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Descendants
of Sterling Berry (1771-1828)
(5th Generation of Descent from
Progenitor John Berry)
1.
Sterling BERRY (son of Thomas BERRY and Frances Berry) b. 10 Oct. 1771 at Eglish Castle, d. 10 April
1828 at Blackhall St. Dublin. Buried at Eglish. Merchant, Grand Canal, Dublin.
Pigot & Co.'s Leinster Directory of 1824 for Tullamore, carries the entry Berry, Sterling and Francis, Carriers from
Grand Canal Harbour to Edenderry, Phillipstown, Tullamore, Gillen, and Shannon
Harbour every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and arrive in Dublin every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Sterling, at the age of twenty eight
was apparently still sowing his wild oats and failing to settle down to earning
his living as a linen salesman. In a letter of 13th Sept. 1797 Frances Berry
writes of her son Sterling that his ...."Father is still so enraged he
can't hear his name mentioned with any degree of patience"...
He married Dec 1806,
Dorothea Winslow, b. 1780, (daughter of David Tighe Winslow of
Co. Fermanagh). She had married first in 1799, Cosby Adams of Drum, Co.
Monaghan who d.s.p. She died 30 July 1826. Buried at Eglish.
Children:
i Alicia Berry, d. Dec 1849 at Limerick.
She married 2 July
1844, William Rowley Bluett, (son of Richard Bluett, Capt. R.N.
and Maria Fisher). B.A. at T.C.D. Vicar
of Clonea, Co. Clare1851-75. They had a son, William who died hours after birth
on 16 Dec. 1849.
ii Frances Berry, b. 1813, d. 24 May 1825; buried at Eglish.
2. iii Thomas Berry b. 31 Jan 1814.
3. iv Sophia Berry b. 1815.
4. v Marlborough Sterling BERRY b. 10
Feb. 1816.
5. vi William Winslow Berry b. 11 June
1817.
vii Maria
Berry, b. 1819, d. 6 Nov 1824; buried at Eglish. Twin of John.
viii John Berry, b. 1819, d. 19 Feb. 1825; buried at Eglish. Twin
of Maria.
6. ix Hester Jane Berry b. 5 Jul 1823.
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Sixth Generation
2.
Thomas Berry (son of Sterling
Berry), b. 31 Jan 1814, d. 7 Mar
1888 at Leixlip. Commonly known as “Little Tom”. Agent to Miss Nesbitt of
Tulberdaly.
He married (1) 7 July 1835, Anne Jane
Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams of Dublin, b. 1816, d. 5 June 1843 at
Rathgar.
Children:
i Sterling Thomas Berry, b. 2 Feb 1837, d. 19 Jan 1865 in
Calcutta of cholera; buried in Chowringghee Cemetery, Calcutta. In Mercantile
Marine; 3rd Officer of Result.
ii Mary Frances Berry, b. 1839, d. 19 Aug 1907.
She married 16 Oct
1888, Thomas Skipton (son of Pitt Skipton of Londonderry)b.
1852, d. 1930 at Bournmouth. Priest. No
issue
7. iii John Berry b. 25 May 1841.
8. iv William Winslow Berry b. 22 Jul 1842.
He married (2) Sarah Alicia Seymour, (daughter of
Robert Seymour) d. 1899.
Children:
v Sarah Berry, d. 5 Jun 1872.
She married, 5 June
1867, James Floyd b. in C. Wicklow c.1836, d. 1901. B.A., LL.B.,
LL.D. Ordained priest in 1864. They had issue.
3. Sophia Berry (daughter
of Sterling Berry), b. 1815 in Dublin, Ireland, d. c.1861 in
Canada.
She married Thomas Tomlinson
(son of Daniel Tomlinson), b.1806 in Dublin, Ireland, d. 1889.
Children:
i Thomas Tomlinson, b. 1838, d. 1877. B.A., M.A. Admitted to Middle Temple 1863;
called 1869. Unmarried.
9. ii Sterling Tomlinson b. 1839.
10. iii William Winslow Tomlinson b. 1840.
11. iv Robert Tomlinson b. 15 Feb 1841.
v Dorothea Tomlinson, b. 1843, d. 1915.
vi Alicia Tomlinson, b.
1845, d. 1862.
vii Charles Tomlinson, b.
1848, d. 1878. He married, 1873, Ellen Beauchamp.
viii Francis Tomlinson, b. 1849, d. 1868.
ix Sophia Jane Tomlinson, b. 1851, d. 1929. She married William R. Lawton.
x Anna Lucretia Tomlinson, b. 1852, d. 1880.
xi Fanny Tomlinson, b. 1855, d. 1855.
xii Anne Maude Mary Tomlinson, b. 1860, d. 1927.
xiii Samuel Tomlinson.
