Mary Eliza (Carey) Saunders (1857)

Born 7 Apr 1857 in Eleuthera, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of John Saunders Jr — married 23 Aug 1888 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States

Biography

Mary (Carey) Saunders is part of a Bahamian family.

Mary was born in 1857. She is the daughter of John Carey and Sarah Blackwell. ^[1]

John Saunders married Mary Eliza Carey on 23 Aug 1888. John's surname was misspelled as Sanders on the license.^[2] She and John had 5 children by 1900, but only two were still alive at the time of the 1900 census: Benjamin and Mary E. The census stated she immigrated to Key West in 1884.^[3]

By 1920, Mary was widowed and living with relatives in Key West, Florida.^[4] The household included:

• James H Carey Head Male 41 Bahamas
• Mamie C Carey Wife Female 29 Florida
• James R Carey Son Male 0 Florida
• Lillian Carey Sister Female 34 Bahamas
• Margaret Culmer Aunt Female 70 Bahamas
• Mary Saunders Aunt Female 63 Bahamas
• Mary E Saunders Cousin Female 24 Florida

Mary and John were mentioned in the death record of their son, Benjamin Carey, in 1932.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wyannie Malone Hope Town Museum, Dolly Mae Genealogy Records Online Database (Internet site), at www.genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com (accessed 21 Apr 2016). Subscription required[1]
2. ↑ "Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWWW-DQZ : 17 October 2017), John Sanders and Mary Eliza Or Elisa Carey, 23 Aug 1888; citing Marriage, , Monroe, Florida, United States, Florida State Archives and various county clerks of courts; FHL microfilm 946,968.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36C-CL5 : accessed 3 January 2020), Mary E Saunders in household of John Saunders Jr., Key West city Ward 3, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 2B, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,174.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYB-11Q : accessed 3 January 2020), Mary Saunders in household of James H Carey, Key West Ward 2, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing ED 92, sheet 14B, line 57, family 293, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 225; FHL microfilm 1,820,225.
5. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPS3-3M2 : 8 August 2019), Mary Carey in entry for Benjamin W. Saunders, 1932.