When Lieutenant Governor James Edward Berry was born on 2 October 1881, in Oak Grove, Jackson, Missouri, United States, his father, Sgt William Edward Berry, was 37 and his mother, Martha Malinda Brown, was 35. He married Edwina Morrison on 20 October 1908, in Payne, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 22 November 1966, in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne, Oklahoma, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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.
Possible Related NamesJames Edward Berry (1882–1966) was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma from 1935 to 1955. Early life Berry was born in Missouri in 1882 and came to Oklahoma as …
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