4.
Marlborough Sterling BERRY (son of Sterling
Berry) b. 10 Feb. 1816 in Dublin, d. 16 Jan.1890. Entered Trinity College
Dublin 5 Nov 1832, aged 16. Ordained deacon in 1840 and priest in 1841 by the
Archbishop of Dublin. He was curate of Trowbridge Parish Church, Wilts. for 12
years until 1858 and was Vicar of nearby
West Ashton until 1890. Copy of photograph of MSB in his dotage obtained from
West Ashton, as well as photos of his grave and the church. He owned 213 acres
in Co. Leitrim, valued at £81.15.0 p.a.
He married 6 Jan. 1846 in Rathdowny, Co.
Laois, Elizabeth Frances Marsh, b. 1820, (eldest daughter of Digby
Marsh of Brookfield, Co Dublin) d. 1891.
Children:
12. i Angelina Elizabeth Berry b. 20 Nov
1846.
13. ii Digby Marsh BERRY b. 2 Feb 1848.
iii Sophia Jane Berry, b. 14 March 1849 in Trowbridge,
Wiltshire, d. 1866.
5. William Winslow
Berry (son of Sterling Berry) b. 11 June 1817, d. 24 March 1891. Rector of Clondalkin & R.D. of Newcastle
Co. Down.
He married, 24 Sept. 1845, Jane
Langley, b. 1819 daughter of Thomas Langley and Fridzweda Seymour of Galway.
Children:
i Maria Fridzweda Berry, b. 18 Sep 1846 at Carlow, d. c.1927.
Lady Resident, G.F.S. Queen Victoria Home, Rostrevor. Unmarried
ii Dorothea Alicia Berry, b. 26 Sep 1851 at Dundrum, d. 22 Apr
1866 at Portarlington.
14. iii Thomas Sterling Berry b. 1854.
15. iv Sophia Frances Jane Berry b. 1859.
6. Hester Jane Berry (daughter
of Sterling Berry) b. 5 Jul 1823 at Blackhall St. Dublin, d.
18 Dec 1898 at Blackrock.
She married 26 Aug 1852 at Bray, Augustus Frederick George Bluett, b. 3 Sep1821 at Kilkenny, (son
of Richard Bluett, Capt. R.N. and Maria Fisher). Priest; Inc of Eglish 1869-95.
Children:
i Maria Dorothea Bluett, b. 13 Sep 1853 in Dublin, d. 9 Mar
1934 at Blackrock.
16. ii Richard Douglas Bluett b. 1855.
iii Sterling Henry Bluett, b. 12 May 1861 at Rathdrum, Co.
Wicklow, d. 24 Jul1882 at Zermatt, Switzerland.
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Seventh Generation
7. John Berry (son of Thomas Berry), b. 25 May 1841 in Tullamore, Kings County,
Ireland, d. after 1888 in Renwicktown, Marlborough, New Zealand; buried in
Upper Wairau, Blenheim, NZ. Engineer. Fought in American Civil War according to
L.A.W. although his family believe he worked on the railways as an engineer. Arrived
in New Zealand in 1876 and became a schoolmaster in Okaramio, Pelorus Sound.
He married Anna Jane Houghton Cawte, b. 2 Jun 1852 in Alma, Victoria, Australia, d. 21 Sep 1927 in
Renwicktown, Marlborough, NZ; buried in Upper Wairau, Blenheim, N.Z.
Children:
i John Sterling
Berry, b. 1880 in Taratahi, Greytown Wairarapa, d. 1893 in Havelock, Marlborough.
17. ii Charles Edward Berry, b. 1882.
iii Cecil Featherstonehaugh
Berry, b 1884 in Blenheim, Marlborough, d. 1915 at Bauchop Hill,
Gallipoli in WW1.
iv Emily Mary
Frances Berry, b. 1886 in Okaramio, Pelorus, d. 1952 in Nelson.
She married 1909 at
Pelorous Sound, George Peter Williams, b. 1866 in Aukland, d.
1932 in ?Nelson. They had eight children.
v Almericus
Eglish Berry, b.1888 in Okaramio, Pelorus, d. 1976 at Blenheim,
Marlborough. [The name 'Almericus' originates from the de Courcy family of his
grandmother, Anne Jane Williams].
He married 1933, in
Wellington, Iris Myrtle Atheline Pope, b. 1891 in Wellington,
d. 1970 in Wellington. She had a daughter by a previous marriage.
8.
William Winslow Berry (son of Thomas Berry), b. 22
Jul 1842, bapt. At Tullamore, d. Mar 1888 in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia.
