Mary Zeralda Berry

Brief Life History of Mary Zeralda

When Mary Zeralda Berry was born on 10 October 1852, in Illinois, United States, her father, Enoch Chapman Berry, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Jane Duncan, was 24. She married William A Clayton on 26 June 1879, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Monegaw Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Appleton Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 20 September 1920, in St. Clair, Missouri, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in St. Clair, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William A Clayton
1853–1916
Mary Zeralda Berry
1852–1920
Marriage: 26 June 1879
Anna L. Clayton
1880–1957
Troy Clayton
1880–1954
Oscar Clayton
1884–1977

Sources (7)

  • Mollie Clayton in household of William Clayton, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Z. Berry, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Mary Z Berrey in entry for W A Clayton, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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