Maria (Atkin/s) DAVIS remarried to Richard BARRY, a cooper on October 12th 1863 in the Ballymore parish. The marriage was witnessed by James NAYLER (?) and Margaret DAVIS. They lived at Little Assaly, Killinick.
It is therefore likely that John DAVIS had died in late 1862.
Given Richard’s occupation it may have been that he was John DAVIS’s apprentice or worked with him. The 1901 Census shows us there was a significant age gap between Maria and Richard. Perhaps Richard took on the business and in return married the widowed Maria and supported her three known children who would have been aged around ten years and under.
Maria (Atkin/s) DAVIS and Richard BARRY had the following children:
Note an Anne Bennett had been the witness for Margaret (Davis) WADDEN/ING’s baptism 11 years earlier.
Thomas’s civil record of birth confirms our family connection as it shows that Maria was formerly DAVIS and previously ATKINS.
There were no further baptisms or civil births before the end of 1874.
The 1885 the Bassett’s Directory entry for Killinick reads:
Only one cooper is listed: Richard Barry.
1901 Census
Richard and Maria lived alone. Richard was recorded as 50 years and Maria as 75. Maria’s age may not be too far off the mark given she had married John DAVIS in 1850. However, this would have made Richard 12 years old at the time of his marriage in 1863!
We can see that Maria was literate. They lived in a two roomed house with two windows to the front, classed as a third-class house.
Death of Maria (Atkins Davis) BARRY
Maria died 10 July 1901 from cardiac dropsy (heart failure).
We can see on her death certificate that Maria was recorded at 77 years old – two years older than at the census taken just over three months earlier!
1911 Census
The 1911 Census shows us that Richard and his son Thomas, daughter Maria (known as Mina) and her three children were living together in Little Asally, Killinick.
This house was considered second class, with three rooms lived in and four windows to the front. It was rented.
Death of Richard BARRY
I found no death for Richard BARRY, cooper between 1911 and 1950 in Ireland or in England. It seems likely that his death was just not registered.
A visit to Liverpool in December 2023 provided the missing piece. It seems Richard ended his years with his family in Bootle, dying twenty-seven years after his wife, my great great grandmother.
In Search of Thomas Davis 