He married Zaldah Suzette Fannin,
b. c.1855 in Ireland, d. 9 Feb 1908 in Melbourne East, Australia (daughter of
William Fannin and Susette Lemon).
Children:
i William Thomas Berry, b. 1870 in Penola, Mt. Gambia, S. Australia., d. 1870 aged 16 weeks in
Penola.
18 ii Anne (Annie) Sarah
Berry, b. 1874
iii Sterling Thomas Berry,
b. 1875 in Hamilton, Victoria, Aust., d. 1882 in Hamilton of natural causes
[Digger Inquest Index 1840-1895].
iv Winslow de Courcy Berry, b. 1877 in Cavendish ,Victoria,
Australia, d. 1959 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Winslow and Mabel
1921
He married Mabel Charlotte Maude Allison. According to family legend,
Winslow and Mabel were performers. Mabel was probably a concert pianist. They
had no children.
19. v Alfred Seymour Berry b. 1882.
vi Thomas William Sterling Berry, b. 1885 in Balmain,
Victoria, Australia, d. 1886 in Portland, Victoria, Australia.
9. Sterling Tomlinson (son
of Sophia Berry), b. 1839 at Kilbride, d. 1892 at Malahide.
Clergy, Dean's Vicar at St Patrick's, Dublin
He married 1871, Miriam Watson
Bond, (daughter of Isaac Bond of Fimby, Cumberland) b. 1841 in Edinburgh,
d. 1900 at Malahide.
Children:
20. i Winifred Julia Tomlinson b. 15 Feb
1874.
ii Miriam Sophia Tomlinson, b. 1875 at malahide, d. 1937 in
Cornwall.
She married William Swinton Ryan, Rector of St. Mallian.
iii Sterling Francis Tomlinson, b.21 Feb 1876 at Malahide, d. 3
Apr 1947 at Edmonton; unmarried.
iv William Charles Tomlinson, b. 5 Jan 1878 at Malahide, d. 26
Nov. 1946 at Malahide. Accountant with Jameson's Distillery.
He married Ada
Knowles, b. at Windsor. They had issue – [see L.A.W. for more].
v Henry Swinborne Tomlinson, b. 5 Jul 1882 in Dublin, d.26 Sep 1905. Solicitor.
He married 15 Aug
1903, Sarah Moloney. They had a child – died in infancy.
9.
William Winslow Tomlinson,
(son of Sophia Berry) b. 1840, d. 1922 in Bristol. L.R.C.S.I. & L.R.C.P.I. Demonstrator in
Anatomy at T.C.D. WW1 Brigade Surgeon Lt. Col. A.M.S.
He
married 1881, Annie Maud Mary Druitt, b. 1860, d. 1927.
Children:
i Evelyn
Mary Tomlinson, b. 1881.
She married 1909,
Herbert Sayer Thynne, b. 1879 at Seend, d. 1 Feb 1953 at Hampton Dene. Chairman
and Managing Director H.&G Thynne, Ltd. Hereford glazed tile manufacturers.
WW1 served at Gallipoli and Palestine. They had issue[ for details see L.A.W.]
ii Harold Winslow
Tomlinson, b. 1883. Col. R.E. WW1 Mesopotamia; taken prisoner at surrender of
Kut 1916. Chief Engineer War Office 1939. WW2Deputy Chief Engineer, Eastern
Command.
He married Nellie
Henrietta Myln. They had issue [ for details see L.A.W.]
21. iii Sir Percy Stanley Tomlinson b. 1884.
iv Mary Sophia Tomlinson, b. 1886.
22. v Sterling Charles Tomlinson b. 1892.
11. Robert Tomlinson (son of
Sophia Berry), b. 15 Feb 1841 in Ireland, d. 18 Sep 1913 in
Meanskinisht (Cedarville), BC Canada.
Ireland B.A. Degree and course in Medicine. Also a Reverend.
He married, 24 Apr 1868 in Victoria,
British Columbia Canada, Alice Mary Woods, b. 27 Mar 1851 in
Birr North Ireland, (daughter of Richard Woods of Victoria, B.C. Registrar of
the Supreme Court Sheriff) d. 7 Nov 1933 in Meanskinisht (Cedervale), BC
Canada.
Children:
23. i Robert Tomlinson b. 5 Feb 1870.
ii Sophia Tomlinson, b. 7 Jul 1871 in Kincolith BC, Canada, d.
7 Jul 1871 in Kincolith BC, Canada.
24. iii Alice Tomlinson b. 28 Jun 1872.
iv Elizabeth (Lilly) Tomlinson, b. 15 Feb 1876 in Kincolith
BC, Canada, d. 27 Oct 1919 in Vancouver, BC Canada.
