Frances Elizabeth Carey
1885–1954 (Age 69)
New Zealand
The Life of Frances Elizabeth
When Frances Elizabeth Carey was born in 1885, in New Zealand, her father, George Thomas Carey, was 27 and her mother, Frances Elizabeth Martin, was 20. She married John Nash in 1905, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1954, in her hometown, at the age of 69.
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Family Time Line
John Nash
–
Frances Elizabeth Carey
1885–1954
Marriage: 1905
Frances Elizabeth Nash
1907–1998
Spouse and Children
John Nash
–Male
1885–1954Female
MARRIAGE
1905
New Zealand
1905
New Zealand
children
(1)
1907–1998Female
Parents and Siblings
George Thomas Carey
1858–1933Male
1865–1944Female
siblings
(3)
1885–1954Female
Ethel May Carey
1888–Female
Gertrude Louisa Carey
1889–1923Female
World Events (8)
1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Age 2
Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.
1893
Age 8
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
1907
Age 22
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
Name Meaning
1 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland family name meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’.2 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.3 English: habitational name from Carey in Devon or Cary in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love’, ‘liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Frances Elizabeth Carey, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
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