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| John Berry [2]
(1761-1845) |
John Berry [2]
Birth Notes: We have the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) death certificate for John's wife Jean Thomson. By using this information we have been able to determine that we have the correct family burial plot. We are taking the dates from the monumental inscriptions and death certificates as the most accurate information, as we do not have actual birth information, but do have baptism certificate from the Old Parish Records (OPR). According to the monumental inscription (MI), John was 84 when he died, that would make him born about 1761. As the burial monument was erected by Francis and Isabella Berry, we feel the headstone was not put in place until some years after John's death, if this was the case it also brings into question the miscued dates on the monument, as in many cases they did not have actual paper copies of the person's vital records, so the remaining family members relied on their own memories for birth, death and anniversaries and or someone's Bible if one has kept it up to date. Christening Notes: 11 June 1775, Peter Berry in Sauchenbush has a son baptized here named John. Before the congregation. Burial Notes: John is buried at the St. Finnan's Churchyard Lumphanan, stone number 41. The lair stone reads; Erected by Francis and Isabella Berry in memory of their father John Berry, late farmer in Sauchenbush who died, aged 84. Also his wife Jane Thomson who died 20th. April 1858, aged 77. His sister Euphemia Berry who died 2nd. Dec 1856, aged 77. His daughter Jane who died 17th. Feb 1822, aged 18. His son William Berry who died 5th. April 1834, aged 22. His son James who died 5th. May 1842, aged 29. Ann Gillespie who died 6th. December 1877, aged 59 years. Francis Berry who died 3rd. November 1888, aged 72 years. Also Isabella Berry died 1889.
Noted events in his life were: • He was employed. John farmed and or crofted for many years (1809-1841), at Sauchenbush, Lumphanan. • He appeared on the Scottish 1841 census. John of Sauchenbush, Lumphanan, head, married, age 75, born - Aberdeenshire, occupation - farmer. Jean, wife, married, age 60, born - Aberdeenshire. Three of their children were living at home, Isabel age 30, Francis age 25, Elizabeth age 15. A grandson John Ross age 14, agricultural labour. An employee named John Merchant age 50, agricultural labour, all born in Aberdeenshire.
John married Jane Thomson [193] [MRIN: 1], daughter of James Thomson [417] and Elizabeth Mitchell [418], on 31 October 1799 in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Jane Thomson [193] was born in 1779 in Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, baptized on 24 November 1779 in Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, died on 20 April 1859 in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and was buried in April 1859 in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.) Marriage Notes: The Banns of Marriage where published between John Berry and Jean Thomson both of this parish on Thursday the 31 October 1799, both of this parish, having consigned pledges were proclaimed for the first, second and third time. Said day they were married, in the parish of Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire. |