Avery Earle Berry

Brief Life History of Avery Earle

When Avery Earle Berry was born on 16 August 1897, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, his father, James Charles Berry, was 37 and his mother, Mary Olive A Vaughan, was 31. He married Eva Lena Fender about 1922, in Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Chelan, Chelan, Washington, United States in 1930 and Tiller Election Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 29 November 1977, in Stanfield, Umatilla, Oregon, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Stanfield, Umatilla, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Avery Earle Berry
1897–1977
Eva Lena Fender
1898–1964
Marriage: about 1922
Gordon Fender Berry
1926–1926

Sources (18)

  • Avery E Berry in household of Clarence V Berry, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Avery Earl Berry, "Washington Birth Records, 1869-1950"
  • Avery Earle Berry, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

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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