Francis Octavius Berry

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 Descendants of Francis Octavius Berry (1779-1864)

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1.      Francis (Frank) Octavius Berry (son of Thomas BERRY and Frances Berry), b. 10 June 1779, d. 31 Oct 1864 at Tullamore; buried at Eglish on 2 Nov.

        Francis succeeded to the lands of Eglish, Cloughill, Ballincollinda and Shanlone. As he was at the time the youngest but one surviving son of Thomas Berry, provision for the others was presumably made from his father's estate. Francis started work at an early age in 1795, in partnership with his brother James in the linen business at Eglish. This project presumably faded out as the manufacture of linen became more and more concentrated in the factories of Ulster and weaving ceased in consequence to be a cottage industry, as it had been in many parts of Ireland.  Later he was apparently in partnership with his brother, Sterling, as Pigot & Co.'s Leinster Directory of 1824 for Tullamore, carries the entry  "Berry, Sterling and Francis, Carriers from Grand Canal Harbour to Edenderry, Phillipstown, Tullamore, Gillen, and Shannon Harbour every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and arrive in Dublin every Monday, Wednesday and Friday". 

     After his first marriage he lived in Tullamore where he was much involved with local affairs. He was a Justice of the Peace for King's Co., Treasurer of the County Infirmary, Churchwarden and a member of the committee appointed to supervise the building of the new church at Tullamore, St. Catherine's. He appears to have been like his father, an energetic and efficient man of business.  Francis  took over the management of the Charleville Estates (some 20,000 acres in County Offaly alone) circa 1820. The Charleville Estate had a reputation of being well managed. Francis recorded the dire conditions that existed in Tullamore in 1840, prior to the Famine. In a letter to his employer, the second Lord Charleville, he wrote in June 1840:

"At this moment twenty able bodied men are at my door stating they are starving as there is no work: the weather being wet the hay cannot be cut and the potatoes are all sown. I do declare solemnly I fear a general plunder...."

In another letter, 20th June 1840 he wrote to Lord Charleville:

"My Dear Lord, I wrote to you yesterday in a hurried way; I am loose today. My House is at the moment surrounded by a large mob calling on me for support. The state of the town is appalling: Henry French is here and sees the situation I am in. What to do I know not. One of the spokesmen said in plain language they could not starve: if they got work they would willingly earn it; if they did not they would help themselves, for starving was beyond human endurance. I have written to John Digby: I suppose it may follow him, but he don't feel as we do, for he is not in the line of fire as we are; but something must be done and that immediately. I have sent round the tenants to say, if they would subscribe one half year you would do the other for your part of the Cloncollogue River, as far as £25. Your Lordship sees that if I can effect this (that) it will pay itself at the same time. If the Workhouse was going on nothing would be wanted; for the £1000 Rafter is obliged to pay out before he gets any money, the principle part of which would be laid out in labour, would save us from the desperate state we are in. I feel so confident no loss could or will arise I will give the trustees my security for the amount and I am good scarcity for so much. The weather is fine today: we will have some relief continues so. But it is quite impossible any words I could write would give you an idea of the state we are in here now".

Francis wrote in similar terms to Lord Charleville's step brother, John T. T. Tisdall and who had a financial interest in the Charleville Estate, Tullamore:

"June 20th 1840. My dear Sir, As Trustee to the Charleville estate in the King's County I think it my duty to inform you of the state of the Town and neighbourhood of Tullamore. The poor are almost desperate from want of work and want of food. My house is daily beset not by individuals but by starving mobs. Lord Charleville and the town have subscribed liberally, and the last returns from our Meal Committee were that they were giving meal at half price to 3800 persons. This is deplorable, and if we cannot do even more than this life or Property is not secure; for even if we were able to fight them, it is desperate to fight starving Men, Women and Children. Your answer to me is, what can you do? You cannot collect money for a starving population. My proposal is this. The Poor Law Commissioners have agreed to purchase a small field from Lord Charleville and the Trustee for to erect a Poor House on: the purchase money comes to £579.7.6. The Commissioners from some delay have not produced the deeds or paid the money. They have agreed to give O'Rafferty the tenant £100 for his interest. O'Rafferty would allow them to commence if it did not displease Lord Charleville. The Contractor must expend £1000 of his own money before he gets money from the Commissioners and the most of this must be expended for labour. This expenditure would enable the poor of Tullamore to exist until the Harvest would come in; and to show you that I think the money will be paid I will be security that it will. I really think that we are in an awful way at this moment, and it is necessary some risk should be run to prevent the consequence of a burst coming. I will wait with great anxiety for your answer. Every day teems with greater danger, and the people think it is Lord Charleville that prevents it, and I believe he would do it if you would consent."

         Francis moved to a pair of smaller houses in Cormac Street on the town side of the entrance to the Council maintenance yard in 1848. He had acquired this property some 20 years earlier and it had been let for a time as a hotel, but generally was busy only during assizes (nowadays High Court or Circuit), some twice or three times a year.

    Francis was a devout, not to say pious man all his life and letters written to his daughters in his old age are written in terms which today might be regarded as sanctimonious. He himself says that had he written in the same way when he was a young man he would have been considered a bore. His letters reveal him as an affectionate father and there is a hint of playfulness in them at times. A photograph taken of him towards the end of his life shows him as a stout, benevolent looking old gentleman. He seems to have avoided pomposity and the first clause of his will states ...."I desire my funeral to be as private and inexpensive as possible"....

