After over 10 years of research I believe I have solved the mystery of so many Johns, Edwards and Nicholas's Berry of Keysers Lane. My GGG grandfather John Berry (circa 1820) married 3 times and fathered many children. His fathers name was Edward.
His first marriage to Bridget Mangan in 1847 produced several children including John Berry who married Kate Browne in 1876.
After the death of Bridget at the approx age of 52 (1876) he married Anne Reville (aged 18 !) who gave birth to William and died either from childbirth or shortly thereafter. William went on to marry Ann Kelly in 1903.
In the same year as his second wife's death he remarried again -Mary Roche and fathered at least 4 children. This included my gg grandfather Patrick who died in WW1. Patricks brother Richard married a Sheehan and Patrick married Ellen Browne. So it appears many of the Berry Boys married into the Sheehan and Browne families .
Due to the huge age differences of all of John Berrys children it was difficult to work out how they all related to each other - but thanks to an Ancestry member providing the information I was able to sort it all out. It seems the names John, Edward, Patrick all came from the paternal side and Nicholas was from the maternal side (Browne and Sheehan) . Hope this helps
