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SR-009
Title
Harold Sterne "Harry" Berry and Vera Evelyn Berry, nee Laking, oral history interview conducted by Don Waite in 1976.
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1 audio cassette.
Date
1976.
Description
SR-009: Tracks 1 - 5 discuss the Berry family history and Harry Berry's family.
Tracks 6 - 7 discuss farm work, including Chinese and East Indian labourers and barn raising.
Tracks 8 - 9 describe social life and schooling in Fort Langley in the early 20th century.
Track 10 discusses the Berry dairy farm.
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Berry, Harold "Harry" Sterne
Harold "Harry" Sterne Berry was born in Langley on 17 August, 1901 to John Walter Berry and Lydia Bowman. He married Vera Evelyn Laking (1902-1979) on 19 October, 1922, in Vancouver. They had 6 children, including Gordon (Chub), Helen, Ted, Dick, Bill and Jean. Harold died on 4 December, 1980. Harry Berry was a farmer on Belmont Dairy Farm, and lived in only two houses his whole life.
Berry, Vera Evelyn (nee Laking)
Vera Evelyn Laking was born in New Westminster on 24 February, 1902. She married Harold Sterne Berry on October 17, 1922. They had six children: Helen Evelyn, William John, Richard Sterne, Gordon Harry, Jean Anne, and Edward Laking. Vera died on August 11, 1979.
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