     He married (1), 11 Sept 1806 at St Michan's, Dublin, Alicia Adams, b. 1777, d. 20 May 1833; buried at Eglish. Alicia was daughter of Richard Adams of Shercock House, Co. Cavan by Amelia, daughter of Thomas Cosby of Beeks Court, Co. Cavan.

                             Children:

                      i      Thomas Berry, b. 17 Jul 1807, d. 30 Aug 1807.

                      ii     Frances (Fanny) Berry, b. 16 May 1809, d. 12 Jul 1832 Buried at Eglish; died unmarried.

                      iii    Emily Jane Berry, b. 29 Aug 1811, d. 25 Sep 1811.

            2.       iv    Alicia Berry b. 8 Feb 1813.

                      v     Catherine Berry, b. 13 Jan 1815, d. 14 Jan 1815.

                      vi    Emily  Berry, b. 21 Dec 1815, d. 21 Dec 1815.

     He married (2), 22 Sep 1836 at Moyliscar, Co. Westmeath, Susanna Fetherstonhaugh, b. 29 Feb 1816; daughter of William (3rd of Carrick Fetherstonhaugh and Elizabeth Orme) d. 3 July 1876 at Monkstown, buried 6 July 1876 at Eglish. Some letters written by her to her daughters survive. They are affectionate, lively and full of pet names. A photograph of about the same time makes her look rather grim faced, which is not the impression left by her letters.

                             Children:

                      vii   Elizabeth Berry, b. 9 Oct 1837, d. 23 Sept 1861.

                             She married (1) 183?, Samuel W. Hardy of Bracelyn? Castle, Co:

                             Westmeath.  Died without issue.

                             She married (2) F.N. Burnard.  R.? of Furgebro ? minster Devon.

                      viii  Frances Berry, b. 1839, d. 1866.

            3.       ix    Susanna Berry b. 23 Jun 1840.

            4.       x     Matilda Berry b. 12 Nov 1842.

                      xi    Isabella Alicia Berry, b. 14 Jun 1844, d. Aug 1844.

            5.       xii   Louisa Jane Berry, b. 15 Jan 1846.

                      xiii  Francis Fetherstonhaugh Berry, b. 20 Nov 1847, d. Oct 1857; buried at Eglish.

                      xiv  Jane Alicia Berry, b. 8 Mar 1849, d. 25 Mar 1924. She trained as a nurse at Charing Cross and Guy's Hospitals in London. For many years she worked as a Queen Victoria Jubilee Nurse amongst the poor of Dublin. In the family she was known as Jin or Aunt Jin. She died unmarried at her sister's home at 44 Linden Road, Bedford.

            6.       xv   William Berry b. 23 Nov 1850.

                      xvi  Arabella Berry, b. 24 Jan. 1852, d. 13 Aug. 1913. Trained as a nurse at Charing Cross Hospital, London. Died unmarried.

            7.       xvii Frederick Charles Berry b. 7 Jul 1857.

Sixth Generation

 2.  Alicia Berry (daughter of Francis Octavius Berry), b. 8 Feb 1813, d. 17 May 1883.

     She married, 20 Feb 1834, William (4th of Carrick) Fetherstonhaugh, b. 14 Dec 1807, (son of William (3rd of Carrick) Fetherstonhaugh and Elizabeth Orme) d. 1 Aug 1879. 

                             Children:

            8.       i      Alicia Frances Fetherstonhaugh b. 1835.

                      ii     William Fetherstonhaugh, b. 13 Aug 1836, d. 4 Mar 1838.

            9.       iii    Francis Berry Fetherstonhaugh b. 7 Oct 1837.

                      iv    William Fetherstonhaugh, b. 21 Oct 1838

            10.     v     William Berry Fetherstonhaugh b. 27 Feb 1840.

                      vi    Thomas Orme Fetherstonhaugh, b. 15 Feb 1842, d. 26 Feb 1842.

                      vii   Thomas Orme Fetherstonhaugh, b. 16 Apr 1843, d. 21 Apr 1878.

                      viii  Elizabeth Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1844, d. 1859.

            11.     ix    Susanna Berry b. 1845.

            12.     x     Frances Maria Jane Fetherstonhaugh b. 1855.

                          xi    Anna Maria Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1856.

3.      Susanna Berry (daughter of Francis Octavius Berry), b. 23 Jun 1840, d. 1 Oct 1890.  She married 1859, Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1831, d. 1895; of Wyaltville. M.A. Barrister-at-law.

                             Children:

                      i      Susanna Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1860, d. 1860.

            13.     ii     Frances Berry Fetherstonhaugh b. 1866.

                      iii    Godfrey Louis Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1867, d. 1877.

                      iv    Lilian Isabel Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1869, d. 1942. Unmarried.

                      v     James Edward Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1874, d. 1934.  T/Lt RNVR. He married Adelaide E. Falkiner, daughter of R/Hon Sir Frederick Falkiner, K.C.  P.C. Recorder of Dublin. No issue

            14.     vi    Godfrey Charles Fetherstonhaugh b. 1880.

4.  Matilda (Maud) Berry (daughter of Francis Octavius Berry), b. 12 Nov 1842, d. 22 Feb 1936.

     She married 1868, Nathaniel Jerome Robert Slator, b. 1839, (son of Nathaniel Robert Slator and Frances Alicia Berry) d. 1904.  Lieut. 28th Foot. Pet names were common among her sisters and Matilda was known as "Monkey" and also as "Mug". Later her own daughters often referred to her as "Mudsie". In 1906 she and her two youngest daughters travelled to India to join her two older daughters who had accompanied their husbands (who were in the Indian Army). It was there, in Barrackpore, that her youngest daughter, Edith, was married in December of that year. By 1911 Matilda had returned to England in which year her third daughter, Frances, was married in London having met her husband in India.

