Lillian (Watkins) Carey (1864 - abt. 1910)

Born Oct 1864 in Bahamas

Wife of William Dierman Carey — married 9 Jun 1885 in Saint Patrick, Hope Estate, Pear Cay, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Wife of Abraham Carey — married 1 Jan 1900 (to 1910) in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died about 13 Aug 1910 at about age 45 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Lillian (Watkins) Carey is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Lillian was born in the Bahamas in 1864 to John and Mary E. Kemp Watkins.^{[1] [2]}

She married William D Carey in 1885. They were both minors, according to the marriage record, but birth records suggest they were at least 21. William's unnamed father was deceased and he had no guardian. William worked as a teacher at a public school. They were married in the home of Lillian's father, John Watkins, in St James, Pear Cay, Bahamas.^[3]

They had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth aka Mamie, born 1890 in Florida.

Lillian married her second husband, Abraham Carey, in Key West, Florida on 01 Jan 1900.^[4] Mamie was ten when they married and shown on the 1900 census with Abraham and Lillian.^[5] The census stated Lillian and Abraham had been married 7 years, which conflicts with their marriage on 1 Jan 1900. Lillian had given birth to 2 children, but only one was living.

The family were still living in Key West in 1910.^[6] Lillian's mother, Mary E Watkins, was living with them, as well as daughter, Mamie (Maurie on the census transcription), and a nephew, Austin Carey.

Lillian passed away in Key West in 1910 due to Typhoid Fever.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLLW-5VX : accessed 29 September 2015), Lilia Watkins, 10 Oct 1864; citing District of St Patrick, East Eleuthera, Bahamas, reference ; FHL microfilm 222,939.
2. ↑ "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLSS-W5X : accessed 29 September 2015), Lilia Watkins, 10 Oct 1864; citing District of St. Patrick, East Eleuthera, Bahamas, reference yr 1864 p 118; FHL microfilm 222,939.
3. ↑ "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-7FSK : accessed 29 September 2015), William D Carey and Lilian Watkins, 1885.
4. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWWQ-K5Y : accessed 29 September 2015), Abraham Carey and Lillian Carey, 01 Jan 1900; citing Monroe, Florida, United States; FHL microfilm 946,974.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36C-52C : accessed 29 September 2015), Lillian Carey in household of Abram Carey, Key West city Ward 3, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 303, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,174.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKN-FVG : accessed 29 September 2015), Lillian Carey in household of Abraham Carey, Key West Ward 2, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 7B, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,178.
7. ↑ Certificate of Vital Record (Death), Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Florida