Janet
17-07-11, 23:01
mother's mother
Name
Lily Spence [Elizabeth on birth certificate, but her mother was Elizabeth as well, so known lifelong as Lily]
Date and place of birth
3 February 1875, Chapel Street, Headingley, Leeds (sub-district Kirkstall), Yorkshire
(have cert.)
Names of parents
George and Elizabeth Spence (late Wilson formerly Crampton)
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
26 April 1900 to Walter Pickles Berry, bachelor, Organ Builder (Journeyman) residing at 1 Waxbury(?) Place, Leeds;
in Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Upper Town Street, Leeds, by certificate
witnesses Ethel M. Spence (Lily's sister) and C.W. Burgon (Charlie, Lily's brother in law, husband of her half sister Blanche née Wilson)
(have cert.)
Occupation(s) - if any
Pupil Teacher before marriage
I've edited this to read "Pupil Teacher" rather than "School Teacher" as I've learned that it was a specific institution, described here by someone on rootsweb:
Certificated teachers - the pupil teacher route (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/YORKSGEN/2000-10/0972938734)
Military service - if any
none
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
census 1881, Headingley with father, mother, one full sister Ethel May (not "Mary"), two half sisters and two half brothers.
George SPENCE Head M Male 51 Knaresbro', York, England Coachman (Unemployed) (D)
Elizabeth SPENCE Wife M Female 42 Meanwood, York, England Laundress
Emily Louisa WILSON Daur U Female 20 Headingley, York, England Dressmaker
John W. WILSON Son U Male 18 Headingley, York, England Solicitors Clerk
Joseph J. WILSON Son Male 15 Woodhouse Lane, York, England Clerk (Glass Trade)
Sarah Jane SPENCE Daur Female 11 Headingley, York, England Scholar
>>> Elizabeth SPENCE Daur Female 6 Headingley, York, England Scholar
Ethel Mary SPENCE Daur Female 3 Headingley, York, England
Source Information:
Dwelling 8 Chapel Square
Census Place Headingley Cum Burley, York, England
Family History Library Film 1342092
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4538 / 93
Page Number 13
census 1891, Sutton-in-Craven with father, mother, half sister Emily who has now taken her stepfather's surname, and full sister Ethel
Registration district: Keighley
Sub-registration district: Keighley
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
George Spence 60
Elizabeth Spence 52
>>> Elizabeth Spence 16
Ethel M Spence 13
Emily L Spence 30
Harding Houses, Cross Hills/Crosshills near Keighley, Yorkshire (West Riding) (marriage cert., 26 April 1900)
census 1901, Leeds with husband Walter and daughter Hilda
Walter D Berry 26
Elizabeth Berry 26
Hilda Berry 2/12
They were a little hard to find on the 1901. Walter is mistranscribed as Walter D rather than Walter P, and Lily is recorded as Elizabeth.
Piece: 4230
Folio: 69
Page Number: 16
Household schedule number: 116
10 Lomond Street, Leeds (birth cert. of 2nd daughter May, 25 Sept. 1904)
census 1911 Edinburgh
5 Shandon Place
3 rooms
Lily Berry Wife 36 Mar. 11 yrs. Children born 3 living 3
Hilda Berry Daur 10
May Berry Daur 5
Amy Berry Daur 4
I don't know where Walter is, but he traveled constantly for his work. That may be him in Glasgow on the 1911 census but I don't want to spend the credits to find out just now.
5 Shandon Place, Edinburgh, Scotland (1905-1912, post card from Walter's mother)
Lily's husband Walter emigrated to the U.S. in April 1912, sailing aboard the S.S. Columbia.
Lily, Hilda, May and Amy followed on the S.S. Campania, arriving New York 11 August 1912.
