Brief Life History of George Wade
When George Wade Berry was born in 1840, in Virginia, United States, his father, Nathaniel Wade Berry, was 28 and his mother, Phoebe Winfield, was 26. He married Mary Ellen Brader on 17 April 1870, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 23 May 1881, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Fernwood, Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John W Barry, "United States Census, 1900"
- George W. Berry, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’, a personal name of unexplained etymology; or, in some cases, perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish and Manx Ó Beargha. Compare Barry 1.
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Barrie .
English: habitational name from any of several places called in Devon named with Old English byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified manor house, stronghold’, such as Berry Pomeroy and Berrynarbor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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