Carey, John Le Marchant

John Le Marchant Carey, 1824-1891

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Roles (R): = Government Office (Paid),   = Government Duties (Unpaid),   = On leave,   = To be determined,   = Squatter/Grazier,   = Private enterprise,   = Parliament/Council,
= British Army,   = Royal Marines,   = British Militia,   = State Militia,   = East India Company Army,   = Royal Navy,   = Other Maritime,
= Education,   = Army Education,   = Navy Education,   = Immigration,   = Emigration,   = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book,  CL = Commissioner of Crown Lands,  CP = Chinese Protector,  CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions,  GC = Gold Commissioner,  GR = Gold Receiver,
GW = Warden of the Gold Fields,  JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate),  PM = Police Magistrate,
FN = Footnotes,  PSL = Public Service List  S/S1/S2 = Source,  TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.
Appointments: = Appointed,   = Reappointed (under new legislation),   = Promoted,   = Demoted,   = Redesignated,   = Succeeded,   = Transferred,   = Replaced.
= Position made permanent,   = Paid as (role).
Sources (S): = Blue Book,   = Blue Book derived,   = Government Gazette,   = Government Gazette derived,   = Public Service List,   = Public Service List derived,
= Report,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract,   = Cemetery,   = Census,   = Legal,
= Newspaper family notice,   = Newspaper article,   = Book/Magazine,   = Other,   = Unconfirmed,   = Military service record,   = Internet.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format,  "Ongoing" = Continues into next calendar year,  New date,  Date changed in source,  Date died,  Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Other Symbols: = External link,   = Army promotion by purchase of commission,   = By exchange.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed information.
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Life Events

Born:29 September 1824Brompton, Chatham, Kent, England [01] [02] [03] [04].
Baptised:25 October 1824St Mary Magdalene Church of England, Gillingham, Kent, England [05] [06].
Married:21 October 1845Falmouth, Cornwall, to Charlotte Baldock Vigurs [1823-1910] [07].
Arrived:11 October 1852Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Mobile. Departed Liverpool, 13 July 1852 [08] [09].
De Facto:1864To Mary Coventry [1845-1918] [10].
Departed:1868To New Zealand [11]
Died:14 November 1891Blenheim, Colony of New Zealand, aged 67 years [12] [13] [14].
Buried:17 November 1891Taylor [now Omaka New (No 1)] Cemetery, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand [Grave: Block 22, Row 0, No 0004] [15] [16] [17].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868
Gold Warden:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1840-08-031842-04-1816Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military AcademyBritish ArmyWoolwichDischarged.
1842-10-271844-03-1418Ensign, 44th Regiment of FootBritish Army Lieutenant.
1844-03-151847-04-0119Lieutenant, 44th Regiment of Foot British Army Captain.
1847-04-021851-01-3122Captain, 44th Regiment of Foot British ArmyRetired by sale of Commission.
18511853TBD

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ The family was resident at the Brompton Ordnance Barracks.
02⇑ Find a Grave and some family trees on Ancestry have 29 July 1824 without a source. 29 September 1824 is from Geni, again without a source. This latter date makes more sense, though, as he claimed to be 22 years and 2 months old in November 1846, when he reported his marriage to the army. His 1891 obituary says that he was born in Jersey, but the 1851 UK Census has Brompton, Kent.
03⇑ Geni - John Le Marchant Carey (twin) [ 2 December 2023].
04⇑ National Archives UK - WO 25/3240/286 - Reports of Officers' Marriages [ 2 December 2023].
05⇑ Kent Baptisms - Gillingham, St Mary Magdalene, Kent, England [Find My Past (Membership required) 2 December 2023].
06⇑ Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Gillingham in the County of Kent, 1813-1825, p 176; Medway Council Heritage Services [ 2 December 2023].
07⇑ Marriages - Carey-Vigurs; West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 31 October 1845, p 2 [Find My Past (Membership required) 3 December 2023].
08⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 13 October 1852, p 4 [Trove, 3 December 2023].
09⇑ The passenger list has a "Captain Carey, lady and child." Carey had three children, but it is possible that two stayed in England with his wife's family, as the youngest - John Le Marchant Carey (junior) - died in Falmouth in 1856.
10⇑ It would appear that John and Charlotte did not divorce. After returning to England, Charlotte is "married" in the 1871 and 1881 UK Census, but "widow" in the 1891 UK Census, even though John died in November, 1891 - eight months later.
11⇑ Between March and November 1868.
12⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New Zealand Death Index D1891-005708.
13⇑ Obituary - Carey; Marlborough Express, 16 November 1891, p 2 [Papers Past, 3 December 2023].
14⇑ Possibly at his residence, Park Terrace.
15⇑ Funeral Notice - Carey; Marlborough Express, 16 November 1891, p 2 [Papers Past, 3 December 2023].
16⇑ Marlborough District Council Cemetery Records Search [ 3 December 2023].
17⇑ New Zealand Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 - Omaka Cemetery, Page 48 [Ancestry (Membership required) 3 November 2023]. Grave: Omaka, Block 22, Row 56, No 0719. It would appear that the grave was renumbered at some point.

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-02Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.