John Berry [5]

  Christening Notes:

John lawful son to John Berry and Jean Thomson of Sauchenbush was born and baptized before witnesses John Davie and John Berry (father).

General Register Office for Scotland - Registry of birth and baptisms: 220/000001; O.P.R. Suffix: 0; Film No.: 1; Frame No.: 115.

  Death Notes:

John died at 1:00 a.m. on a Tuesday at Craigfoot, Wester Beltie, Kincardine O'Neil at the age of 57 years. William Merchant, his neighbour of Balnacraig was present at the time of death and no doctor was present at the time of death. Death registered on the 14 March 1860, at Kincardine O'Neil, by James Ramsey, Registrar. John's cause of death was small pox, 9 days duration. He was predeceased by his father John Berry (farmer) and by his mother Margaret Berry (nee Berry). John's burial place is Lumphanan Church yard, as certified by William Emslie, Sexton.

General Register Office for Scotland - Registry of death: 220/ 00 0008.

Note: Regarding a correspondence with Rosalyn Kinnear a researcher with the "Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society" (ANESFHS). She has checked the 1851 census and John is aged 46 years living at Burn Side, Kincardine O'Neil, and born in Lumphanan. In 1861 census Elizabeth is a widow living with her son Peter at Burn Side.

For sometime, I had a hunch it was the correct relative, but not having enough supporting information, I was not able to make a decision as of yet, until the Scottish census' from 1841 to 1901, had all been looked for and until I got a

1. Up until the 1851 census John is alive, from the 1861 census and from there hence forth he is not listed and his wife is listed as a widower. so, John has died sometime between those dates.

2. I have had this death certificate, the person death date is in the window and his age at death (57) puts him being born in 1803. He was baptised in 1807 Lumpahanan.

3. Buried in Lumphanan churchyard with his brother Peter and his wife Elizabeth. I was able to get a photo of the grave site with the monumental inscription from a local genealogiest in Aberdeen. Alas, the inscription has weathered poorly and is difficult to read in whole, John's vitals read poorly and Elizabeth's vitals are disirable put the place of death reads poorly also.

4. There is no couples in the towns or area of Kincrdine O'Neil and Lamphanan that were married with the names of John Berry and Margaret Berry (nee Berry). This should have read John Berry and Jean Berry (nee Thomson).

  Burial Notes:

John (age 57) is buried at the St. Finnan's Churchyard Lumphanan. The lair stone reads - John Berry who died at ???? ???? 1860, aged ?? years. Also his son Peter Berry who died at Waulkmill 3rd. Feb 1881, aged 58 years. Also Lizzie Smith wife of the above John Berry who died at ?????? 20 June 1899, aged 96 years.

Source Information - Photo of grave stone courtesy of Colin A. Milne.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a crofter from circa 1819 to 1854 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. John was a farming around the Colleston and Kincardine O'Neil areas.

• He appeared on the Scottish 1841 census. John (married, age 34, born - Aberdeenshire, Farm labourer) & Elisabeth (married, age 33 born - Outside Census County) and both of them where living at Waulkmill, Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeenshire. Five of their children were living at home, Peter (age 10), Jane (age 8), Margaret (age 6), John (age 3), George (age 2), all born in Aberdeenshire.

General Register Office for Scotland - Registry of census: Piece: SCTI841/209; Place: Kincardine O'Neil-Aberdeenshire Enumeration; District: 2; Civil Parish: Kincardine O'Neil Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island; Folio: 2; Page: 4; Address: Waulkmill.

• He appeared on the Scottish 1851 census. John (head, married, age 46), born Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Crofter of 10 acres. Eliza (wife, married, age 45), born Menmuir, Forfarshire. Jane (daughter, age 17), John (son, age 13, scholar), George (son, age 11, scholar), William (son, age 8, scholar), Christen (daughter, age 5), Eliza (daughter, age 2) all the children born in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire.

General Register Office for Scotland - Registry of census: Piece: SCTI851/209; Place: Kincardine O'Neil-Aberdeenshire Enumeration; District: 2; Civil Parish: Kincardine O'Neil Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island; Folio: 151; Page: 3; Schedule: 8; Address: Burn Side.

John married Elizabeth Smith [6] [MRIN: 78], daughter of George Smith [187] and Clementina Low [190], on 2 July 1830 in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Elizabeth Smith [6] was born circa 1803 in Menmuir, Angus, Scotland, baptized on 29 May 1814 in Menmuir, Angus, Scotland, died on 20 June 1899 in Craigellachie, Banff, Scotland and was buried in June 1899 in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

Proclamation of Banns and Marriages of Berry and Smith, on the 2 of July 1830, John Berry farmer's son in Colleston and Elizabeth Smith, servant in Cairnbally consigned pledges in order for marriage. They where married at Braeline. Marriage registered in the parish of Lumphanan, county of Aberdeen on the 2 July 1830.

General Register Office for Scotland - Registry of marriage: 220/000002; Frame number: FR 386414. LDS IG Index of marriages: Batch No.: M112205; Dates: 1820 - 1855; Source No.: 0993341.