Who Do You Think You Are - Mary Berry 11th Sep

[Lindsay]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

But I thought the surname Houghton was pronounced Horton, not Howton as they pronounced it all the way through this episode?

I used to work with someone called Houghton who pronounced it Howton. Probably one of those names that can be pronounced either way.

[kiterunner]

FamilySearch has the burial of a Christopher Berry 28 Jun 1831 at Middleton, Norwich, which it says comes from film number 1470813, bishop's transcripts. But looking at the 1831 bishop's transcripts for Middleton, I can't see him. I wonder if they have put the wrong parish name in. There is another Christopher Berry buried 6 Jan 1828 at St Helens, Norwich, age 79, but I think that would be Christopher Berry senior (Christopher Berry, printer of the street directory, was referred to as "Christopher Berry junior".)

[kiterunner]

And FreeREG has the burial of a Mary Berry 2 Mar 1837 at St Giles, Norwich, age 50, abode St Giles. Could be the wife / widow of Christopher jr?
This is the PR image on FamilySearch:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3....69001,29416201

[kiterunner]

Berry's 1811 Norwich Directory is available to download free from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3282...lcome_stranger

[WendyPusey]

I'm originally from Norwich and it has always been pronounced Howton.

[kiterunner]

Thanks for the pronunciation info, everyone. The Houghtons in my OH's tree come from Lancashire, so I guess it is pronounced differently up there from how it's pronounced in Norfolk.

[kiterunner]

Here is the entry about the Berry family in the Norfolk Poor Law Guardians' minute books on FamilySearch:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/98...1682-228445-80

(oops, sorry, the links are via ancestry as I could get the images to load much faster on there.)

7 Sep 1819
Ordered that Mary the wife of Christopher Berry the younger and six of her Children be received into the workhouse and that the said Christopher Berry do pay 20 s weekly to Mr Stannard towards their Maintenance on the Saturday in each week to commence on Saturday next And if he fail therein Ordered that the Mayor be requested to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the said Christopher Berry.

[kiterunner]

And here is another entry, which they didn't show on the programme:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/98...1682-217287-59

5th Oct 1819 Ordered that the weekly allowance to be paid by Christopher Berry for the Maintenance of his wife and children now in the Workhouse be reduced from 20 s to 15 s per week until the next Court.

[kiterunner]

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/98...1682-219374-87And in the minutes for 4 Jan 1820, there is an order for them to pay Christopher Berry £2 for printing costs!

On the next page:
4 Jan 1820
Ordered that the allowance to be made by Christopher Berry for the maintenance of his wife and Family be reduced to twelve shillings per week until the January Court.

(Worth mentioning here that the date of burial for Eliza Berry was 7th Jan 1820.)

On the 4th Apr 1820 they pay Christopher Berry £6 for printing.
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/98...1682-221546-76

[kiterunner]

Had to switch back to FamilySearch as the images stopped loading on ancestry.

3 Oct 1820 Christopher Berry was paid £4 5s 6d for printing:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3....7401,161095001

Having reached the end of 1820, I shall take a break from browsing now! I was up to image no 2597 if anyone else fancies looking through for mentions of the Berry family...