Birth Name: William Thomas Berry
Place of Birth: Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Date of Birth: July 31, 1958
Ethnicity: Cornish, Dutch, English, French, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, Welsh
Family Info:
Bill Berry is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. He is the son of Donald Naphtali Berry and Anna Jane Slockett. Donald was of Dutch, English, French, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, Welsh descent. Anna is of half-Cornish and half-English descent.
Bill’s paternal grandparents were James Willard Berry (the son of Napthali Luccock Berry and Mary Jane Atkinson) and Mary Alma Anderson (the daughter of Peter Kenneth Anderson and Phoebe Jane Nuzum).
Bill’s paternal grandparents were Edward Henry Slockett (the son of John Slocket and Margaret Hannah Minnear) and Gladys M. Cole (the daughter of Charles M. Cole and Jessie George). John’s parents and Charles were Cornish immigrants. Margaret and Jessie were English immigrants.
Sources:
* Bill’s birth record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCJ5-KDK
* Bill’s mother on the 1930 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQB3-4HN
* Marriage record of Bill’s maternal grandparents: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3TW-X5S