Bryant Street, North Tonawanda, New York, USA (from memory; there are post cards but I have to find them)
178 Schenck Street, North Tonawanda, New York, USA (post cards and letters)
103 Rumbold Ave, North Tonawanda, New York, USA (family correspondence and personal knowledge)
Have now found:
census 1915, North Tonawanda
1915 NY State census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2703/32848_B094092-00030/6152920?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2 fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1915NYStateCensus%26h%3d61529 20%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%2 6rhSource%3d2442&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 40
Lily Berry 40
Hilda Berry 14
May Berry 10
Anny Berry 8 [Amy - I submitted correction]
census 1920, North Tonawanda
1920 US census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4442066_00756/54304105?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1920usfedcen%26rank%3d1%26new %3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dms_r_db%26gsfn%3d Walter%26gsln%3dBerry%26msbdy%3d1875%26msbpn__ftp% 3dYorkshire%252c%2bEngland%26msbpn%3d5292%26msbpn_ PInfo%3d7-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%2 57c5292%257c0%257c0%257c%26msrpn__ftp%3dNorth%2bTo nawanda%252c%2bNiagara%252c%2bNew%2bYork%252c%2bUS A%26msrpn%3d11144%26msrpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c35%257 c0%257c2174%257c11144%257c0%257c%26dbOnly%3d_83004 006%257c_83004006_x%26dbOnly%3d_83004005%257c_8300 4005_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0007EB7%257c_F0007EB7_x%26dbOn ly%3d_F0006AB0%257c_F0006AB0_x%26dbOnly%3d_F000686 E%257c_F000686E_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0007256%257c_F00072 56_x%26uidh%3d9uh&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)
Walter Berry 44
Lily Berry 44
Hilda Berry 18
May Berry 15
Amy Berry 13
Elenor Frances Banks 2
[2 10/12]
Ethel May Spence 42
census 1925, North Tonawanda
1925 NY State census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2704/32849_b094302-00382/24496864?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1925NYStateCensus%26h%3d24496 864%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord% 26rhSource%3d6061&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 50
Lily Berry 50
Hilda Berry 24
Mary Berry 20 [May - I submitted correction to Ancestry]
Amy Berry 18
Eleanor F Banks 08
census 1930, North Tonawanda
1930 US census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4639167_00512/43534224?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1930usfedcen%26h%3d43534224%2 6indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhS ource%3d2704&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 55
Lily Berry 55
May Berry 25
Amy Berry 23
census 1940, North Tonawanda
1940 US census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-02698-00816/4061321?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2 fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1940usfedcen%26h%3d4061321%26 indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSour ce%3d6224&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 65
Lily Berry 65
May Berry 35
Date, place and cause of death
29 April 1953, North Tonawanda (church records in my possession)
cause unknown
Date and place of burial / cremation.
unknown
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
unknown
Memorial inscription - if any
unknown
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gs3JFIjHix4/TiNo1wuYVEI/AAAAAAAAAcM/V_geDXAkwus/s400/Walter%2Band%2BLily%2B50th%2Banniv%2Bcopy2.jpg
Name
Lily Spence [Elizabeth on birth certificate, but her mother was Elizabeth as well, so known lifelong as Lily]
Date and place of birth
3 February 1875, Chapel Street, Headingley, Leeds (sub-district Kirkstall), Yorkshire
(have cert.)
Names of parents
George and Elizabeth Spence (late Wilson formerly Crampton)
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
26 April 1900 to Walter Pickles Berry, bachelor, Organ Builder (Journeyman) residing at 1 Waxbury(?) Place, Leeds;
in Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Upper Town Street, Leeds, by certificate
witnesses Ethel M. Spence (Lily's sister) and C.W. Burgon (Charlie, Lily's brother in law, husband of her half sister Blanche née Wilson)
(have cert.)
Occupation(s) - if any
Pupil Teacher before marriage
I've edited this to read "Pupil Teacher" rather than "School Teacher" as I've learned that it was a specific institution, described here by someone on rootsweb:
Certificated teachers - the pupil teacher route (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/YORKSGEN/2000-10/0972938734)
Military service - if any
none
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
census 1881, Headingley with father, mother, one full sister Ethel May (not "Mary"), two half sisters and two half brothers.
George SPENCE Head M Male 51 Knaresbro', York, England Coachman (Unemployed) (D)
Elizabeth SPENCE Wife M Female 42 Meanwood, York, England Laundress
Emily Louisa WILSON Daur U Female 20 Headingley, York, England Dressmaker
John W. WILSON Son U Male 18 Headingley, York, England Solicitors Clerk
Joseph J. WILSON Son Male 15 Woodhouse Lane, York, England Clerk (Glass Trade)
Sarah Jane SPENCE Daur Female 11 Headingley, York, England Scholar
>>> Elizabeth SPENCE Daur Female 6 Headingley, York, England Scholar
Ethel Mary SPENCE Daur Female 3 Headingley, York, England
Source Information:
Dwelling 8 Chapel Square
Census Place Headingley Cum Burley, York, England
Family History Library Film 1342092
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4538 / 93
Page Number 13
census 1891, Sutton-in-Craven with father, mother, half sister Emily who has now taken her stepfather's surname, and full sister Ethel
Registration district: Keighley
Sub-registration district: Keighley
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
George Spence 60
Elizabeth Spence 52
>>> Elizabeth Spence 16
Ethel M Spence 13
Emily L Spence 30
Harding Houses, Cross Hills/Crosshills near Keighley, Yorkshire (West Riding) (marriage cert., 26 April 1900)
census 1901, Leeds with husband Walter and daughter Hilda
Walter D Berry 26
Elizabeth Berry 26
Hilda Berry 2/12
They were a little hard to find on the 1901. Walter is mistranscribed as Walter D rather than Walter P, and Lily is recorded as Elizabeth.
