Kenneth Sylvester Berry

Brief Life History of Kenneth Sylvester

When Kenneth Sylvester Berry was born on 26 September 1905, in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, James Sylvester Berry, was 30 and his mother, Rose Ellen Webster, was 26. He married Opal Irene Martin on 27 May 1961. He lived in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1930 and World for about 30 years. He died on 6 March 1978, in De Beque, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kenneth Sylvester Berry
1905–1978
Opal Irene Martin
1912–2005
Marriage: 27 May 1961

Sources (41)

  • Kenneth Berry, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1911
  • Mesa County, Colorado, Marriage Index, 1883-2010

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1914 · WWI and the Netherlands

During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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