George (not DNA related) Berry (1805-1884)

Isabel Given (1816-1907)

Charles E. Berry (1859-)

Stella M. Newman (1859-1941)

Ralph Leslie Berry (1894-)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Ethel G. Ralph Leslie Berry 1 2 Born: 1894, , , Iowa, USA 2 Marriage: Ethel G.   Noted events in his life were: • Census, 1900, Montrose Twp, Lee, Iowa, USA. 3 http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=IAT623_443-0021&fn=Stella+M&ln=Berry&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14509653 1900 United States Federal Census about Stella M Berry [widow of Charles E Berry] Age: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Iowa Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Parent's Name: George W Race: White Household Members: Name Age George W Newman 71 Stella M Berry 43 Herbert Berry 9 Ralph W Berry 6 • Census, 1910, Thompson Twp, Guthrie, Iowa, USA. 4 Household Members: Name Age Charles E Barry 51 Stella N Barry 52 Herbert N Barry 19 Ralph L Barry 16 George W Plowman 81 Harold J Swan 35 • Military: WWI Draft Registration, 1917, Casey, Guthrie, Iowa, USA. 5 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6482&path=Iowa.Guthrie+County.0.B.138 Ralph Leslie Berry age 23 address: Casey, Iowa born 12 Jul 1893 natural-born born Keokuk, Iowa occupation: computer, San Diego & Arizona Ry Co., Jacumba, California no dependents; single; caucasian Do you claim exemption from draft? came west last fall, under doctors orders, for tuberculosis [sig] Ralph L. Berry height: medium build: medium eyes: gray hair: black not bald Precinct: Thompson, Guthrie County, Iowa 29 May 1917 • Census, 10 Apr 1930, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA. 1 2 Kansas City, Jackson County, MO., 10 Apr 1930, ED 18-100, sheet 30A line 41 - Berry, Ralph L., head, m, w, age 36, m age 28, IA, IA, IA line 42 - Ethel G., wife, f, w, age 40, m age 32, IL, IL, IL Ralph married Ethel G. (Ethel G. was born in 1890 in , , Illinois, USA 2.)

Sources

1 Geralyn W. Barry, e-mail of !7 Aug 2007. Surety: 4.

2 Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Population Schedule: April 25, 1930 (Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Population Schedule: April 25, 1930), Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 1196; Page: 30A; ED: 100. Repository: NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408-0001. Surety: 4.

3 United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.), Montrose, Lee, Iowa; Roll: T623 443; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 75. Repository: NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408-0001. Surety: 4.

4 United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.), Thompson, Guthrie, Iowa; Roll: T624_404; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 328. Repository: NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408-0001. Surety: 4.

5 Geralyn W. Barry, e-mail of 26 August 2007: Geralyn Berry re: living descendants of Geo Berry. Surety: 3.
2. Ralph Leslie Berry
b. 12 Jul 1893 Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
d. aft 1930?

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6482&path=Iowa.Guthrie+County.0.B.138
Ralph Leslie Berry age 23 address: Casey, Iowa
born 12 Jul 1893 natural-born born Keokuk, Iowa
occupation: computer, San Diego & Arizona Ry Co., Jacumba, California no dependents; single; caucasian Do you claim exemption from draft? came west last fall, under doctors orders, for tuberculosis [sig] Ralph L. Berry
height: medium build: medium eyes: gray hair: black not bald
Precinct: Thompson, Guthrie County, Iowa 29 May 1917

I could not find in the 1920 census. I think I found him in the 1930 census with a wife Ethel (m. abt 1922) in Kansas City MO:

1930 US census
http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6224&path=Missouri.Jackson.Kansas+City.100.60
1930 United States Federal Census > Missouri > Jackson > Kansas City > District 100
5314 dwelling 130, family 158
Berry Ralph L - Head rents $70 radio M W 36 M-age28 Iowa Iowa Iowa District Manager - Appraisal veteran WW
----- Ethel G - Wife-H F W 40 M-age32 Ill Ill Ill

I might be possible to find out more about him from obits for his parents, which I don't think I have.
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