James Berry (1809 - 1876)

Born 26 Oct 1809 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Ellen (Barclay) Berry — married 10 May 1832 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Elizabeth (Grisdale) Berry — married 7 Mar 1866 in Sturt, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1876 at age 66 in Lake Plains, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

James Berry came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Name

James Berry ^[1]

Birth

Date: 26 Oct 1809

Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom^[2]

Note: From a transcript of a family Bible included in Les BERRY papers

Death

Date: 29 Sep 1876

Place: Lake Plains, South Australia, Australia ^[3][4][5]

Marriage

Date: 10 May 1832

Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Spouse: Ann Ellen (Barclay) Berry (1808-1861) ^[6]

Date: 7 Mar 1866

Place: Sturt, South Australia, Australia

Spouse: Elizabeth Grisdale (abt.1815-1902)

Children

With: Ann Ellen Barclay

James Berry (1833 - 1879)

Joseph Barclay Berry (1834-1916)

Thomas Henry Berry (1839-1926)

Ann Ellen Berry (1842-1927)

Census

Date: 1841 census they are resident in

Place: Gosford St.^[7]

Date: 1851

Place: St Michaels, Warwickshire, England ^[8]

Immigration

Ship: Atalanta

Departed: 29 Sep 1852

Arrived: In Adelaide via Melbourne 7 Mar 1853.

Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38462990

Newspaper Clippings

The Adelaide Express (SA : 1863 - 1866) Fri 3 Feb 1865 Page 2

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1865.^[9]

The man Berry who stabbed his son at Callington a week or two since has been convicted at the Mount Barker Local Court, and sentenced to three months'imprisonment, with hard labor.

Notes

He married Ann Ellen Barclay, described as his cousin in old family documents in Coventry on 10 May 1832.^[10]

He is listed in voting rolls in the Warwickshire records office in 1836, resident in Gosford Street, a freehold house.

James and Anne Ellen Berry and their family arrived in the South Australian Colony in 1853 from Melbourne on the Atalante (Atalanta maybe). The Atalanta arrived in Melbourne in the Victorian Colony in january of that year.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4Y1-HXK
2. ↑ https://catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:443/record=b2187542~S1
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248079906/james-berry: accessed 23 October 2023), memorial page for James Berry (unknown–29 Sep 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248079906, citing Langhorne Creek Cemetery, Langhorne Creek, Alexandrina Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Deb Jackson (contributor 48938337).
4. ↑ Genealogy South Australia. Online database entry: James Berry, death, 29-Sep-1876 at Lake Plains. Registration number: 76/86
5. ↑ Genealogy South Australia. Online database entry: James Berry, death, 29-Sep-1876 at Lake Plains. Registration number: 76/86
6. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV45-1XV : 10 February 2018), James Berry and Ann Ellen Barclay, 10 May 1832; citing Holy Trinity,Coventry,Warwick,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0502210-212, 502270.
7. ↑ https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=GBC%2F1841%2F0005328058
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGZN-ZXT : 8 November 2019), James Berry, St Michaels, Warwickshire, England; citing St Michaels, Warwickshire, England, p. 3, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207599215
10. ↑ https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FWARWICKSHIRE%2FMAR%2F000193123%2F2
11. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria (PROV): Unassisted passenger lists (1852-1923) Record Series Number (VPRS): 947

• Cheek Web Site at MyHeritage.com family tree (4542092-1)

• Passengers for 27/02/1853 - 06/03/1853 from the PASSENGERS IN HISTORY website. An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 4th of October, 2021 at: https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/voyage-passengers-all/948377/27/02/1853%20-%2006/03/1853

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Monday 7 March 1853, Page 2. first accessed online on the 4th of October, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38453531?searchTerm=Atalanta
• PersonElizabeth Grisdale (Housekeeper)

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