Merry Bee Genealogy - Berry
| decade | event | confirmation |
| 1860 | born 09 November 1860 in Saline County Illinois. Father: Richard Albert Berry. Mother: Modesta D D Church | family record* |
| 1870 | a nine-year-old, attending school, in the household of his father Richard A Berry in Township 9 Range 7, Saline County, Illinois, with a Harrisburg post office address. | 1870 US Census. Roll: M593_274.Page: 529 Image: 265. dwelling 89, family 89 |
| 1880 | working on father’s farm in Cottage Grove, Saline County, Illinois; has a check mark under "maimed, crippled, or disabled" | 1880 US Census. Film:1254248 Roll: T9-248, Page: 166D; ED: 109, Image: 0333. dwelling 292, family 197 |
| 13 November 1888 birth of daughter Lucy May | family record* & 1900 US Census | |
| 07 February 1889 marries Mary Ellen Carsnor | copy of marriage certificate | |
| 02 December 1889 birth of daughter Margret Modesta | family record* | |
| 1890 | 04 June 1892 birth of son Frank Berry | family record* |
| between 1892 - 1896 moves back to Saline County Illinois | deduction | |
| 27 June 1894 birth of daughter Lily Bell | family record* | |
| 17 August 1896 birth of daughter Dora Nellie | family record* | |
| 28 November 1898 birth of son Samual Elmer | family record* | |
| 1900 | is farming a mortgaged farm in Cottage Township, Saline County, Illinois, with wife Mary & six children | 1900 US Census. ED: 79, dwelling 149, family 149. |
| 08 February 1902 birth of daughter Grace Lee | family record* | |
| 11 March 1903 birth of daughter Anne Marie | family record* | |
| between 1903 - 1907 moved to Missouri | deduction | |
| 26 June 1907 birth of daughter Eula Myrtle | family record* | |
| 26 June 1909 birth of daughter Mary Isabell (Millie on 1910 Census) | family record* | |
| 1910 | farms a rented farm in Duck Creek Township, Stoddard County Missouri | 1910 US Census. Series: T624 , Roll: 824, Part: 2, Page: 260B. ED: 178, dwelling 173, family 174 |
| 1920 | farms a rented farm in Duck Creek Township, Stoddard County Missouri with four children still at home | 1920 US Census. Page 98, ED 205, image 0118, dwelling 97, family 101. |
| 03 December 1920 wife Mary dies | family record* | |
| 1930 | lives with daughter Lucy and her husband John Umfleet in Duck Creek Township, Stoddard County Missouri | 1930 US Census. Roll: T626_1248; Page: 4B; ED: 7; Image: 0626. dwelling 88; family 89 |
| 02 July 1938 dies Buried at the Hobbs Cemetery, Fisk, Butler County, Missouri. |
family record* | |
| 1940 | ||
| * family records consist of notes made by Gordon Berry (BD-003) during visits to his aunts, and genealogy research done by Ozelle Berry Mozier (BD-555). | ||
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