Emma G. Berry and John Saunders Berry Joint Page
June 27 2012
ANCESTORS
- Generation 1. Robert and Mary Williamson Berry VA
- Generation 2. Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry NC
- Generation 3. William and Hannah Cate Berry NC
- Generation 4. Thomas Person and Sarah Lunsford Berry NC
- Generation 5. John Robert and Elizabeth Francis Bowling Berry NC
Generation 6 EMMA G. BERRY was born 18th of November 1866 in Orange County NC. She was the oldest child of John Robert Berry and his wife Elizabeth Frances Bowling.
Emma G. Berry was 18 years old when she married John Sanders Berry on October 15th 1884. Emma Greenwood Berry died in Orange County, North Carolin,a on the 12th February 1945.
- Generation 1. Robert and Mary Williamson Berry VA
- Generation 2. Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry NC
- Generation 3. Joshua and Nancy Ellison Berry NC
- Generation 4. Eli and Judy Taylor Berry NC
Generation 5 John Saunders Berry was born January 1 1859 and died in Orange County, North Carolina, of March 1 1938.
John Saunders Berry
Emma G. Berry
Walnut Grove Cemetery
John Sanders Berry descends from Joshua Berry.
Emma G. Berry descends from William Berry.
Joshua Berry and William Berry were brothers.
Emma nd John lived in Person County North Carolina.
My mother always said the the two Berry Families were unrelated and I am sure she beleived this. It was not until after my Mothers death that I discovered the two families had comon ancestors in Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry. This couple had eight children.
Emma’s Headstone list her birth date as November 18th 1866 and death on Feb 12 1945.
Emma’s Death Certificate list her birth date as November 1 1867 and death on Feb 12 1946.
My Personal Records list her birth date as October 31st 1866 and death on Feb 12 1945.
1900 PERSON COUNTY CENSUS
CHILDREN :
William E. Berry b July 1885 d Unknown.
- Source Information: 1900 Census. Nothing else is known about William E. Berry
- Annie E. Berry b Dec 2nd 1886 d December 3rd 1965
- Jerome Grandon Berry b June 11th 1889 d November 16 1973
- Vurger L. Berry b April 22nd 1892 d July 18th 1893 (15 months old)
- Charles Eli Berry Sr. b September 24th 1893 d November 29th 1949
- Minnie L. Berry b November 28th 1896 d December 14th 1947
- Cora S. Berry b May 26th 1900 d Jan 6 1997
- Walter Sanders Berry b July 26th 1903 d March 2nd 1963
John and Emma Berry are buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery
Update June 27 2012 & October 16th 2015
CENSUS INFORMATION
“Emma Berry lived in Cedar Grove where John’s family lived ”
- John Saunders and Emma G. Berry listed in the 1900 Orange County NC census
- John Saunders and Emma G. Berry listed in the 1910 Orange County NC census
- John Saunders and Emma G. Berry listed in the 1920 Orange County NC census
- John Saunders and Emma G. Berry listed in the 1930 Orange County NC census