Stephen Carley (1883)

Born 23 Dec 1883 in Badlesmere, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Jane (Beer) Carley — married 1 Jul 1911 in Sheldwich, Kent, England

Died [date unknown] in Australia

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Biography

Stephen Carley migrated from England to Australia.

Stephen Carley was born on 23 Dec 1883 in Badlesmere, Kent, England to Stephen Carley and Sarah Ann Millen.^[1]

Royal Navy

On 18 Sep 1899, Stephen joined the Royal Navy.^[2] He told the Navy that he was born in 1880, although he was actually born in 1883, that is, he said that he was 18 when he was actually 15. This meant that he was able to start his service as a Stoker 2nd Class rather than as a "Boy". Also, his pensionable service would have begun immediately instead of when he turned 18.

He saw service on a variety of ships including HMS Albion which saw service at the China Station. In 1901, he was at the Pembroke shore barracks at Chatham.^[3] He began as a Stoker 2nd Class but ended as a Stoker Petty Officer.

He was invalided out of the Navy as medically unfit on 16 Sep 1914, just before the outbreak of the 1st World War.

Family

Stephen married Emily Jane Beer on 1 Jul 1911 at St James church in Sheldwich, Kent.^{[4] [5]}

Stephen and Emily had three children:

• Margaret Sophia Carley 1914-1997
• Frederick Archibald Carley 1916-1945
• James Lewis Carley 1923-

By 1921, after he had left the Navy, Stephen found a job as a motor driver for Shepherd Neame & Co., a Faversham brewery. ^[7]

Australia

Sometime between the birth of his third child in Faversham in 1923 and 1926, Stephen left England and emigrated to Australia. His family followed in 1926.

They settled in Punchbowl, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. He remained there for the rest of his life working as an engine driver.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Stephen Carley died sometime after 1954 in Australia.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales Birth Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Carley, Stephen.
   GRO Reference: 1883 Oct-Nov-Dec in Faversham Volume 2a Page 827.
2. ↑ Military: "UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939"
   The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services; Class: ADM 188; Piece: 473
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 60522 #763579 (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Name: Stephen Carley; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 23 Dec 1880; Birth Place: Baddesmere, Faversham; First Service Date: 18 Sep 1899; First Ship Served On: Pembroke II; Last Service Date: 16 Sep 1917; Last Ship Served On: Pembroke II; Service Number: 293145.
3. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   Reference: RG13; Piece number: 740; Folio: 103; Page: 5; Schedule: 0
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Stephen Carley (20), single crew, Stoker 2nd class, in Lidsing in Medway registration district in Kent, England. Born in England.
4. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales Marriage Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Carley, Stephen.
   GRO Reference: 1911 Jul-Aug-Sep in Faversham Volume 2a Page 2195.
5. ↑ Marriage: "Kent Marriages And Banns"
   Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Reference: U3/186; Page: 166
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Stephen Carley (27) marriage to Emily Jane Beer (23) on 1 Jul 1911 in Sheldwich, St James, Kent, England.
6. ↑ "MARRIAGES", Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal, 8 Jul 1911, Page 5, Col. 6; image copy, FindMyPast.com (accessed 26 Feb 2023). (subscription required)
7. ↑ 1921 Census, Stephen Carley, Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; "1921 Census of England and Wales," database and images, FindMyPast.com (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 15, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England.

   Faversham, Kent, England

   Stephen Carley Head 37[y] 6[m] M[ale] Marr[ied] Kent Badlesmere, Motor Driver,Brewery Work Shepherd Neame & Co., Faversham Brewery

   Emily Jane Carley Wife 33 3 F Married Surry Battersea

   Margaret Sophy Carley Daughter 7 1 F Kent Faversham

   Frederick Archibald Carley Son 4 10 M Faversham, Kent

8. ↑ 1930 Electoral Register: "Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980"
   Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1207 #3108393 (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Name: Stephen Carley; Gender: Male; Electoral Date: 1930; Electoral Place: Punchbowl, Reid, New South Wales, Australia.
9. ↑ 1943 Electoral Register: "Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980"
   Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1207 #22717930 (accessed 26 February 2023)
   Name: Stephen Carley; Gender: Male; Electoral Date: 1943; Electoral Place: Punchbowl, Lang, New South Wales, Australia.
10. ↑ 1954 Electoral Register: "Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980"
    Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1207 #32071363 (accessed 26 February 2023)
    Name: Stephen Carley; Gender: Male; Electoral Date: 1954; Electoral Place: Punchbowl, Banks, New South Wales, Australia.

See Also

A series of letters to the editor of the Faversham News in England that Stephen wrote regarding his experience with employment conditions in Australia during the Great Depression:

"CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA", Faversham News, 7 Mar 1936, Page 10, Col. 3; image copy, FindMyPast.com (accessed 26 Feb 2023). (subscription required)

"CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA", Faversham News, 4 Jul 1936, Page 5, Col. 5; image copy, FindMyPast.com (accessed 26 Feb 2023). (subscription required)

"CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA", Faversham News, 20 Feb 1937, Page 3, Col. 4; image copy, FindMyPast.com (accessed 26 Feb 2023). (subscription required)

"CRISIS AND THE UNEMPLOYED", Faversham News, 7 Jan 1939, Page 2, Col. 5; image copy, FindMyPast.com (accessed 26 Feb 2023). (subscription required)

A letter to the Editor of The ABC Weekly suggesting that leftover explosives from the war should be used to make canals in the Northern Territoy of Australia to bring water to desert areas:

Stephen Carley, "Bombing for Water?", ABC weekly Sydney, 22 Jun 1946, p. 23, col. 1; image copy, Trove (http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1275078711 : accessed 27 Feb 2023); vol. 8, no. 23.

A letter to the Editor of The ABC Weekly suggesting that Australia should institute a basic income scheme instead of unemployment insurance payments:

Stephen Carley, "Basic Income", "ABC Weekly Sydney", 17 Apr 1942, p.39, col.1; image copy, Trove (http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1271175745 : accessed 27 Feb 2023); v. 4, no. 16.

A letter to the Editor of The ABC Weekly in response to an article by H.G. Wells:

Stephen Carley, "Equality", "ABC Weekly Sydney", 23 Apr 1943, p.4; image copy, Trove (http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1310202783 : accessed 27 Feb 2023); v. 5, no. 17.

He considered himself an author, playwright and poet:

"Now he's a sausage", The Sun (Sydney, NSW), 6 Feb 1949, p. 7, col. 1; image copy, Trove (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230242297 : accessed 27 Feb 2023), People: HUMAN STORIES.