1938 | February 8th 1882
   4. Thos Walter Berry | October 25th 1860 | October 29th 1943 | August 17 1882
   5. Joseph Berry | Sep 4th 1862 | March 24th 1938 | August 5th 1885
   6. Sarah Ann Berry | Decr 16th 1864 | 3rd May 1918 | April 6th 1886
   7. Robert William Berry | April 19th 1868 | 18 Feb 1952 | November 20th 1895
   8. Frederick John Berry | April 20th 1870 | 16th altered to 14 Oct 1947 | April 5th 1886
   9. Ann Ellen Berry | June 21st 1872 | 16 Oct 1952 | November 16th 1892
   10. Alfred Henry Berry | Feby 27th 1875 | May 13th 1875 | November 29 1902
   11. Henry Alfred Berry | Sept 2nd 1876 | April 13th 1959 | December 6th 1899
   12. Marian Susannah Berry | August 11th 1879 | 1958 | December 12th 1900
   
   
   
2. ↑ Warwickshire records office:
   Visited dlm June 2009.
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1722 includes:
   Berry John Clother
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1734 includes:
   Berry John Silkweaver Broadgate ward
   Berry John Barber dead Wuthpark street ward
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1736 includes:
   Berry Edward weaver M:park street wd
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1743 includes:
   Berry William junr Silkwkr Midsford street
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1761
   Berry William Silkweaver Broadgate ward
   Berry Matthew Weaver Spon street ward.
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1770 includes:
   Berry James Morgan Weaver Earl street ward
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1777 includes:
   Berry Daniel Weaver Jordonwell ward
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1780 includes;
   Berry John Weaver London
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1785 includes:
   Berry Robert Gosford street ward weaver
   
   Coventry Freemens Index for 1789 includes:
   Berry Robert Jordonwell ward weaver
   Which Robert?
   
   IGI: ibid.
   
   
   
3. ↑ Berry double wedding: Author:Ernest Joseph BERRY
   Hand written document. Joseph Walter would appear to be Walter James.
   
   JOSEPH BARCLAY BERRY
   The celebration of the double wedding of James Berry to Sarah Jane Simpson and Joseph Barclay Berry to Mary Ann Simpson was officiated by Rev R C Flockhart on 1st March 1858 at White Peg Gully, Chauncey's Line of Road to the Murray River - near Red Creek at the residence of Walter and Mary Ann Simpson.
   Witnesses to the marriages and duly signed were Thomas Henry Berry, brother of James and Joseph Barclay and his sister Anne Ellen Berry (later to become Anne Ellen Brooks)
   
   Joseph Walter Berry 2nd son of Joseph Barclay Berry and Ernest Joseph, second son of Walter James Berry born 14-2-1860
   
   Berry-Robjohns: Dated:1988 Author:Child of Walter James BERRY, probably Les BERRY.
   Manuscript copy included in PRG985/10 a), supporting Les BERRY as author. Also with Gordon YUILLE.
   
   Robert Berry, born 1765, married 12/7/1794 Ann Flack Gibbs (BERRY) born 1766.
   Had 3 children 2 daughters and one son
   Martha Berry 1803 Sarah Berry 1806 (never married)
   son born 1809 James Berry
   James Berry married Ann Ellen Barclay 1832
   They had 4 sons and a daughter
   one son died shortly after birth.
   2 brothers James and Joseph Barclay Berry married 2 sisters Sarah Jane Simpson and Mary Ann Simpson.
   Joseph Barclay Berry b1834 married Mary Ann Simpson
   This pair had 17 children.
   My father Walter James Berry born 1860
   he was second child
   There were 3 children 2 girls 1 boy when diphtheria epidemic raged in SA. One son and daughter died.
   my father was only child left then.
   He married Clara Allen first wife and there were two sons and one daughter when Clara died.
   My father Walter James married my mother Elizabeth Robjohns
   There were six children of this marriage
   Harold Leonard James (died)
   Charles Archibald (died)
   Ruth Elizabeth (now 88)
   William Edward (now 85)
   Leslie Robjohns (now 80)
   Gordon (died in infancy)
   