                             Children:

                      i      George Francis Slator, b. 1871, d. 1905.  Capt. R.G.A.  No children.

                             He married 1902, Kathleen Jones, daughter of Sir Thomas Jones.

            15.     ii     Susannah Maude Slator b. 1872.

                16.     iii    Sybella Bernard Slator, b. 3 June 1875

            17.     iv    Frances Grace Slator, b. 30 Dec. 1876.

           18.      v    Edith Constance Slator, b. 27 Jan 1880.

   5.    Louisa Jane Berry (daughter of Francis Octavius Berry), b. 15 Jan 1846, d. at Bedford 1 Apr 1931.

                             She married, 9 Aug 1879 William Bourne Hallowes, b. 1850 at Ashgrove. Dublin doctor and surgeon at Bedford 1931. Her husband was a small, kindly man who often dressed in an old fashioned frock coat. He had a short beard in the style of Edward VII. In the family he was known as Uncle Willie. In old age he derived much simple pleasure from playing bezique, particularly when he won. She  in contrast was a large but equally kindly woman and was known as Aunt Lou. They were devoted to each other.

                       Children:

                             i      William Keith Hallowes, b. and d. 1882

                             ii     Child who died young)

                      iii    Ruth Marion Hallowes, b. 1886, died 13 Dec1972 at Gerrard's Cross. She was brought up in Newark. As a young woman she went out to India for a time. She trained as a nurse, but as the result  of an accident was unable to work as such. Instead she became a tutor and was involved in setting and marking nursing examinations. She lived the greater part of her life in London. She was a quiet, shy  and very unselfish person with a keen intellect, who managed to retain the ability to communicate with those much younger than herself. She was well read and widely travelled, visiting the continent most years until she was too old to travel. Many of these visits were made with Lady Masefield, widow of the Poet Laureate, who had become a close friend of hers. She never married. 

6.    William Berry (son of Francis Octavius Berry), b. 23 Nov 1850 in Tullamore, d. 29 Feb1920 at Barrow in Furness. Educ. at Portarlington, Chard G.S. and Queen's Coll. Cambridge. Foundation Scholar. B.A. (sen.opt) 1873: M.A. 1877. Rowed for his college. Deacon 1874; Priest 1875 (Chester). Curate of St. Anne's, Aigburth, 1874-7; of Walcot, Bath , 1877-84; Vicar of St. Peter's, Ipswich, 1884-96; of St. Paul's Newbarns with Hawcoat, Barrow-in-Furness, 1896-1920. Surrogate 1906; he succeeded to Eglish under his father's will but sold it under the Irish Land Acts. He owned 828 acres in King's Co., valued at £402 p.a.

     He married, 4 Apr 1876 in Monkstown, Katherine Brabazon Hallowes, b. 29 July 1846 in Blackrock, d. 22 Sept 1935 in 29 Furness Park Rd., Barrow in Furness, daughter of Keith Claringbold Hamilton Hallowes of Dublin, by Emily, daughter of Walter Bourne.           

                             Children:

            19.     i      Kathleen Emily Berry b. 14 Oct.1877.

                      ii     Norah Mary Berry, b. at Bath 1879, d. 1939 at the Old Rectory, Crowhurst, Sussex. Educ. Cheltenham; taught under the L.C.C.        

                      iii    Francis Keith (Frank) Berry, b. 1881 in Bath, d. 14 Feb 1945 in Whitehaven.  Educ. Ipswich G.S., Kendal G.S., and Oxford (non-coll). B.A. 1905; M.A. 1909 (Wycliffe Hall). Deacon 1907, Priest 1908 (St. Albans). Curate of Burnham-on- Crouch 1907-10; St. Mary's Harrogate 1910-11, Wickwar (Glos.) 1911-22. Lic. Preacher Dio. of Carlisle 1913-14; Curate of St. Paul's, Barrow, 1914-20; Vicar of Seathwaite 1920-28; of Eskdale, 1928-35; and of Haile 1935-44. Retired1944.

                             He married 5 Sept 1927, at Ulpha, Monica Jackson Victoria Whitaker,  b. 13 July 1887 at Natland. They had no children.

                      iv    Eileen Florence Berry, b. 1883 at Bath, 29 Aug.1883. Educ. Holloway College. B.A. (London) 1907. She taught at the Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, then at St. Winifred's, Eastbourne, where she became Headmistress. Resident at Dunescote, Burnham-on-Sea.

                      v     Lilian Fetherstonhaugh Berry, b. 4 July 1888 at Ipswich. WW1 served with 8thWest Lancs Det., V.A.D. at Fazackerley Hospital 1915-16, and Barrow Military Hospital 1918-19. 1940 enrolled in the Civil Nursing Reserve and served in 106 Det. West Lancs Red Cross at Balderstone and Conishead Military Hospitals, 1940-45. After the war she became the Quartermaster of 58th. Det. Somerset Red Cross, the Hon. Local Rep for SSFA, and Vice-Chairman of the British Legion Women's Section, Burnham, 1952-5; Chairman, 1955. In her old age she shared a house with her sister Eileen.

7.  Frederick Charles Berry (son of Francis Octavius Berry), b. 7 jul 1857, d. 28 May 1934.

     He married 1887, Charlotte Meers Baldwin, b. 1851, d. 1927; daughter of George Thomas Baldwin of ?

