George lived in his father's home on Silver Street in Steeple Ashton. It was in this home that Thomas lived for sixty-six years. Thomas lived there with Mary Sainsbury for twenty to twenty-six years; with Thomas' second wife, Mary, for "up to" thirty years and as a widower for four years. The house where Thomas Berrett and Mary Sainsbury lived on Silver Street is definitely known. It was number 1073 on the 1818 Enclosure Map and number 307 on the 1841 Tithe Map. In 1979 the address of the home was 4 Silver Street and Peggy Dowe Brown, a relative by marriage, lived there in the part farthest east. Thomas and Mary Sainsbury had thirteen children including George Samuel Berrett before Mary's untimely death at age forty-eight. She was buried 3 Dec 1820 according to Parish records.
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ34-T89 : 9 March 2018), George Barrett and Amelia Addleton, 31 Dec 1827; citing Lalop, Halesowen, Worcester, England, reference p 157, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 350,506.
1861 England, Scotland and Wales census, Public Record Office, ref:- R.G. 9/2045, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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