   Robert Berry born March 23 1765 in Coventry England
   His father Robert senr was a Ribbon weaver by trade - his address Jordan Well just out of Coventry
   May 27 1788 Robert Berry Jnr granted freemanship of the city of Coventry. His apprenticeship was served under his father Robert and Jahn Lapworth.
   12 July 1794 Robert Berry marries Ann Flack Gibbs, a widow
   Mar 15 1803 Robert & Ann's first child Martha born
   1806 Aug 13 Second child Sarah
   1809 Oct 26 - Third child James.
   James Berry is your Great great grandfather
   1822 May 29 James is apprenticed, by indenture to his father Robert as a silk weaver, Jordon Well
   1831 July 26 James is granted freemanship of city
   1832 James married Ann Ellen Barclay of London (Battersea) at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
   July 15 1833 first child James
   1834 Dec 24 Second child Joseph Barclay Berry born (Your great grandfather) (my grandfather)
   1840 Ann Flack Gibbs died age 74 (see first entry over page)
   1849 Robert Berry born 1765 died age 84
   1851 Census James listed as a Ribbon Manufacturers Assistant (connected with Bush ribbon makers)
   1852 James and his family leave England on 'Atlanta' headed for Adelaide
   Stranded in Port Philip Bay Melbourne due to ships crew deserting to Goldfields
   James with his 2 sons James and Joseph volunteer to bring ship to Adelaide
   6 March 1853 Arrive at Port Adelaide but unable to dock because it is a Sunday
   7 March 1853 The Bremen ship Atlanta offloads its passengers
   Other passengers on the ship was the Simpson family-
   1853-1857 Family settles at McLaren Vale, Happy Valley - then to Bugle Ranges, Hartley, Callington, Langhorne's Creek.
   Berry and Simpson family meet up again.
   1858 March 1 - Monday Both James jnr & his brother Joseph are married in a double wedding to the Simpson sisters Sarah & Mary Ann. Rev Flockhart officiated. Wedding took place in Walter Simpson's home (father of the two brides) at Whitepeg Gully on Chaunceys line of road to the Murray River near Reed Creek (near Callington)
   
   Great grandpa (yours) Joseph Barclay Berry was a farmer and school teacher, lived at many places south of Adelaide - near Macclesfield, at Langhorne's Creek, Finniss, Bugle Ranges, Sandergraove, Angas Plains, Roper River near Red Hill & Crystal Brook.
   
   Wiliam Simpson, son of Walter Simpson & brother in law to my grandfather - Joseph Barclay Berry was born in Battersea, London, and fought in the Crimea War. Came to South Australia & joined the family some time after 1850.
   
   Robjohns - not so much known as with the Berry family.
   My mother's father was Charles John Drake Robjohns - his mother's surname was Drake. He came with his parents including one sister first to new Zealand. Relatives name was East. CJDR left NZ and came to Adelaide. He was a baker and had a shop in a side street off Flinders Street near Pulteney St. Family came from Tavistock, Devon, England - the birth place of Sir Fancis Drake. There is a family connection. However Sir Francis was a bachelor & had lots of lady friends no direct descendancy has been established.
   Grandma Robjohns single name was Elizabeth Machin she was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England on 12/4/1846.
   CJDR & EM were married on 9/6/1867 at Pirie St Methodist Church.
   Tracing back Machin family.
   Machin family lived in the village of Tadcaster Yorkshire in the vicinity of city of York.
   They had a farm called "Home Stoke Riding" Awkley Common near Doncaster.
   Story is that my Grandmother's father she was Elizabeth, Samuel Woodal Machin was a corn merchant & farmer. He was a heavy drinker, & sold his farm to pay debts and migrate with his family to Australia. They came to SA via Melbourne on sailing ship "Admella" which was wrecked on its return journey to Melbourne. The Machins lived in King William St & had a fruit garden at Unley. My grandmother was a milliner by trade.
   When the copper mine rush started at Moonta Grandpa & Grandma Robjohns moved to Moonta. He was a baker, but started work as engineer in the Moonta mines, Taylor's shaft. They lived in East Moonta.
   Their family was as follows:-
   1868 Mary Elizabeth (my mother) (Berry)
   1869 Eliza Ann (Thomas)
   1872 Emma Edith (Nancarrow)
   1874 Louisa Harriett (single)
   1876 (Charles George (died 1904)
   1880 Alfred John (died on WA goldfields)
   1882 Henry Thomas (had 2 sons)
   1886 Clara May (Whitford)
   1889 William Francis Machin (had 1 son)
   
