Leslie Joseph Barclay Berry (1897 - 1942)

Born 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Victoria Annetta Grace (Paige) Berry — married 12 Jul 1933 (to 1939) in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died 16 May 1942 at about age 45 in Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

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Notes

Sth Australian birth index: Hin Bk606 p322

Biography

Leslie Joseph Barclay BERRY was born 10 Jul 1897 at Mile End, South Australia.^[1]

• Married

to Victoria Annetta Grace PAIGE 12 Jul 1933 at Adelaide, South Australia^[2] Groom Surname: BERRY
Given names: Leslie Joseph Barkley
Age: 35
Status: S
Father: Samuel Barkley BERRY
Bride Surname: PAIGE
Given names: Victoria Annetta Grace
Age: 19
Status: S
Father: Charles Ashley PAIGE
Date: 1933-07-12
Place: Registry Office Adelaide
District: Ade

• Died

16 May 1942 at Whyalla, South Australia^[3] Surname: BERRY
Given Names: Leslie Joseph Barclay
Date: 1942-05-16
Sex: M
Age: 44y
Status: M
Relative:
Relative 2:
Residence: Whyalla
Death Place: Whyalla
District Code: Fli
Symbol: H
Book: 649
Page: 2476

Sources

1. ↑ SAB1:
   CD of South Australian births.
   
   
   
2. ↑ SAM:
   South Australian Marriage records. Using the CD version, with a few fiche references for marriages.
   
   SAM1 Marriages up to 1917
   SAM2 Marriages up to 1937
   
   As a result of the proclamation of An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in the Province of South Australia (Anno Quinto Victoriae Reginae No. 13), civil birth registration could commence on 1 June 1842.
   From this date parents were permitted, but not compelled, to register births which had occurred previously (including births at sea and in other parts of Australia and Van Diemen's Land). There are 492 such prior births recorded, the first of which occurred on 17 December 1828. The next was on 16 March 1831 and the third on 25 September 1835. These were followed by nine births in 1837, 23 in 1838 and increasing numbers each following year. There is some evidence to suggest that the three earliest birth dates are incorrect.
   
   It was common practice that parents compulsorily registering a birth would also register their older children at the same time. In fact, the first two registrations were for children of the same family, Simon and Rabinia LESLIE born on 1 June 1840 and 1 May 1842 respectively. The actual date of these first registrations was 4 June 1842.
   Births occurring from 1 June 1842 were required to be registered within 42 days or be subject to a fine of ten shillings and sixpence for registration up to six months after the event. Beyond the six month limit, registration was not permitted (except for births at sea or in other parts of Australia or Van Diemen's Land), but did occur in some cases. Some cancelled registrations have such notations as Not in accordance with the Act or Not recorded within 42 days. These cancelled registrations are included in this compilation. The time limit and associated fine on delayed registration resulted in a significant number of birth dates being falsified by their informants.
   
   Registration of stillborn births was not permitted.
   Initially there were two Registration Districts, Adelaide (where the Principal Registry Office was located in the City of Adelaide) and Flinders (where the Registry Office was located in Port Lincoln).
   Many registrations were made by mail as people could not afford the expense or time to travel to a Registry Office. Further births remained unregistered for the same reasons and, in addition, ignorance or defiance of the legal requirements
   
   Expansion of the System
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   In 1848, The Murray was proclaimed as a Registration District with its Registry Office located in Kooringa, the centre of a growing mining area. In 1854, Encounter Bay was added and this was followed in 1855 by the additions of Barossa West, Clare and Upper Wakefield, Grey, Highercombe, Mount Barker, Munno Para East, Munno Para West, Nairne, Onkaparinga, Willunga and Yatala. The information provided for on the registration forms was Date; Registration District; Registration Number; When Born; Name, if any; Sex; Name and Surname of Father; Name and Maiden Surname of Mother; Rank or profession of Father; Signature, description and residence of informant; When Registered and Signature of Deputy Registrar; Name if added after Registration of Birth.
   
   Two registrations were completed for each birth, one was retained by the district registry office as the district copy, the other was sent to Adelaide where it became the official registration for certification purposes. Significant differences between the two records occurred in many cases.
   The Act was repealed and a new Act was assented to on 1 February 1856 and, on 1 July 1856, a total of 22 districts were established or confirmed, the remainder of those listed above being abolished. The 22 districts were Adelaide, Angaston, Barossa, Burra, Clare, Crawford, Encounter Bay, Flinders, Gilbert, Grey, Highercombe, Kapunda, Morphett Vale, Mount Barker, Nairne, Port Gawler, Robe, Strathalbyn, Talunga, Wellington, Willunga and Yankalilla.
   
   District registrars were given instructions to assist in completing the registration form prescribed by the 1856 Act. This form, in column layout, required information under the similar headings to the earlier act; the main difference being the inclusion of the parents' residence in place of informant's residence. Some of these instructions are reproduced below.
   
   Instructions for the Registration of BIRTHS
   
   No. of 18
   District of
   
   WhenBorn. Name. Sex. Name and Surname of Father. Name and Maiden Surname of Mother. Rank orProfession ofFather. Residence of Parents. Christian Name, if any, given after Registration of Birth. [Enter the CHRISTIAN name or names in this Column, except in cases of Illegitimacy, when the FULL name and surname must be given.In case of twins, write as follows:- Mary Ann, female, and Eliza Jane, female, or as may be.] [Every name in full, without omission or abbreviation.In cases of
   Illegitimacy, when the Father's name is refused to be given, or not known, write 'NOT STATED;' and so in respect of his profession, in the Sixth Column.] [Enter the full present name, then add - 'FORMERLY' - giving the maiden surname.If the Child be Illegitimate, then the Mother's name in full.In case of the Mother having been twice married, write, say - Mary Wilson, late Smith, formerly Jones, the last being the maiden surname.] [Enter the place considered by them as their usual home. If the Child be Illegitimate, enter the MOTHER'S usual residence, saying, 'residence of
   MOTHER.']
   I [Informant's full name], of [his residence], in the District of do declare the above
   particulars to be correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief. ____________________[Informant's signature.]
   
   Signed in my presence, at this day of
   18 . ____________________District Registrar.
   
   Forty-two clear days are allowed for the Registration of BIRTHS. If delayed
   beyond that time, a fee of Five Shillings must be charged and remitted to the District Office with the sheets. A Birth occurring at Sea is not chargeable, although the age of the Child may exceed forty-two days.
   
   Note: The registrars frequently failed to adhere to the issued instructions. This created complications, many decades later, for this project.
   
   Later subdivisions resulted in the new Registration Districts of Frome (1857), Daly (1866), Upper Wakefield (1867), Palmerston (1870), Port Adelaide (1870), Hindmarsh (1872) and Norwood (1882). Multiple entry registration forms were used until about 1875 in some districts. These contained from three to eighteen registrations per sheet. Single entry forms were introduced as early as 1865 while in some districts the multiple entry forms were used with only one entry per sheet. The District Registrars were required to forward quarterly summaries to Adelaide. Some of these were bound into the early multiple entry books. Entries from these summaries were included in this compilation if the full registration could not be identified or if the details varied significantly.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. ↑ SAD2:
   Second South Australian death index on CD