Benjamin Carey (1866 - 1915)

Born 26 Aug 1866 in Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Nona Pauline (Ivey) Carey — married 7 Jul 1901 (to 20 Dec 1915) in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA

Died 20 Dec 1915 at age 49 in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

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Benjamin Carey is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Benjamin was born in 1866 in the Bahamas (aka West Indies) to Abraham Carey and Elizabeth Morton.^[1] His mother's name was listed as Morgan but was actually Morton on his death certificate.

Benjamin Carey was the second husband of Nona Pauline (Ivey) Morton.^[2] In 1910, the family was living in Tarpon Springs, Hillsborough County, Florida, where he worked as a packer in the sponge business.^[3]

Benjamin passed away in 1915.^[4] He apparently died from electrocution when he walked onto a charged sidewalk with a dangling live wire while walking down a sidewalk with a friend.^[5] Burial was in the Cycadia Cemetery in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP9S-19T : 24 December 2014), Benjamin Carey, 20 Dec 1915; citing Tarpon Springs, Pinellas, Florida, reference 5484; FHL microfilm 2,116,912.
2. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW78-J51 : 12 December 2014), Benjamin Carey and Nora Pauline Morton, 07 Jul 1901; citing Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida; FHL microfilm 979,417.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVK7-8MP : 29 October 2015), Benjamin Carey, Tarpon Springs, Hillsborough, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,174.
4. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVZ4-N4Z : 25 December 2014), Benjamin Carey, 1915; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number , Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
5. ↑ Newspapers.com, Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, 22 Dec 1915, Page 5 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21247705/benjamin-carey-death-by-electrocution/)
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 June 2020), memorial page for Benjamin Carey (26 Aug 1866–20 Dec 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #30918766, citing Cycadia Cemetery, Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by J.A. & D.S. (contributor 46808935) .