                             Children:

                      i      Fetherstonhaugh Margaret Berry, b. 1889, d. 1943.

 Seventh Generation

8.  Alicia Frances Fetherstonhaugh (daughter of Alicia Berry), b. 1835, d.1866 in childbirth.

     She married 1860, Arthur Boyd Gambell of Washbrook, Co. Westmeath who owned 609 acres in Co. Westmeath valued at £574 p.a.. He went to USA in 1872, leaving the children at Carrick. With James Norris Gambell, he founded Proctor and Gambell soap manufacturers. He remarried (name unknown) in Ireland but his second wife also died, leaving two daughters both born in Ireland, Maud Gambell, b. 10 Apr 1873, d.10 Jan 1937 and Olivia Gambell, b. 4 Oct 1875, d.4 Dec 1961. Arthur died, possibly in Chattanooga, TN in 1909.

                             Children:

            20.     i      Alicia Fanny Gambell b. 1861.

                            ii     Henry Boyd Gambell, b. 1 July 1862, d. 1885 unmarried.

 iii    Susanna Olivia Gambell, b. Jun 1863, d. 16 Apr 1880

            21.     iiv   Arthur William Rogers Gambell, 1864.

9.  Francis Berry Fetherstonhaugh (son of Alicia Berry), b. 7 Oct 1837, d. 25 Feb 1878.

     He married 1864, Elizabeth Hornidge, b. 1839, d. 1894, daughter of George James Hornridge of Galvastown, Co. Westmeath.

                             Children:

                      i      William Robert Fetherston, b. 1866, d. 8 Aug 1877.

            22.     ii     Francis Berry Fetherstonhaugh b. 1870.

                      iii    Sarah Elizabeth Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1867, d. 1890.

                      iv    Alicia Mabel Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1875.

                             She married 1897, Hugh Culpeper Weston Godfray, b. 1872, d. 1905. Capt. R.E.A.

                      v     George Rupert Fetherstonhaugh, d. 1879.

10.     William Berry Fetherstonhaugh (son of Alicia Berry), b. 27 Feb 1840.

     He married 1868, Frances Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds of Wood Park, Dublin.

                             Children:

                      i      Mary Alice Fetherstonhaugh, d. 1876.

                      ii     William Reynolds Fetherstonhaugh, d. 1871.

                      iii    Francis John Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1872, d. 1876.

                      iv    Robert Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1874.

                      v     George Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1876.

                      vi    Frances Fetherstonhaugh.

            23.     vii   Francis Fetherstonhaugh b. 1881.

11.  Susanna Berry (daughter of Alicia Berry), b. 1845, d. 1911.

       She married (1) George Roc Boyce, b. c.1827, d. 1871. M.A. of Robinston? Co. Westmeath.

                             Children:

                      i      Helen Boyce.

      She married (2) George Frederick Harris, b. 1841, d. 1884. Capt. 20th Foot. Paymaster APD 3rd Dragoon Guards. No children.

12.  Frances Maria Jane Fetherstonhaugh (daughter of Alicia Berry), b. 1855, d. 1929.

       She married 1880, Frank Kirkman Loyd, b. 1855, d. 1929.  J.P. Capt. R. Inniskilling Fus. T. dt Col 2/5 R. Sussex Regt.

                             Children:

            24.     i      Alfred William Kirkman Loyd b. 1882.

                      ii     Francis Fetherstonhaugh Loyd, b. 1889.  Capt. Sherwood Forresters.

13.  Frances Berry Fetherstonhaugh (daughter of Susanna Berry), b. 1866, d. 1945.

       She married Albany Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1865, d. 1946.  B.A.  Solicitor.

                             Children:

                      i      Albany Francis Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1910, d. ?.  B.A.

14.  Godfrey Charles Fetherstonhaugh (son of Susanna Berry), b. 1880, d. 1924.  M.A. Vicer of ?ridge ?Hants.

       He married Maude Ada Peek, b. 1880, d. ?.  daughter of Rev. Richard Peek, R. of St Magnus the Martyr.

                             Children:

                      i      Bridget Maude Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1911, d. ?.

            25.     ii     Dorothy Fetherstonhaugh b. 1915.

15.  Susannah Maude Slator (daughter of Matilda Berry), b. 1872, d. 1930.

       She married 1896, Sydney Lethbridge, b. 1868.  Lt. Col. R.G.A.   O.B.E.

                             Children:

            26.     i      John Sydney Lethbridge b. 1897.

                      ii     Robert William Slator Lethbridge, b. 1904.  ? TUGL. I.

16.   Sybella Bernard Slator (dau. of Matilda (Maud) Berry), b. 3 June 1875 at Eglish. She married Kenlis Edward Nangle, b. 5 Feb. 1871 at Rangoon, d. 5 July 1950 at The Mall, Armagh.  Kenlis (son of Henry Beresford Nangle, Major I.S.C., by Isabella Margaret Elizabeth, dau of Lt. Gen. G.S. Dobbie) was educ. at Bedford and Sandhurst. R. Inniskilling Fusilliers. 2/Lieut. 1890; Lieut.1892; transferred to I.A.I.S.C. 1892. Capt. 1901; Major 1908; Lieut. Col. 1916. Adjt. 3rd Inf. Hyderbad Contingent 1893. Served with Tirah Exp. Force 1897-8 as Brigade Transport to a column. Indian G.S. Medal with clasp. Adjt. Doolee Irregular Force 1898. South African War 1900; ops. in the Orange Free State Feb. - May; Karee Siding; in Cape Colony north and south of the Orange River; on special service Jan/Feb employed with transport, graded as Staff  Capt. Feb.-Aug. Queen's Medal with two clasps. With 94th Russell's Infantry 1908. 2nd in command 88th Carnatic Infantry 1914. WW1 D.A.Q.M.G., 9th Div. at Octacamund; in command of Batt. in Mesopotamia. B.W.M. Victory Medal. Despatches L.G. Mar. 1918 & Aug. 1918. WW2 Home Guard, Area Commander, Co. Derry, 1940. Defence Medal.

