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Claude James BERRY (1905 - 1997)

owned Esk joinery

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living	Claude James BERRY (1905 - 1997) + Beatrice Rose MACFARLANE (1904 - 2005)	William BERRY (1874 - 1948)	James BERRY
			Jane SIDERY
		Ada Martha HIMSTEDT (1875 - 1969)	Thedal Augustus Louis HIMSTEDT (1827 - 1882)	Adolphus HIMSTEDT
				Maria EIDMISEN
			Martha COLBOURNE (1841 - 1923)	Daniel COLBOURNE (1801 - 1889)
				Elizabeth Ann NICHOLAS (1806 - 1880)

b. 16 Jul 1905 at Esk, Queensland, Australia

m. 06 Aug 1927 Beatrice Rose MACFARLANE (1904 - 2005) at Esk, Queensland, Australia

d. 11 Feb 1997 at Esk, Queensland, Australia aged 91

Near Relatives of Claude James BERRY (1905 - 1997)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James BERRY
Grandmother	Jane SIDERY
Grandfather	Thedal Augustus Louis HIMSTEDT	23 Mar 1827	Sambleben, Brunswick, Germany	09 Jul 1882	Esk, Queensland, Australia	55
Grandmother	Martha COLBOURNE	16 Dec 1841	Whatley, Somerset, England	09 Mar 1923	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Father in Law	Andrew MACFARLANE
Father	William BERRY	abt 1874	London, Middlesex, England	09 Aug 1948	Balinga, Queensland, Australia	74
Mother	Ada Martha HIMSTEDT	04 Mar 1875	Esk, Queensland, Australia	18 Jun 1969	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Self	Claude James BERRY	16 Jul 1905	Esk, Queensland, Australia	11 Feb 1997	Esk, Queensland, Australia	91
Wife	Beatrice Rose MACFARLANE	03 Nov 1904	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	11 Dec 2005		101
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother	Bertie Stanley BERRY	1899	Queensland, Australia
Brother	Norman William BERRY	03 Dec 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	04 Mar 1992	Caboolture, Queensland, Australia	90
Brother	Percy Victor BERRY	25 May 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	05 Nov 1980	Cooparoo, Queensland, Australia	77
Brother	Douglas Reginald BERRY	03 May 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1957		49
Brother	Mervyn Magnus BERRY	25 Jul 1917	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1979	Esk, Queensland, Australia	62
Uncle	Arthur Adolphus HIMSTEDT	03 May 1862	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31 Jan 1951	Esk, Queensland, Australia	88
Uncle	Louis Augustus HIMSTEDT	04 Jan 1864	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	22 Jun 1945	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Aunt	Minnie May CAFFMANN	1888	Nanango, Queensland, Australia	18 Jan 1942	Queensland, Australia	54
Uncle	Alfred James HIMSTEDT	17 Dec 1865	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	12 May 1937	Nanango, Queensland, Australia	71
Aunt	Sarah WILLIAMS	1862	Jimbour, Queensland, Australia	05 May 1945	Esk, Queensland, Australia	83
Uncle	Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT	19 Aug 1867	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	17 Nov 1947	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Aunt	Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS	19 Nov 1881	Merton, Surrey, England	13 Aug 1975	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	93
Uncle	Frederick William HIMSTEDT	28 Jun 1869	Queensland, Australia	25 Apr 1954	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	84
Aunt	Ada Maria FRANCIS	06 Aug 1879	Merton, Surrey, England	10 Sep 1966	Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Aunt	Mary Elizabeth HIMSTEDT	04 Jun 1871	Esk, Queensland, Australia	26 Apr 1941	Australia	69
Uncle	Joseph BERRY
Uncle	Henry Francis Victor HIMSTEDT	23 Mar 1873	Esk, Queensland, Australia	18 Sep 1961	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	88
Aunt	Janet BROCK	06 Mar 1874	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	20 Nov 1950	Esk, Queensland, Australia	76
Aunt	Lillian Janet HIMSTEDT	29 Jun 1877	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Apr 1969	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	91
Uncle	Walter Herbert HIMSTEDT	18 Nov 1879	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Jul 1953	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Aunt	Alice FRANCIS	02 Nov 1883	Merton, Surrey, England	01 Feb 1973	Esk, Queensland, Australia	89
Aunt	Agnes Augusta HIMSTEDT	10 Dec 1881	Esk, Queensland, Australia	11 Jun 1972	Australia	90
Uncle	Adam James DUNLOP
Cousin	Louis Allan HIMSTEDT	1907	Queensland, Australia	08 Dec 1989	Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Agnes Ada HIMSTEDT		Queensland, Australia	13 Jun 1957	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Rose May Elizabeth HIMSTEDT		Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Walter William HIMSTEDT		Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Jessie Pearlie PRYDE	25 Jul 1884	Queensland, Australia	07 May 1959	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	74
