The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameIvy Myrtle Collyer 
Birth5 Dec 1888, New Zealand
Death8 Sep 1960, Kensington. London, England.
FatherAlbert Silvanous Collyer
MotherJane Ann
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
Maiden name, 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.
Year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1889/18275. Collyer, Ivy Myrtle. Mother: Jane Ann. Father: Albert Silvanous
Full date of birth of 5 December 1888 from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
No record of death could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at August 2025.
Has three children, name of daughter "Erica Giles Berry", from the Will of "BERRY Ivy Myrtle of Foxton", Wellington repository, dated 6 July 1945 found from the Archives New Zealand Collections website in August 2025.
Clarification regarding only three children: The first two children had died prior to Ivy’s death, Hector age 17 in 1935 and John one day old in 1920. This left three children - Erica, Graham, and James.
Date and place of death, name and occupation of son, "Graham Renwick Berry of London Clergyman", in early 1960 left New Zealand to visit this son, died London 8 September 1960, from Affidavit in Support of Motion for Probate dated 28 November 1960, by "Agnes Amy Brewer" and found in August 2025.
Prior death of husband with date, from Affidavit to Lead Grant of Probate by executor Jack Edwin Kenneth Irons of Foxton, Grocer, dated 28 October 1960, "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", found in August 2025.
Date of death confirmed, place of death "St Mary Abbots Hospital Kensington, occupation of former husband, "Flax Miller", from Death Certificate found from the Archives New Zealand Collections website in August 2025.
1926/17089. Berry, James Murray. Mother: Ivy Myrtle. Father: Henry James
Maiden name, 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.
Year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1889/18275. Collyer, Ivy Myrtle. Mother: Jane Ann. Father: Albert Silvanous
Full date of birth of 5 December 1888 from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
No record of death could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at August 2025.
Has three children, name of daughter "Erica Giles Berry", from the Will of "BERRY Ivy Myrtle of Foxton", Wellington repository, dated 6 July 1945 found from the Archives New Zealand Collections website in August 2025.
Clarification regarding only three children: The first two children had died prior to Ivy’s death, Hector age 17 in 1935 and John one day old in 1920. This left three children - Erica, Graham, and James.
Date and place of death, name and occupation of son, "Graham Renwick Berry of London Clergyman", in early 1960 left New Zealand to visit this son, died London 8 September 1960, from Affidavit in Support of Motion for Probate dated 28 November 1960, by "Agnes Amy Brewer" and found in August 2025.
Prior death of husband with date, from Affidavit to Lead Grant of Probate by executor Jack Edwin Kenneth Irons of Foxton, Grocer, dated 28 October 1960, "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", found in August 2025.
Date of death confirmed, place of death "St Mary Abbots Hospital Kensington, occupation of former husband, "Flax Miller", from Death Certificate found from the Archives New Zealand Collections website in August 2025.
Spouses
Birth13 Aug 1869, New Zealand
Death31 Oct 1958, Palmerston North, New Zealand
OccupationFlax Miller
FatherJohn Thomas Berry
MotherGiles
Marriage5 Apr 1917, New Zealand
ChildrenHector Paul Sylvanus (1918-1935)
John (1920-1920)
Erica Giles (1923-)
Graham Renwick (1924-)
James Murray (1926-1986)