She married 31 May
1906 in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, Joseph Wilmot Graham,
b. 1868, d. 30 Mar 1951 in Lytton, British Columbia Canada.
25. v Thomas Richard Tomlinson b. 15 Feb
1878.
vi Anna Lucretia Tomlinson, b. 23 Jan 1880 in Ankitlas
British Columbia Canada, d. 8 Sept 1969 in Enderby, British Columbia Canada.
She married 1938, Walter Moberly.
vii Edward Sterling Tomlinson, b. 22 Feb 1882 in Ankitlas
British Columbia Canada, d. Sep 1882 in Ankitlas British Columbia Canada.
viii Kathleen Eleanor (Nellie) Tomlinson, b. 8 Jul 1883 in
Victoria, British Columbia Canada, d. 10 Apr 1939 in Nanaimo, British Columbia
Canada.
She married, 6 Aug
1919 in Sidney, BC Canada, George Douglas, b. 1876, d. 3 Jun
1939 in Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada.
ix Son Tomlinson, b. 28 Feb 1892, d. 14
Apr 1892.
12. Angelina Elizabeth Berry (daughter
of Marlborough Sterling BERRY), b. 20 Nov 1846 in Hatfield,
Herts., d. 19 Oct 1910.
She married Dec 1867, George
Herbert Marriott, b. 1832, d. 1918.
He had previously been married to Cordelia Isobella Patterson, dau. of
Rev. Charles Patterson vicar of East Hoathley – 1866.
Children:
26. i Basil Sterling Talbot Marriott b.
1870.
ii Sophia Caroline Marriott, b. 1871, d.
1896.
27. iii Alfred Randolph Marriott.
iv Charlotte Elizabeth Marriott,
b. 1872, d. 1873.
v Charles Digby Marriott, b. 1875, d. 1898.
vi Emily Maria Marriott, b. 1878, d. 1936.
vii Cyril Herbert Marriott, b. 1886, d. 1886.
viii John Frances Laycock Marriott,
b. 1889, d. 1915 on active service.
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13.
Digby Marsh BERRY, (son of Marlborough Sterling BERRY), b. Trowbridge, Wilts, England, 2
Feb 1848; d. at sea on SS Medic off Albany, W. Australia, 5 Oct 1922. Educated
at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wimborne, Minster and Magdelen College
Oxford (BA 1871, MA 1876). Ord D 1872, P 1873 (Sarum), he was C. of Trowbridge
1872-6, tutor, London College Divinity 1875-80, R. St John's Hall, Highbury;
1880-4, Chaplain St James Cathedral and Bishop's Chaplain at Pt. Louis,
Mauritius; C. St Paul's church (later Cathedral), and acting Warden, Trinity
College, University of Melbourne; Inc. All Saints Northcote, 1885, St Thomas'
Moonee Ponds (Essendon) 1888 and Holy Trinity, East Melbourne, 1895; appointed
Domestic Chaplain to Bp. F. F .Goe 1889 and Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1895
(where there is a plaque on his pew). Officiating Minister 1907-1922 of Christ
Church Hillbrow, Johannesburg. (See Biography of D.M.Berry by L. M. Abbott).
He married, 19 May 1881 in St James
Cathedral, Port Louis, Mauritius, Frances Ellen Fitzweda
O'Sullivan, daughter of Matthew O'Sullivan, MD, Surgeon Major Indian
Medical Service, then of St Kilda, Victoria.
Children:
28. ii Catherine Frances Fitzweda Berry b.
14 March 1882.
29. i Fleetwood Sterling Digby BERRY b.
22 May 1886.
14. Thomas Sterling Berry (son
of William Winslow Berry), b. 10 Jan 1854 at Portarlington,
d. 25 Feb1931 at Queenstown; ed. Portarlington School; TCD Sch. 1874, Heb. and
French Prizes 1871-5, BA (Sen. Mod. Eth. and Log.) 1875, Archbp. King's (1) and
Bp. Forster's (1) Prizes 1875, Elrington Th., Warren, Bibl. Gr. (1), Downes (1)
Prizes 1876, Div. Test. (1) and Th. Exhib. 1877, BD 1878, MA 1882, DD 1884; d.
