Mary Ann Carey
| Born: | Died: 1st July 1872 | Married: John Box | Mother: Sarah Knight | Father: Jesse Carey | Descendant: Sarah Jane Box |
| Census | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 |
Birth
From the 1861 census we know that Mary Ann was born around 1829 in Brighton, and from the 1871 census we know that Mary's mother was called Sarah Carey (and Sarah was born around 1801).
Mary Ann Carey was baptised on the 18th March 1829 at Brighton, Sussex. Her parents were Jesse and Sarah Carey (née Knight).
In 1841 Mary Carey was a female servant (aged 14) at Street in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex with the Hollamby family (grocers).
Marriage
Mary Ann Carey married John Box at Saint Nicholas, Brighton, on the 30th May 1846. She was 19 years old, and her father was Jesse Carey.
On the night of 30 March 1851 she was living with her family at 35 Cheltenham Place, Brighton. Her husband's profession was a "Flyman" - a carriage driver like her late father.
On the night of 7 April 1861 she was living with her family at 2 Albion Place, Brighton.
On the night of the 2 April 1871, they are living at 4½ Oxford Street, Brighton. Their children have all now left home and it is just Mary and John at home.
Children
- Mary Ann Box, baptised 15th October 1847, Chapel Royal Brighton, Sussex.
- John Box, 1849
- Sarah Jane Box, baptised 22nd October 1851 at Chapel Royal, Brighton, Sussex.
Death
Mary Ann Box died on the 1st July 1872 at 18 Hanover Street, Brighton (the residence of her mother Sarah Carey), with her husband John Box in attendance.
The cause of death was a carcinoma uteri for two and half years, she was only 43 at the time.
Other Records
- BMD:M: Mary Ann Carey, Q2, 1846, Brighton Vol 7, p 446
- BMD:D: Mary Ann Box, age 43, 1872, Q3, Brighton, Vol. 2b, Page 105.