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I trace my line back to Israel Berkley. Based on what I was able to piece together on my two week free trial at ancestry.com, I found that he was born in 1847, married a Lydia Shoemaker, and lived as a farmer in the Somerset, PA area. I found an old obit on a web site which puts his death in 1922. My dad said he was seven feet tall, a Quaker, and had twenty kids. I was able to find about seventeen, one of whom was Lloyd Nelson, seemingly the only one out of the bunch who moved to Pittsburgh. Lloyd is my great grandfather.
Based on some of the obits found at http://www.ourbrickwalls.com/subpage77.html , I was able to piece together the following about the kids. I'm not solid on all of the wives and kids but the children are all right I think.
Albert Berkley (Emma A. Berkley)
Calvin M. Berkley
Oswald T. Berkley (maybe 1902-1963, maybe married to Frances M. 1907-1981, maybe a daughter Emma Jean 1931-1946)
Roberta Berkley
Frank Berkley
Harry Berkley
Mrs. W. S. Brougher (Bougher) (Mary?)
John Berkley (Mrs. Carolyn (Hoffman) Berkley)
Edward Berkley, Somerset;
William Berkley
John Berkley, Jr., both at home
Mrs. William Manser, 1807 Franklin street, Ferndale
Mrs. Raymond Ruth, Lilly street, Southmont.
Mrs. George Brant (Hattie)
Milton Berkley
Harvey Berkley (Martha V. Ackerman Berkley?) (Margaret Boose Berkley?)
George C Berkley? (d. 2/14/1951 age 48)
Mrs. James Liberty (Susan)
Edward Berkley
Oran Berkley
Mrs. Curtis Davis (Minnie)
Nelson Berkley
Samuel Berkley (Emma Jane Brant Berkley d. 1/8/1938 age 55)
Mrs. Della Kreitzburg (Idella Berkley)
Lloyd Berkley
Earl Berkley
So, I don't think your Henry is in this line. What compounds the problem is that there is another Israel Berkley from Somerset who was apparently born in 1834. He was pretty prolific too. http://bit.ly/rQ1Pie
If you go to: http://bit.ly/vxzClt I think this book connects a lot of those Berkleys. Maybe Henry is connected to your line through them somehow, and since a few of the names are common, I'm wondering if these Israels are linked.
Hope this helps you!
Brendan
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