Cousin	Ellen Selvina Selvenar HIMSTEDT	19 May 1890	Queensland, Australia	16 Jan 1960	Esk, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Minnie Frances HIMSTEDT	06 Jun 1893	Esk, Queensland, Australia	06 Mar 1982	Roma, Queensland, Australia	88
Cousin	Sarah HIMSTEDT	1894	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Richard Henry HIMSTEDT	1896	Queensland, Australia	23 Aug 1980	Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Mary HIMSTEDT	1897	Queensland, Australia	21 Oct 1938	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	41
Cousin	Rose Ann HIMSTEDT	03 Aug 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	16 Jul 1972	Esk, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Jane Emma HIMSTEDT	1903	Queensland, Australia	05 May 1968	Esk, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Mary Francis HIMSTEDT	1903	Queensland, Australia	03 Jun 1976	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	Alfred HIMSTEDT	23 Jan 1907	Queensland, Australia	Jun 1908	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Albert James HIMSTEDT	11 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1997	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Cousin	Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT	21 Oct 1904	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Jul 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	2
Cousin	George Edward HIMSTEDT	19 May 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1970	Mt Thompson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT	02 Jan 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	25 May 1925	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17
Cousin	Robert Victor HIMSTEDT	16 Apr 1913	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31 Aug 1966	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	53
Cousin	Alice Elizabeth HIMSTEDT	12 Dec 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Jul 1960	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	William Frederick HIMSTEDT	22 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Mar 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	4
Cousin	Charles Walter HIMSTEDT	13 Jun 1906	Moore, Queensland, Australia	11 Aug 2001	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	95
Cousin	Ernest Stuart HIMSTEDT	29 Oct 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	14 Dec 1912	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	4
Cousin	Alexander Mervyn HIMSTEDT	23 Dec 1910	Esk, Queensland, Australia	Jun 1950	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	39
Cousin	Cora Sylvia HIMSTEDT	09 May 1916	Esk, Queensland, Australia	30 May 1996	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Cousin	Arthur Cedric HIMSTEDT	30 May 1919	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1922	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	2
Cousin	Elsie Thelma BERRY	1898	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Arthur BERRY	1901	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Vera Martha HIMSTEDT	17 Mar 1897	Queensland, Australia	24 Dec 1897	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Eric William HIMSTEDT	20 Sep 1898	Queensland, Australia	08 Jul 1930	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31
Cousin	Freda Margaret HIMSTEDT	27 Jan 1901	Queensland, Australia	11 Sep 1975		74
Cousin	Lorna Laura Annie HIMSTEDT	14 Nov 1903	Queensland, Australia	2008	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	105
Cousin	Dorothy Agnes HIMSTEDT	1905	Queensland, Australia	23 Mar 1939	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Cousin	Marjorie Janet Francis HIMSTEDT	31 Jul 1909	Queensland, Australia	01 Sep 1987	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Colin Henry Victor HIMSTEDT	24 May 1911	Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	68
Cousin	Mervyn Malcolm Brock HIMSTEDT	10 Aug 1913	Queensland, Australia	05 May 1914	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Evelyn Brock HIMSTEDT	03 Jun 1915	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Norman Arthur HIMSTEDT	11 Oct 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	20 Nov 1993	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Herbert Walter HIMSTEDT	14 Feb 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Mar 1996	Esk, Queensland, Australia	88
Cousin	Ivy Lillian HIMSTEDT	22 Aug 1909	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1983	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	Aubrey James Cameron DUNLOP	1911	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Lindsay Thedal DUNLOP	1913	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister in Law	Grace HEDRICK
Sister in Law	Elsie TAYLOR
Sister in Law	Lorna Esma FRAZER	13 May 1905	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	02 Oct 1996		91
Sister in Law	Ethel Robinson (Dell) DURANT	25 Jan 1911		2003		92
Sister in Law	Violet Hazel HOUGHTON

