Christopher Christmas Berry (1796 - 1851)

Born 1796 in Norfolk, England

Husband of Harriet (Felstead) Berry — married about 1841 in New Zealand [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1851 at about age 55 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Christopher Berry migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Possibly spent time in Australia see: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225006145?searchTerm=%22Christopher+Berry%22#

May have been indentured to the New Zealand government. Page 4 Advertisements Column 2, New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 45, 11 April 1846 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18460411.2.13.2

May have been a brickmaker when he moved to New ZealandArchives New Zealand: R24749189

New Zealander 1st February 1851 page 2 [1]

BY ORDER OF THE RECEIVER OF INTESTATE ESTATES.

CONNELL & RIDINGS Will Sell by Auction THIS DAY, at their Mart Queen Street, at 11 o'clock; the effects of the late Christopher Berry deceased, consisting of furniture and sundries, a sextant and a quadrant.

May have died intestateArchives New Zealand: R6656357 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60178956?searchTerm=%22Christopher%20Berry

Christopher Christmas Berry. ^[1]

Baptism: 14 Jan 1803. Lynn, Norfolk, England. ^[2]

EMPLOY Mariner. 21 February 1849. Auckland, New Zealand.

Burial

Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland [2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-929430061
2. ↑ Source: #S-929430061

• The Anglican St Paul's register - Christopher Berry aged 51 years who died 6 January 1851 and was buried 8 January 1851. [3]
• Descendants of Christopher Christmas Berry by Bob Vine [4]
• The Three Lives of Christopher Christmas BERRY/UNDERWOOD cont’d Part 3: NEW ZEALAND 1840 - 1851 by Bob Vine [5]
• Source: S-929430061 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.