Piece: 4230
Folio: 69
Page Number: 16
Household schedule number: 116
10 Lomond Street, Leeds (birth cert. of 2nd daughter May, 25 Sept. 1904)
census 1911 Edinburgh
5 Shandon Place
3 rooms
Lily Berry Wife 36 Mar. 11 yrs. Children born 3 living 3
Hilda Berry Daur 10
May Berry Daur 5
Amy Berry Daur 4
I don't know where Walter is, but he traveled constantly for his work. That may be him in Glasgow on the 1911 census but I don't want to spend the credits to find out just now.
5 Shandon Place, Edinburgh, Scotland (1905-1912, post card from Walter's mother)
Lily's husband Walter emigrated to the U.S. in April 1912, sailing aboard the S.S. Columbia.
Lily, Hilda, May and Amy followed on the S.S. Campania, arriving New York 11 August 1912.
Bryant Street, North Tonawanda, New York, USA (from memory; there are post cards but I have to find them)
178 Schenck Street, North Tonawanda, New York, USA (post cards and letters)
103 Rumbold Ave, North Tonawanda, New York, USA (family correspondence and personal knowledge)
Have now found:
census 1915, North Tonawanda
1915 NY State census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2703/32848_B094092-00030/6152920?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2 fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1915NYStateCensus%26h%3d61529 20%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%2 6rhSource%3d2442&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 40
Lily Berry 40
Hilda Berry 14
May Berry 10
Anny Berry 8 [Amy - I submitted correction]
census 1920, North Tonawanda
1920 US census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4442066_00756/54304105?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1920usfedcen%26rank%3d1%26new %3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dms_r_db%26gsfn%3d Walter%26gsln%3dBerry%26msbdy%3d1875%26msbpn__ftp% 3dYorkshire%252c%2bEngland%26msbpn%3d5292%26msbpn_ PInfo%3d7-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%2 57c5292%257c0%257c0%257c%26msrpn__ftp%3dNorth%2bTo nawanda%252c%2bNiagara%252c%2bNew%2bYork%252c%2bUS A%26msrpn%3d11144%26msrpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c35%257 c0%257c2174%257c11144%257c0%257c%26dbOnly%3d_83004 006%257c_83004006_x%26dbOnly%3d_83004005%257c_8300 4005_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0007EB7%257c_F0007EB7_x%26dbOn ly%3d_F0006AB0%257c_F0006AB0_x%26dbOnly%3d_F000686 E%257c_F000686E_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0007256%257c_F00072 56_x%26uidh%3d9uh&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)
Walter Berry 44
Lily Berry 44
Hilda Berry 18
May Berry 15
Amy Berry 13
Elenor Frances Banks 2
[2 10/12]
Ethel May Spence 42
census 1925, North Tonawanda
1925 NY State census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2704/32849_b094302-00382/24496864?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1925NYStateCensus%26h%3d24496 864%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord% 26rhSource%3d6061&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 50
Lily Berry 50
Hilda Berry 24
Mary Berry 20 [May - I submitted correction to Ancestry]
Amy Berry 18
Eleanor F Banks 08
census 1930, North Tonawanda
1930 US census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4639167_00512/43534224?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1930usfedcen%26h%3d43534224%2 6indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhS ource%3d2704&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 55
Lily Berry 55
May Berry 25
Amy Berry 23
census 1940, North Tonawanda
1940 US census (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-02698-00816/4061321?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2 fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1940usfedcen%26h%3d4061321%26 indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSour ce%3d6224&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord)
Walter Berry 65
Lily Berry 65
May Berry 35
Date, place and cause of death
29 April 1953, North Tonawanda (church records in my possession)
cause unknown
Date and place of burial / cremation.
unknown
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
unknown
Memorial inscription - if any
unknown
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gs3JFIjHix4/TiNo1wuYVEI/AAAAAAAAAcM/V_geDXAkwus/s400/Walter%2Band%2BLily%2B50th%2Banniv%2Bcopy2.jpg