Events in Claude James BERRY (1905 - 1997)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
16 Jul 1905		Claude James BERRY was born	Esk, Queensland, Australia	1905/C10441
06 Aug 1927	22	Married Beatrice Rose MACFARLANE (aged 22)	Esk, Queensland, Australia	from eulogy
09 Aug 1948	43	Death of father William BERRY (aged 74)	Balinga, Queensland, Australia
18 Jun 1969	63	Death of mother Ada Martha HIMSTEDT (aged 94)	Esk, Queensland, Australia	Certificate
11 Feb 1997	91	Claude James BERRY died	Esk, Queensland, Australia

Personal Notes:

Claude James Berry 16-7-1905 To 11-2-1997. Claude James Berry was born in Esk on the 16th July 1905, the fourth of six sons to William & Ada Berry. He grew up on the family dairy farm near Redbank Creek. As you can imagine, in a family of six boys there was never a dull moment. Some of their boyhood pranks would be sure to make headlines in the 90’s. Claude left school before completing primary school to join the workforce at Estwicks Joinery works in Esk where he worked until retiring at the age of 75. On the 6th of August 1927 at the age of 22, he married Beatrice MacFarlane in Esk.They had two sons, Randal & Glenn. Their early years with a young family and the depression were very difficult, but their love provided a sound base for their long and happy marriage of over 69 years. In 1938 he purchased the Joinery Works from his employer, and in partnership with his brother Mervyn, operated the business successfully until his retirement in 1980. A recent letter from Dick Chaille revived many good memories of the happy workplace environment. With the commencement of World War II he was too old for active service, but served the full term in the volunteer defence corps. During his long life, he was an active member of many organizations in the Esk District, whether in an official position or at a working bee. He devoted his time to the Presbyterian then Uniting Churches, Tennis Club, Rifle Club, State School, Show Society, Golf Club and many others. Claude and Beat were successful gardeners; they grew fruit, vegetables and flowers much of which was shared with friends and family. Bee keeping was also one of his loves right to the end. We have the legacy of 20 hives of angry stinging insects still gracing the banks of Sandy Creek. He was a keen fisherman all his life, and some of our family’s most treasured memories relate to our fishing exploits. His mother, who was not a lover of the sea, often expressed her concern that the sea would some day “get him”. Thankfully this was not to be in spite of the sometimes hair raising experiences in the several boats owned by the family. He was a long-standing member of St. John Biarra Lodge. He recently received one of the high honours of the Masonic Lodge, his 70 year jewel, the only member of the Esk Lodge ever to have received this honour. Claude Berry was a quiet unassuming but determined man, who has lived in the Esk district all his life, lived in the same house all his long married life of almost 70 years, and worked at the Joinery Works all his working life. Claude lived his life by the highest standards. He was dearly loved by his family and endeared himself to all he came in contact with. He was held in high esteem in the community and has left his mark in the Esk district. Even in his later years when his sight failed he retained a cheerful disposition. His application and determination enabled him to memorise many of the things he could not read so he could still participate in lodge and other duties. It was a sad day for him, and a relief to the family, when he had to surrender his driver’s license and could no longer drive the faithful Falcon. He got used to and enjoyed walking to do his shopping, and only in recent times when he was struggling with his health problems, was he interested in the kind offers of a lift home to Russell Street. We thank God for the long and rewarding life of Claude Berry. He fought the good fight. He was a wonderful husband to Beat, an inspirational father and mate to Randal and Glenn, a loving Grandfather and Great Grandfather. We wish him peace in the life to come.

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