   Elizabeth
   Hannah
   
   SABMD: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html
   SABMDHistory.pdf
   South Australian Birth Marriage and Death records.
   Many entries are from the set of 5 Digger CDs published by South Australian Genealogical an Heraldic Society, now Genalogy SA.
   Now available at https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html
   Also available on FindMyPast.
   Original certificates are available to view at selected locations, findable at https://www.familyhistorysa.org//births-marriages-deaths/
   
   
   
4. ↑ SA state teachers' service histories: Dated:2003 Author:Brian Condon
   Web site at University of South Australia.
   http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/research/condon/index.htm
   Click on Teachers. Brian noted that "A pupil teacher was commonly 14 when beginning service, and would spend a minimum of four years before appointment or posting to Teachers' College"
   
   HT: Head teacher
   AT: Assistant teacher
   CBE: Central Board of Education 1852-1875
   PROV T: Provisional Teacher
   SM: Sewing Mistress; much later, Senior Master/Mistress
   PUPT: Pupil Teacher
   
   A history of Langhorne's Creek School in the Vivien Reynolds collection has:
   In 1852 a seven-member Central Board of Education, under the Chief Inspector,
   Dr. William Wyatt, was introduced to control all Government expenditure, and through
   government grants, "vested" schools were introduced"
   Langhorne's Bridge was a vested school. These schools were established by District
   Councils, Corporations or a committee of Trustees on a pound for pound (£) subsidy
   after the Central Board had approved a deed of trust to the school-house in the Council
   or local committee. Since the maximum government grant was only £200, the total sum
   of £400 was only sufficient to build a small school house. The establishment of the
   Langhorne's Bridge school was also fostered by the Central Board's issuance of
   "the teachers’ licence, which entitled the teacher in charge of the school to a salary
   of between £40 and £100 from the Central Board".
   Adjustments to the teacher's salary were based on the number of children being taught
   and the efficiency of the teacher, as measured by the local justice of the Peace. To
   supplement his salary the teacher was required to charge school fees through
   government unwillingness to assume full responsibility. This unwillingness on behalf
   of the government ended with the introduction of the Education Act in October, 1875.
   1'he Government's loose rein on the education system in South Australia was tightened
   considerably, and children between the ages of 7 and 13 were under compulsion to
   attend school. Thus began compulsory, elementary and secular education with only small
   fees for instruction: the government was thenceforth committed to the great expense of
   developing a system of elementary education throughout the state which suffered from
   sparseness of population, a lack of sizeable towns and transport problems.
   
   
   
5. ↑ SA state teachers' service histories: ibid.
   
   
   
6. ↑ Trove. Australian Newspapers: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
   
   National Library of Australia Newspapers project.
   http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ Now http://trove.nla.gov.au/
   
   The site suggests that URLs as copied may need to be coverted from, for example, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/36774395 into the persistant URL: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36774395, which as of July 2014, redirects to the former.
   
   
   
   
7. ↑ Trove. Australian Newspapers: ibid.
   
   
   
8. ↑ Lands Memorial books: Author:S A Government
   Books of "old system" land transactions held in Carrington St.
   
   
   
9. ↑ Trove. Australian Newspapers: ibid.
   
   
   
10. ↑ Trove. Australian Newspapers: ibid.
    
