John Francis BERRY

                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
Birth: West Bromwich, Staffordshire LDS Branch Membership records (FHL
#087038);
also see; Endowment House living/endowment, 24 Nov 1866 (FHL#183405-R). Born
in Lyng, a part of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.
Christening: All Saints, West Bromwich BTs (FHL #487349).
Marriage #1: British marriage certificate, General Register Office,London.
Marriage #2: Salt Lake City, Utah 14th LDS Ward Membership records,page 3
(FHL #026695).
Marriage #3: Death certificates of children Frances and Williamidentify
parents as John Berry and Rebecca Reid (California death certificate,
Department of Health, Sacramento, California).  Also see Marriagerecord of
William H Berry and Josephine (Fortin) Daly for parents. (Los AngelesCounty,
California marriage license records, 185:17 FHL #1033234).  Also noteTausig
children in Berry household in San Bernardino, California 1870 U.S.census
(FHL #545577); Rebecca's birth date given on headstone (see below) is
identical to birth date of Rebecca (Reid) Tausig in Payson, Utah LDSWard
Membership records (FHL #026401).
Date of marriage deduced as follows: Journal of Annie Eliza BerryDay states
that her father took another wife when I was a baby.Annie was bornin 1865.
Rebecca Reid and John Francis Berry were in the Endowment House on 24NOV 1866.
John stood proxy for Rebecca's 1st husband (John Catlin, deceased)so he
could be Sealed Rebecca, and John was Sealed to his wife ElizabethCherrington
(FHL #183398) It is believed that John and Rebecca were married fortime
only at this time.
Marriage #4: Utah County, Utah Marriage license records (FHL #488400).
Death: California death certificate, Dept of Health, Sacramento,California.
Bur: Death certificate (above); also personal visit to Old CountyCemetery,
Santa Ana, California Nov 1975, and examination of the burial recordsthen
held by Fairhaven Memorial Park adjacent to the Old County Cemetery.
Baptism: John was a member as early as 1852, West Bromwich, EnglandLDS branch
Membership records (FHL #087038), but original bapt date unrecorded.It is
believed he was baptized about 1850.  John was baptised again on 07OCT 1975
Provo, Utah Temple.  Latter date is on IGI.
Endowment: Endowment House living/endowment (FHL #183405-R); also onIGI 16
Oct 1975, Provo. Seal P: IGI
Sealed to Spouse #1: IGI
Sealed to Spouse #2: Endowment House sealings of couples (FHL#183398-R).
Occupation(s): Coal miner and caster in iron foundry (England),carpenter,
farmer (United States).
NOTE: John seems to have acquired the middle name of Francis onlyafter his
emigration to the United States in 1861.  Francis not on Christeningrecord,
1841 census, 1851 census, or LDS records in England.