The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameHenry James Berry
Birth13 Aug 1869, New Zealand
Death31 Oct 1958, Palmerston North, New Zealand
OccupationFlax Miller
MotherGiles
Misc. Notes
Name from birth search of son on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1926/17089. Berry, James Murray. Mother: Ivy Myrtle. Father: Henry James

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1917/2311. Bride: Ivy Myrtle Collyer. Groom: Henry James Berry

Full date of marriage of 5 April 1917 from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Died prior to wife, Ivy, date and place of death, "That HENRY JAMES BERRY of Foxton, the other Executor named in he said will died at Palmerston North on the 31st day of October, 1958, as I am able to depose from having been present at his funeral" as per Affidavit to Lead Grant of Probate by executor Jack Edwin Kenneth Irons of Foxton, Grocer, dated 28 October 1960, and found in August 2025.

Occupation of "Flax Miller" from Death Certificate of wife, Ivy, found from the Archives New Zealand Collections website in August 2025.

Year and country of death, estimated year of birth, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1958/31213. Berry, Henry James. Died age 89Y [Therefore born circa 1869]

Date of death of 31 October 1958 confirmed from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Country of birth, names of parents, from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1869/22687. Berry, Henry James. Mother: Giles. Father: John Thomas

Full date of birth of 13 August 1869 from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Spouses
Birth5 Dec 1888, New Zealand
Death8 Sep 1960, Kensington. London, England.
MotherJane Ann
Marriage5 Apr 1917, New Zealand
ChildrenHector Paul Sylvanus (1918-1935)
 John (1920-1920)
 Erica Giles (1923-)
 Graham Renwick (1924-)
 James Murray (1926-1986)
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