John Berry

John was born in 1869 in Edgworth.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 1 in 1871
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1869
  BERRY John MATHER Edgworth EDG/6/95

John's father was Samuel Berry and his mother was Mary Mather. His maternal grandparents were Geffrey (Jeffery) Mather and Catherine Gregory. He had a sister named Alice. He was the older of the two children.

General Notes
- John worked for the railways. He was a platelayer in 1891, and later became a signalman