Theodore Henry
Casey
Born in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Maurice Casey
and Margaret Spiers (Thorburn) Casey
Brother of
William Lang Casey, Alexander Albert Casey, Victor Percival Casey, Alice Louisa Casey, Ethel May (Casey) Liddell, Ellen Gerber (Casey) McCoy, Gilbert Sydney Casey, Mary Spiers Robinson (Casey) Maguire and Gwendoline Rose Theresa (Casey) Paul
Husband of
Frances Catherine (Bush) Casey
— married
1902 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Kathleen Margaret (Casey) Devlin, Helen Thorburn Casey, Jane Phyllis (Casey) Cummings, Selwyn Theo Casey, Grace Casey and Bruce Casey
Died
at about age 47
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2019
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Biography
Theodore Henry was born in 1871. He was the son of Maurice Casey and Margaret Thorburn. [1]
Theodore Henry Casey (Service number South African 55 ) served in the South African (Boer) War. He was involved in the Relief of Kimberley, and the Paardeberg, Driefontein and Johannesburg campaigns. He was a Sergeant in the Auckland Mounted Rifles A mill hand in civilian life, he gave his next of kin as Mr Victor Casey, of Great North Road, Arch Hill, Auckland. He embarked aboard the vessel Waiwera as a Private in the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company 1st Contingent Casey joined the Imperial Military Railways in Pretoria. He departed South Africa aboard the S.S. 'Victoria' from Cape town in February 1901. (Stowers, p.159) In New Zealand Casey rejoined the Auckland Mounted Rifles. [2]
He married Frances Catherine Bush in 1902 [3] He passed away in 1918 age 47 [4] dying during the influenza epidemic just days after his father, and just days before his mother. He is buried at the Waikaraka Cemetery, at 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, (Row 45)
Sources
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Birth registration 1871/18485
- ↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Marriage registration 1902/616
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Death registration 1918/7468
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