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The only information we know for sure is the name and birth date of my relative John Cherry (my great grandfather) born 13-Oct-1873 in Lancashire per family records. He moved to the US and was here by 1893. Our family knows of no relatives of this person for sure.
I found a John Cherry through other feedback in the census records that indicate our John Cherry was probably b.Brotton, York, England, Lancashire, now Yorkshire district, North Riding
cr. 03-12-1874 Brotton, Yorkshire, England as per 1881 census records.
John married in the US to Amelia Grossbeck in 1894.
If the John Cherry records are correct, his father was George b. abt. 1821 Reeth, York England, Lancashire district. We find both in the census records of 1881 in England and in a listing of persons in Paterson, NJ in 1893 with his father and two brothers. John was married in Paterson in 1894.
None of his family was listed again in the census records in NJ, so we do not know where he went, nor do we know what happened to George's wife Hannah b. abt. 1833 Auckland, Durham England.
We are assuming that George is John's father because of the similarties in the census records and the listing of persons here in the US, but will not know for sure until we can confirm that the John in the 1881 census has the same birth date as my relative.