Elizabeth (Williams) Berry (1854 - 1969)

Born 21 Jun 1854 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Wife of James B Berry — married 21 Jun 1903 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Died 26 Mar 1969 at age 114 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was a Horse Racing Jockey

Elizabeth (Williams) Berry is Notable.

Elizabeth Williams Berry, who became known as Mother Berry some time after 1900, was an Australian-born jockey who rode in multiple countries disguised as a man, using the name Jack Williams. Mother Berry retired from jockeying, becoming a horse trainer. Berry and her husband settled in Helena, Montana, where, at age 111, she was declared the oldest person in Montana at the time. She lived to see women ride as licensed jockeys in 1969 and died at age 114.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83R-FMY : Fri Mar 08 09:13:17 UTC 2024), Entry for James B Berry and Berry, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM5-C29 : Sat Mar 09 11:18:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Un Berry, 1930.
• Ancestry.com. Montana, U.S., State Deaths, 1907-2018 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1092993:5437?
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255457042/elizabeth_williams-berry: accessed April 24, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Williams “Mother” Berry (21 Jun 1854–26 Mar 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #255457042, citing Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA; Maintained by S. M. (contributor 51378526).
• Wikipedia contributors. (2023, October 22). Elizabeth Williams Berry. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:59, April 24, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Williams_Berry&oldid=1181300801

See Also:

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-press-obituary-for-elizabeth/145978009/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-city-herald-obituary-for-elizabeth-w/146441465/
• http://ellenbaumler.blogspot.com/2012/03/mother-berry.html