Minnie Berry

Minnie Berry 

Born: 29 August 1863, Barton upon Irwell 

Father: Charles Berry (b. 1826)

Mother: Martha Berry (b. 1832)

Brothers: Charles Henry Adolphus Berry (1857), Frederick W Berry (b. 1862), Edwin Carlyale Berry (b. 1871)

Sisters: Martha Service Berry (b. 1855) Annie Berry (b. 1865), Laura Alice Berry (b. 1869), Flora Berry (b. 1872), Amy Morton Berry (b. 1876), Lucy Octavia Berry (b. 1877)

Marriage:        1890, Barton upon Irwell 

Husband:         John Robert Godfrey Worthington 

                        b. 1866

                        Clerk in Holy Orders/ Schoolmaster

                        d. 1906 

Issue –

#1 Marjorie Worthington (b. 1892) (d. 14 November 1959)

#2 Godfrey Francis Puget Worthington (b. 1894) (d. 1943, Algeria)

In 1871 – 

She is at Barton Road, Worsley. Her father is listed as ‘Book Keeper’. Minnie, her mother and siblings (Charles, Frederick, Annie, Laura and Edwin) are unlisted. There is a servant, Maria Killbride (b. 1848).

In 1881 –

She is at Beech Cottage, Worsley, Barton upon Irwell. Her father is listed as ‘Former Clerk’. Her brothers, Charles and Frederick, are listed as ‘Clerk L U Rail Office’. Minnie is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and siblings (Annie, Edwin, Flora, Amy and Lucy) are unlisted.

In 1891 –

She is at Linwood Road, Handsworth. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk in Holy Orders’. Minnie is unlisted. Her mother is listed as ‘Independent Lady’.

In 1901 – 

She is at 18 Soho Road, Handsworth. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Minnie and her children (Marjorie and Godfrey) are unlisted. There is a servant, Bella Jarvis (b. 1881).

In 1911 – 

She is at 44 Bacchus Road, Birmingham. Minnie is listed as widow and ‘Certificated Assistant Teacher’. Her daughter, Marjorie, is listed as ‘Science Student’. Her son, Godfrey, is listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. There is a servant, Dora Jarvis (b. 1881).

In 1921 – 

She is at 44 Bacchus Road, Birmingham. Minnie is listed as widow and ‘Teacher (Foundry)’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 4 Allenby Street, Atherton. Her daughter, now Marjorie Lowe, and her grandson, Henry G Lowe (b. 1923), are unlisted. Her son-in-law, Arnold Lowe (b. 1889) is listed as ‘Colliery Manager’. Her grandson, Arnold Lowe (b. 25 June 1917), is listed as ‘Research Chemist Physical Chemistry’. Her grandson, Geoffrey Lowe (b. 1919) is listed as ‘Student Engineering Final Honours Course’. Her grandson, Kenneth Lowe (b. 1921), is listed as ‘Student Medicine First Year’. There is a closed record. Minnie is listed as ‘Teacher Retired’.

d.         14 November 1959, Bucklow