                             Children:

                      i      Gilbert William Nangle, b. 2 Oct. 1902 at Aurangabad, d. 2 Mar. 1944. Educ. at Sedbergh and R.M.C., Sandhurst. I.A. Enlisted in French Foreign Legion fighting in Spain with Junta 1936. In Palestine Police Force 1940. WW2 Re-employed  with I.A. ; Lieut. 1941. On secret service in Iraq 1941. With Indian Desert Squadron in Libya 1942 2/7th Gurkha Rifles 1943. Italy 1944. 39/45 Star. Africa Star. Italy Star. War Meda. Despatches. Killed in action in Italy. Unmarried.

                      ii     Henry Nathaniel Milo Nangle, b. 2 Feb 1904 in Aurangabad, d. 18 May 1931. Educ. at Osborne and Dartmouth. R.N. Cadet. Lieut. 1926. Att. R.A.F. as T/F.O. 1928. Killed in flying accident. Unmarried but engaged to Margaret, dau. of Lieut. Col. H.L. Showers C.S.I., C.I. E. Indian Political Dept.

            27.     iii    George Slator Nangle, b. 1 Feb 1906.

            28.     iv    Francis Edward Nangle, b. 11 May 1910.

 17.  Frances Grace Slator, (dau. of Matilda Berry). b. 30 Dec. 1876 at Eglish, d. 9 Feb 1955 at Nottingham.  She married Henry Bruce Foote, (son of Robert Bruce Foote of the Geological Survey of India), b. 22 Apr 1863 at Luz, Madras, d. 8 June 1932 at Farnham Common. Frances was his second wife. Served in East Africa [see L.A.W. for extensive details of military service].

                             Children:

            29.     i      John Bruce Foote b. 2 Mar 1918.

                      ii     Margaret Sybella Foote, b. 11 Oct 1921 at Leemington. Educ. at Bedford H.S. and Bedford Coll. London. B.A. 1942. Teacher of languages at Edgbaston H.S. 1943-46. Travelling Sec. Intervarsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions 1946. Unmarried.

 18.  Edith Constance Slator, (dau. of Matilda Berry).  b. 27 Jan 1880 at Eglish, d. 10 Dec. 1938 at Farnham; buried there.  She married Edward Raymond Osgood, b. c. 1960, d. 29 Nov. 1942 at Farnham; buried there.  Educ. at Blundell's School, Tiverton. Manager Sugar Refinery at Cossipore for Turner, Morrison & Son.

                             Children:

            30.     i      Edith Mary Frances Osgood, b. 19 Mar 1908.

            31.     ii     Josephine Isabella Osgood, b. 28 Nov. 1909.

            32.     iii    Susanna Natalie Osgood b, 20 Feb. 1911.

19.  Kathleen Emily Berry (daughter of William Berry), b. 14 Oct.1877 at  Bath, d. 15 Jan. 1951 at Brambles Rd. Burnham. Daughter of Rev. William  Berry, Vicar of St Paul's, Barrow-in Furness and one time of Eglish Castle, King's Co., by Katherine Brabazon, daughter of Keith Claringbold Hamilton Hallowes of Dublin, solicitor. Sole heir of her brother, Rev. Francis Keith Berry. Cremated at Bristol 19 Jan.1951; her ashes were scattered in the sea off Allendale Rd.

       She married 4 Dec.1909 in St. Paul's, Barrow-in Furness, Lorton Alexander Wilson, b. 10 August 1879, (son of John Forsythe Wilson and Mary Jane Hanna) d. 15 Sep 1958. 

                             Children:

                      i     Kathleen Moira Wilson, b. 5 May 1911 at 99 Abbey Rd., Barrow, d. 21 Sept1996. Educ. Skellfield, Thirsk and Training College, Bradford. Higher Froebel Certificate 1933. Assistant Mistress at Coed Bel, Chislehurst; Godolphin and Latymer, Hammersmith; Roedean, Johannesburg; Sheffield Girls' High School; and St. Christopher, Burnham-on-Crouch; Derby High School Kindergarten (Head) Sept 1957. Civil Defence, Welfare Section, Burnham 1951-.

            33.     ii     Ethne Patricia (Bunny) Wilson b. 1912.

Eighth Generation

20.  Alicia Frances (Daisy) Gambell (daughter of Alicia Frances Fetherstonhaugh), b. 1861, d. 1929.

       She married 1884, Harry Charles Gregory, b. 1827 in Co. Kilkenny, d. 22 or 28 Jul 1918 at West Court; buried at Callan.He qualified as a civil engineer, but did not practice after his marriage. Alicia was his second wife

                             Children:

                      i      Harry William Gregory.

            34.     ii     Vera May Gregory b. 9 Sept 1900.

                             She married 1920, Francis Basil Brook Spragge.  Major R.F.A.  M.C.O.B.E.

                      iii    William Robert Fetherstonhaugh Gregory, b. in 1892.  Commdr. R.N.  D.I.R.I.C

                             He married 1925, Francis Helen Liggett, daughter of Elmer Liggett of Farrington, Michigan.