    
    
11. ↑ South Australians 1836-1885: Dated:May 1990 Author:SAGHShttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10899838
    
    Berrys contributed by Y101U; G A Yuill, 4 Seymour Gr Brigthon SA 5048
    
    Victorian BMD:
    On CD at local library
    
    Berry Family: ibid.
    
    Berrys to Victoria: Author:Unknown
    Part of Vivien Reynolds collection, but apparently not written by her.
    James 1st is James BERRY (1809)
    James 2nd is James BERRY (1833)
    James 3rd is James BERRY (1859)
    
    End of 1859 James 1st ceases teaching - reasons unknown.
    James 2nd son, James 3rd, born at Callington. Copy of birth cert enclosed.
    Birth certificate shows James 2nd profession as Schoolmaster,
    address - Near the Bremer (River)
    Birth registered by Sarah's father, Walter Simpson.
    1861 Death of Ann Ellen at Langhorne's Brldge Wife of Jas Berry Teacher (Death Cert)
    1863 A. R. Mills book, 'Where Copper Lay - Now Children Play' states
    James 2nd registers birth of another child Wesleyan Register 1863 and
    gives his profession as Miner.
    1864 James 2nd school teaching at first school.
    1871 Only one school 57 boys & 48 girls enrolled, but average attendance only 40
    and accomodation for only 67.
    Folk were poor, but had to contribute towards teacher‘s pay.
    1875 Copper Mine closed
    1876 Government introduces compulsory education.
    James 2nd still in control, plus his 2nd son Tom (pupil-teacher age 16 yrs)
    and James 2nd wife Sarah Berry (nee Simpson) as sewing mistress. (age 37 yrs)
    1876 End of Berry reign as per Callington School Book (A.R. Mills author)
    I believe this was when he selected land approx 16-18 miles north of Horsham.
    District known as Blackheath, was part of Kewell West Station run, held by
    squatter Wilson. Kewell West Station run was "thrown open for selection"
    in early 1870's , following the Land Act of 1869.
    My search of Wimmera Shire Records shows first rates for J. Berry dated
    March, l877,which indicates to me that the land was "selected" in 1876.
    I have not as yet sighted his application for land, (the records are no
    longer in Melbourne, but at Laverton.) Public Record Office. But I arrive
    at the 1876 date because of my experience with Reynolds and other selections
    Reynolds selected land 1874 a few miles closer to Horsham, about 4 miles
    distant from J. B's.
    James 3rd was 17 yrs old on arrival in Wimmera, and when 18 shire records
    show he has approx 100 acres, adjacent to his father's land. Probably
    another selector had found the going too tough and walked off. This did
    happen.
    1879 May 11th James 2nd dies leaving Sarah pregnant and with 8 children
    1882 Feb 8th Janes 3rd married at Blackheath to Esther Moulden
    1883 23rd July their first child , James 4th (Hamilton James) born
    1884 7th October John (my father born)
    I have not established when James & Esther relinquished their land at Blackheath.
    Reason for leaving was shortage of water which had to be fetched minimum of 10 miles
    They moved to Lawloit, where two sons Alf & George were born. ( Lawloit nr Nhill)
    This move did not prove successful either as “the rabbits ate them out of farming."
    The family moved to Horsham where grandfather managed a large foundry that made
    agricultural implements. Five more children were born in Horsham. Grandfather
    then opened his own hardware/ironmongery business in main street. This was later
    taken over by his son Alf after he returned from World War 1.
    Grandfather again took up some land west of Natimuk for some years,
    
    Sarah remained at B‘heath for some years. Probably in 1890s went farming at
    Kalingur, nr Gymbowan, west of Natimuk. I have copy of title for Sarah's holding
    dated 1901, but it is possible that she was there earlier "under licence"
    Son or sons also held land at Kalingur.
    
    
    
12. ↑ James: VIC Death Registration 1879 5045

1. Stabbing: [1]

• https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj
• https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-usertag=James%20BERRY%201833-1879
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218102422/james-berry