Person:Mary Berry (113)

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Mary Berry
b.Abt 1788 Hertfordshire, England
bur.24 Feb 1847 Weston, Hertfordshire, England
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  • H.  James Copps1792 - 1862
  • W.  Mary BerryAbt 1788 - 1847
m. 19 Oct 1811
  1. George Copps1812 - 1851
  2. Fanny Copps1815 - 1873
  3. Hannah Copps1817 -
  4. James Copps1820 - 1842
  5. Elizabeth Copps1823 -
  6. Richard Copps1826 - 1847
  7. Mary Copps1828 - 1828
  8. Mary Ann Copps1829 - 1830
  9. Sarah Copps1832 -
  10. Charlotte Copps1838 -
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Name Mary Berry
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1788 Hertfordshire, England
Marriage 19 Oct 1811 Weston, Hertfordshire, Englandto James Copps
Census[1] 6 Jun 1841 Weston, Hertfordshire, England
Burial[3] 24 Feb 1847 Weston, Hertfordshire, England

Mary Berry's origins have yet to be established. She indicated in the 1841 census that she had been born around the late 1780s or early 1790s in Hertfordshire.

Her first confirmed sighting is on 19th October 1811, when she married an agricultural labourer called James Copps at Weston in Hertfordshire. They went on to have ten children baptised at Weston between 1812 and 1838, although two died as babies.

The 1841 census finds Mary and James living with some of their children and grandchildren in Weston. Her son James died as a young man in 1842.

Mary died in 1847, and was buried at Weston on 24th February that year. There was quite a discrepancy between the ages quoted on her death certificate, which says she was 58, and her burial record, which says she was 45. The death certificate is more consistent with the age she had indicated in the 1841 census. James outlived her by about fifteen years.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class HO107; Piece 437; Book 10; Folio 23; Page 5, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Weston, Hertfordshire
    James Cops, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
    Mary Cops, female, 50 [1786-91], born in county
    Hannah Cops, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
    Richard Cops, male, 15 [1821-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
    Sarah Cops, female 8, [1832/3], born in county
    Charlotte Cops, female, 3 [1837/8], born in county
    Edward Lawman Cops, male, 1m [1841], born in county
    George Cops, male, 60 [1776-81], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county

  2.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    d. Mary COPPS, March Quarter 1847, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 6, page 464, aged 58 [1788/9]

  3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Weston Parish Registers, 1539-1932. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

    BURIALS in the Parish of Weston in the County of Herts in the Year 1847
    No. 595
    Name: Mary Copps
    Abode: Weston
    When buried: Feb[ruary] 24
    Age: 45 [1801/2]
    By whom the Ceremony was performed: Benj[amin] Donne

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