21.  Arthur William Rogers Gambell, (dau. of Alicia Frances Fetherstonhaugh), b. 3 Oct 1864 in Ireland, d. 14 May 1944 in Covington, Kentucky; buried at Dillsboro, Indiana. Migrated to USA in 1883 where he had a  photographic business in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lived in Dublin with his mother's brother when his father went to the USA. He married Mollie Shepherd, (dau. of Henry Shepherd of Dearborn Co., Indiana by Mary Suits) b. 13 Aug 1867 at Dillsboro, Indiana, d. 24 Jan 1946 at Covington; buried at Dillsboro. 

                             Children:

                      i      Luther Henry Gambell, b. 22 Jun 1890 in Aurora, d. 12 Sep 1957 at Mt. Washington, occupation Sales Manager Campbell Soup Co. Worked for company for 42 years.  He married Lucille Jane Conover, b. 26 Jan 1894 in Miama Co. , Ohio. No Children.

            35.     ii     Frances Eileen Gambell b. 24 Nov. 1893.

22.  Francis Berry Fetherstonhaugh (son of Francis Berry Fetherstonhaugh), b. 1870, d. 1898. Capt. 5 ? Irish Fus.

       He married 1891, Martha Augusta Young Faris, d. 1933, daughter of William Faris of Lurgan.

                             Children:

                      i      Francis Bryan Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1892. T. 2/Lt R.E.

                             He married 1920, Solangz Thorez, daughter of Theodore Thorez of Strazeele.

                      ii     Norah May Fetherstonhaugh.

                             She married 1918, William Ramage.  T. Capt. A.S.C.

23.  Francis Fetherstonhaugh (son of William Berry Fetherstonhaugh), b. 1881, d. 1912.

       He married 1907, Gertrude Joyce Tardiffe, daughter of WolverstonTordiffe of Long Sutton Lodge, Langpost.

                             Children:

                      i      Francis Edward Fetherstonhaugh, b. 1908.

24.  Alfred William Kirkman Loyd (son of Frances Maria Jane Fetherstonhaugh), b. 1882, d. 1919.  Major R. Sussex Regt.

                             Children:

            36.     i      Daphne Maud Trelawny Loyd.

25.  Dorothy Fetherstonhaugh (daughter of Godfrey Charles Fetherstonhaugh) , b. 1915, d. ?.

       She married John W. Wright.

                             Children:

                      i      Dermot Fetherstonhaugh Wright, b. 1944.

26.  John Sydney Lethbridge (son of Susannah Maude Slator), b. 1897, d. 1961. Educ. at Gresham's School, Holt; Uppingham and Jesus Coll., Cambridge and R.M.A., Woolich. R.E. 2/Lieut. 1915, Lieut. 1917. WW1  France and Belgium 1916-17. Aden Field Force 1917-1918 B.W.M.  Victory Medal. Despatches. M.C.I.A.  A/Capt. 1918-25. A/Major 1919-1920. Afghanistan 1919. Indian G.S. Medal and clasp.  R.E. Capt. 1924 Major 1930, Lieut. Col. 1940, Col  1943. C.S.O. Northern Command 1935-1936. G.S.O. 3 War Office 1936-37, G.S.O. 2 (temp) War Office 1937-39. Local Lieut. Col.  & G.S.O. 2, Senior Officer's School 1939-1940. WW2 A/ Lieut. Col.  1940; T/Lieut. Col. 1940; T/Col. 1940; A/Brig 1940-41; Dep. Director Staff Duties (W) 1940-42; T/Brig.1941-42; Director Munitions, War Office 1942-43; A/Major General 1942-43; T/Major General 1943-48.; Head of Military, Naval and Air Mission to S.W. Pacific 1943-44. Chief Lliason Off. between War Office  and S.H.A.E.P. for D Day landing 23 May 1944- 12 Aug. 1944. Chief of Staff, 14th Army in Burma 1944-1945. Chief of Intelligence, British Zone, Germany 1945-1948. Retired with hon rank of Major General 20 Ap. 1948. 39/45 Star; Burma Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal C.B.E. 1942; C.B. 1946; American Legion of Merit 1947. Commdt. Civil Defence Staff College, Sunningdale 1949-52. Part-author of "Travels in India" 1935. F.R.G.S.

       He married Katherine Maynard, b. 1904, daughter of Sir John Maynard.

                             Children:

                      i      Charmain Lethbridge, b. 1930, d. 1930.

                      ii     Naome Susan Lethbridge, b. 1932.

                      iii    John Peter Lethbridge, b. 1934.

                      iv    Katherine Charmain Lethbridge, b. 1941.

27.  George Slator Nangle (son of Sybella Bernard Slator), b. 1 Feb 1906 at Bareilly, India. Educ. at Sedbergh and R.M.C., Sandhurst. Unatt. List 2/Lieut. 1925; I.A. 2/Lieut. 1926; 2/9 Gurkha Rifles; Lieut. 1927. Capt. 1934; Major 1942. Adjt. and Q.M., Staff College, India 1936-37. WW2 C.S.O.2 1940. Instructor, Staff College, Palestine, 1940. A/Lieut. Col 1941; A/Major 1941-2; T/Major 1941-42; A/Lieut. Col. 1944. On staff North Western Army at Rawal Pindi, 1942. 2nd in command 1/9th Gurkhas 1943; in command 1944. G.S.O.I.G.H.Q. 1945. G.S.O. War Office. Served with Middle East Forces and in Italy 39/45 Star. Italy Star. Defence Medal. War Medal. D.S.O., C.B.E.