1877 (Kilmore for Dublin); p. 1878 (Chester for Dublin); c. Christ Church,
Kingstown 1877-9; c. St George's 1879-84; Assist. to Regius Prof. Div. 1895, Ev.Pr.TCD
1879-84 and 1895-1913; I. Birr (Killaloe) 1884-92; Preb. Tulloh (Killaloe)
1891-2; I. Booterstown 1892-1913; Donnellan Lect. 1889-90; Assist. to Archbp
King's Lect. 18935; Preb. Dunlavin, St Patrick's Cath. 1903-18; Bishop of
Killaloe 1913-24, retired
Published: Christianity and Buddhism:
Donnellan Lects 1889-90 (SPCK, 1990). Holy Scripture: Human, Progressive and
Divine (SPCK). The Problem of Human Suffering in the Light of Revelation (RTS).
Lesson Notes for Sunday School Teachers (APCK). Contributed to: Dictionary of
Church Biography.
Bryan Berry in a letter dated 22 July
1997 recalls " Father [FSD Berry] frequently told us the story of his
uncle (the Bishop of Killaloe) who was tipped off by his gardener that he was
to be ambushed on his way to church one Sunday. Nothing daunted he whipped his
pony-trap over a low wall into the fiendish Catholics' midst and they all went
off to the pub. At best an apocryphal story".
He married 5 Nov. 1878 in Ballinlough, Sarah Fridzweda Seymour, b. 1 Oct 1850 at Clonfert, d. 13 Dec.1928,
younger daughter of Robert Butson Seymour, of Clonfert, Co. Galway.
Children:
30. i Winslow Seymour Sterling Berry b.
1880.
ii Elizabeth Violet Georgine Berry, b. 29 Jan 1882, d 1962 in
Dublin. Unmarried
31. iii Robert Seymour Sterling Berry b.
1885.
iv Fridzweda Jane Marion Berry, b. 4 Oct 1888 at Birr, d. 1977, buried at Deane’s Grange,
Dublin; B.A. ,M.A.; lecturer
Alexandra College. Unmarried
15. Sophia Frances Jane Berry (dau.
of William Winslow Berry), b. 30 Jun 1859 at Portarlington,
d. 5 Oct 1942 in London..
She married 1890, David Howell,
b 10 Sep 1870 in London, d. 12 Oct 1946 at Hayes, Middlesex. Superintendant,
London & Manchester insurance Co.
Children:
i Edward Basil Howell,
b 7 Dec 1892. WW1 served with R.A.M.C. in Mesopotamia. Married and had
issue.
ii Frank Leonard Howell,
b. 8 Dec 1893 at Harlesden. Journalist. WW1 served in France; B.W.M. Medal.
WW2R.N.V.R.Lieut. served at Admiralty Intelligence.
He
married 17 Mar 1944, Mary Beckerleg of Penzance, b. 31 Dec 1888.
No issue
iii Kathleen Minnie Howell, b. 20 Oct 1894 at Harlesden, d. 12 Oct 1951; unmarried.
iv George Harold Howell, b 3 Feb 1899 at Hampstead. Civil Servant.
He
married Francis Gladys
Gray, b. 3 Dec 1899 at Ealing. They had issue.
16. Richard Douglas Bluett
(son of Hester Jane Berry), b. 16 Feb 1855, Co Wicklow,
d. 5 Apr 1906 the Rectory, Delgany. Priest
He married 1890, Anne Nason
Shedlock Hemphill, b. 1863, daughter of Rev. Richard Hemphill, Inc. of
Northstrand.
Children:
i Augustus
Sterling Bluett, b.1891.
He married 1930, Maud H. Cherry, daughter of Rt. Hon. Richard Robert Cherry P.C.,
Lord Chief Justice. They had issue.
ii Richard Hemphill Bluett, b. 5 Apr 1893 at Clontarf, d. 5
Aug 1893.
iii Avarnia Hemphill Bluett, b. 3 May 1894, d. 27 May 1906.
iv Annie Noel Bluett, b. 22 Dec 1895, d.18 May 1932; unmarried
v Douglas Bluett, b. 1897 at Delgany. WW1 served in
Serbia. Ed. T.C.D. B.A. M.B.BCh.,
B.A.O., M.A. R.A.M.C Maj. Gen. 1956. WW2
served in N. Africa France and Germany A.D.M.S. 10th & 11th Armoured Div.
39/45 Star, Africa Star,France & Germany Star, War Medal, O.B.E.
He married Johanna Catherine Simpson-Smith, b. 1908. No issue.
vi Mary Elizabeth Bluett, b. 8 Jan1900 at Delgany, d. 8 Sep 1900
at Greystones.
vii Elizabeth Dorothy Bluett, b.16 Oct 1903 in Dublin.
She married 20 Nov.
1937, Cecil Graham Craddock, ord. p. 1923 R. of St Philip’s Manchester, V. of St John,
Lindow, V. of Tintwistle1949-52. No issue.
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