        He married Ann Clementine Massie (dau. of Brig. Gen. Roger Henry Massie  C.B. C.M.G.),  b. 24 Mar 1911 at Finchampstead.

                             Children:

                      i      Anne Nangle, b. 24 Oct 1942 at Rawal Pindi.

28.    Francis Edward Nangle (son of Sybella Bernard Slator), b. 11 May 1910 at Exmouth. Educ. at Sedbergh and R.M.C., Sandhurst. Unatt. List 2/Lieut. 1930. I.A. 1931; Lieut. 1932; Capt. 1938; Maj. 1942. Retired as Hon. Lieut. Col. 1948. 4th  P.O.W. Own Gurkha Rifles. Served in Waziristan campaign 1939. Indian G.S. Medal with Clasp. WW2 A/Maj 1940-41. T/Major 1941-42; A/Lieut. Col.1942; T/Lieut Col. 1942-45. With 153rd Gurkha Parachute Batt. 1942-3; in command 3rd Batt. 1st Gurkha Rifles 1945; served in Burma and India. 39/45 Star. Burma Star. War medal. Indian Service Medal. G.S. O.2 India Office 1946. Sec. Armagh and Down Territorial and Auxilliary Forces Associations1945.

   He married Patricia Adele Smyth-Osborn, b. 5 May 1920 at Darjeeling (dau. of Douglas Gregory Smyth-Osborn, I.A.).  WW2 St. John's Nurse at British Military Hosps. at Calcutta and Delhi.

                             Children:

                      i      Adele Moira Nangle, b. 29 Sept. 1943 at Poona.

                      ii     Kenlis Eilfrid Nangle, b. 19 Apr. 1945 at Bridport.

29.  John Bruce Foote (son of Frances Grace Slator), b. 2 Mar 1918 at Bath.  Educ. at Cheltenham: Caius Coll., Cambridge and Guy's Hosp. B.A. 1939 M.B. , B.Ch. 1942. M.A. 1943.  M.D. 1951. H.P. & H.S. Orpington E.M.S. Hosp. 1942. WW2  R.A.F.V.R.  F.O. 1943; Flt. Lieut. 1944. Served in India 1944-45; Burma Ap. 1945-46. Lay Reader, Southwark, 1949, Southwell, 1952. Consultant Chemical Pathologist City Hosp. Nottingham 1952.

       He married Hilda Mary Hinchliffe (dau. of Edward Hinchliffe of Ottingham, by Norah Helena Smedley), b. 5 Jan 1925 at Hull Educ. at Leeds Girls H.S. and Somerville Coll., Oxford. B.A. (Modern Languages) 1946.

                             Children:

                      i      Clifford Paul Bruce Foote, b. 30 Mar 1942 in  Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.  Clifford was adopted into the Foote family on 12th November 1958.

                      ii     Sarah Anne Foote, b. 27 June 1949 at Guys Hosp.

                      iii    Eleanor Ruth Foote, b. 21 July 1951.

                      iv    Alison Mary Foote, b. 14 Apr 1955 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.  Known as Sister Nerija.

                      v     Jonathan Roger Bruce Foote, b. 23 Mar 1958 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Technical specialist, IBM.

30.  Edith Mary Frances Osgood (dau. of Edith Constance Slator) , b. 19 Mar 1908 at Calcutta, d. 1998/99.  She married Anthony Leslie Novis (son of Thomas Shepherd Novis, Lieut. Col. I.M.S., by Margaret Ann, dau. of Capt. Anthony Tunstall), b. 22 Sept. 1906 at Bombay.  Educ. at Epsom Coll., Brasenose Coll. Oxford.  B.A. 1928. Rugby Blue 1927; played with British team that toured  N.Z. and Australia in 1930; for England 1929,30; Capt. 1933; for Army 1929,30,31,32,33 & 35. Capt. in all but 1929. Gen. List  T.A., 2nd Lieut. 1929. Lietut. 1932; Capt. 1938; Maj.1946. R.A.R.O. Served in Palestine 1938-9. g.s. medal with bar. WW2 Served in North Africa 1940-41; N.W. Europe 1944; wounded at Sidi Barani, where he won the M.C.; wounded in France. A/Maj. 1940; W.S. Maj. 1944; T/Lieut. Col. 1951.

                             Children:

                      i      Richard Anthony Novis, b. 21 June 1938 at Aldershot.

                      ii     Susan Josephine Novis, b. 27 Apr 1942 at Farnham.

                      iii    Jillian Frances Novis, b. 29 Nov 1944.

31.  Josephine Isabella Osgood (dau. of Edith Constance Slator) b. 28 Nov. 1909, d. Apr 1934 at Burnham, Bucks.  She married Harold Martin Jaques  (son of Percival Stanley Jaques of Gerards Cross and Dorothy Wilson). Educ. at Christ's Hosp. and Middlesex Hosp. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1927. H.S. and Res. Off., E.N.T. & Orthopaedic Depts.; H. P. Obstetrics and Gynae. Depts, Middlesex Hosp. Div. Surgeon, St John Abulance Brigade.

                             Children:

            37.     i      Timothy Jaques b. 22 Mar 1933.

32.  Susanna Natalie Osgood (dau. of Edith Constance Slator),  b. 20 Feb. 1911 in Surrey.  She married (1) William Byfield Hall, b. 6 Sept 1910, d. 9 Oct 1937  during operation. No children. She married (2) Malcolm Kelty McLeod (son of Lieut. Col. Kenneth McLeod, 2/16th Punjabis), b. 3 Apr 1910 at Delhi. 

                             Children:

                      i      Torquil Mcleod, b. 29 Oct. 1940.

                      ii     Judy Anita Dorette McLeod, b. 4 Dec. 1943.

                                    iii         Christine McLeod, b. 23 July 1945 at Simla.

33.   Ethne Patricia (Bunny) Wilson (daughter of Kathleen Emily Berry), b.1912, d. 2009 in the Cape.  Educ. Skellfield, Thirsk and Training College,  Bradford. Higher Froebel Certificate 1933. She taught at St. Columba's, Kilmcolm and King's Mead, Johannesburg.

       She married, 1942 at Machadodorp, Transvaal, James Button, b. 1908 in Machadodorp, (son of James Button and Helen (Danna) Gay) d. 1983.  Ed. King Edward School, Johannesburg. In WW2 served in the N.R.V. (Belfast Command) as sergeant. Afterwards returned to farm sheep and South Devon cattle at Machadodorp. President of the South Devon Cattle Breeders Society of South Africa and a senior judge.

                             Children:

                      i      James Button, b.1942 in Nelspruit, d. Feb. 2012. Ed. at King Edward School, Johannesburg; B.Sc Agric. 1963, M.Sc. Agric. 1968, (Natal). Ph.D Agric. (Natal) 1972. Farmed at Ceres.

                             He married, 1973, Sylvia Jean Clarke.

            38.     ii     Andrew Button b.1945.

            39.     iii    Christopher (Kit) Button b.1945.

             40.    iv    Kathleen Ann Button, b.1954 in Johannesburg.

                             She married Garth Ellsworth Anderson.

Ninth Generation

34.  Vera May Gregory (dau of Alicia Frances (Daisy) Gambell), b. 9 Sept 1900 at Kilkenny, resided in London.  She married Francis Basil Brook Spragge, b. 13 May 1893, served in WWI in France and Belgium; wounded. Brigade Major, Burma 1929-1933. OBE (military) 1933. WW2 Major R.A.  M.C.O.B.E. [L.A.W.]  He remarried Mrs George Wilson.

                             Children:

                      i     Jean Elizabeth Spragge, b. 16 Aug 1925 in Edinburgh.  She married John Arnold Scott Cleminson.

 35.  Frances Eileen Gambell (dau. of Arthur William Rogers Gambell) b. 24 Nov. 1893 at Aurora, Ohio. She married Otto Enus Fight (son of Enus Fight of Harrison Co., Kentucky by Ada Hill), b. 14 Oct 1885.  Railway mail clerk.

                             Children:

            41.     i      Eileen Frances Fight b. 24 Jun 1916.

36.  Daphne Maud Trelawny Loyd (daughter of Alfred William Kirkman Loyd).

       She married 1945, Robert Tatton Brown.  Colonial Administration Service (Kenya).

                             Children:

                      i      son, b. 1947.

37.  Timothy Jaques (son of Josephine Isabella Osgood) b. 22 Mar 1933 at Burnham.

                             Children:

                                    i           David Jaques. 

    38.  Andrew Button (son of Ethne Patricia (Bunny) Wilson) , b. 1945 in Johannesburg.  Twin of Christopher. B.Sc 1965, M.Sc 1968, Ph.D. 1973. Resident in Australia.

       He married 1967, Brenda Maud Collins.

                             Children:

                      i      Caroline Wendy Button, b. 1970.

                      ii     Lisa Ann Button, b. 1972.

                      iii    Matthew James Button, b. 1976.

                      iv    James Edwin Button, b. 1980.

39.  Christopher (Kit) Button (son of Ethne Patricia (Bunny) Wilson), b. 1945 in Johannesburg.  Twin of Andrew. Ed. King Edward VII School, Johannesburg, graduated from University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 1969 (B.Vet.Sc.), 1976 (M.Med.Vet.). Graduated from Texas A&M University, Texas, U.S.A., 1979 (Ph.D.). Resident in Melbourne, Australia.

               He married, 1971, Mary Ann Hofmeyr.

                             Children:

                      i      Victoria Jane Button, b. 1972.

                      ii     Catherine Gail Button, b. 1974.

42.         iii   Jillian Leonie Button, b. 1981

40. Kathleen Ann Button, b.1954 in Johannesburg. She married, 1976, Garth Ellsworth Anderson. B.A. (Natal) in 1977, Higher Diploma of Librarianship (Natal). Resident, Isle of Man. 

   She married, 1976, Garth Ellsworth Anderson.

Children:

 i   Sarah Leigh Anderson, b. 1981.

ii  Michael James Anderson, b. 1984.

Tenth Generation

40.  Eileen Frances Fight (dau. of  Frances Eileen Gambell) b. 24 Jun 1916.  Educ. at Covington and Eastern Teachers College, Richmond, Kentucky. She married William Albert Sparks (son of Charles Craddock Sparks of Fort Mitchell, Kentucky), b. 15 Oct 1913 at Covington; General Traffic Manager & Vice President, Silver Fleet Motor Express. 

                             Children:

                      i      Linda Elaine Sparks, b. 1937 at Covington.  Educ. at Vanderbilt Coll., Nashville, Tennessee.

                      ii     Nancy Jane Sparks, b. 1943 at Covington.  Educ. at Louisville.

42.  Jillian Leonie Button, b. 1981 in Melbourne, Australia.

   She married, Anthony Peter Judd,b.1979

Children:

  i   Henry Judd, b. 2012.

  ii  Stella Judd, b. 2014.

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