CAREY/CARY Family News Volume 5, Issue 2 Summer 2000 Careys of Wisconsin The End of the Line… Deed Historic Land For the George Lewis Cary Line State Park by Shayne Henderson by Rear Admiral (Ret.) James J. Carey Carey/Cary Reunion …The George Lewis Cary line, that Descendants of William Carey of October 28-29, 2000 is… the line of two George Lewis County Mayo, Ireland, have reached Carys, in fact! agreement with the State of Holiday Inn, Ocean City, MD Wisconsin Department of Natural George Lewis Cary was the youngest th Resources to transfer ownership of son and 14 child of Lewis Cary their historic Observatory Hill (born October 23, 1742), who was a property in Waushara County, WI, descendant of John Cary and for use as a state park. Observatory Elizabeth Godfrey. The Cary line of Hill is one of highest points of land [the first] George Lewis Cary, born in Wisconsin, and, according to State June 30, 1799, included his only son, of Wisconsin naturalists and Henry Halsey Cary, and Henry’s son geologists, contains both flora and [the second] George Lewis Cary fauna not found elsewhere in the (born November 4, 1874). Finally, state or nation. In addition, the the use of the Cary surname in this geologic structure has been evaluated line will end with the current as one of the oldest natural rock generation as a result of all female outcroppings on Planet Earth. descendants. George Lewis Cary However, these three ladies are William Carey left County Mayo, 1799 - 1867 Ireland in 1829, as a 19 year-old determined to preserve this line as emigrant, bound for New York and long as possible! The three the New World called America. He [widowed] daughters, and only settled in Coeymans, NY, 15 miles Index children, of [the second] George south of Albany, where he ultimately Lewis Cary and Mary Parnelia An Intercepted Letter 4 [Spitzer] Cary, were born in married Margaret Kilroy from County Cavan. They had five Births, Deaths, Marriages 9 Marseilles Township, Wyandot children, Patrick b. 1833, Robert b. County, Ohio. They are: Ruthanna Carey/Cary Family Officers 2 1835, Richard b. 1839, James Joseph [Cary] Haffer born in 1906 and now b. 1844, and Anna b. 1847. In 1854, Careys of Wisconsin 1 of Columbus, Ohio; Claribel (“Claire”) [Cary] Henderson born they decided to move as pioneers to Dear Family and Friends 2 Wisconsin, settling in a small town in 1911 and now of Athens, Georgia; Distinguished by Virtue 6 and Sarah “Evelyn” [Cary] of Aurora [since renamed Auroraville] in Waushara County, End of the Line 1 Westervelt born in 1917 and now of where they homesteaded as early Kenton, Ohio. Ruthanna, Claribel, From the Editor 3 settlers and farmers on what turned and Evelyn have breezed right into out to be bog land barely suitable for From the Past…Revisited Again 3 the new millennium and are still going strong. As all three of these growing crops. While it may have Membership Form 12 looked like the bog lands of County Cary girls are in excellent health and Query Page 7 still able to travel and live Mayo, the horses would get mired in mud up to their stomachs when they Reunion Registration Form 11 independently, they each seem bound tried to till it. to reach the age of 100…at least! All Revisted…Once Again 8 (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 4) 2 Carey/Cary Family News Carey/Cary Family Dear Family and Friends, President: E. Niel Carey 10214 Blandford Way First, I need to correct a serious error in my article, "End Ellicott City, MD 21042 (410) 465-6994 of the Century Reunion: 1999", in the last newsletter. In E-mail: [email protected] the article, I omitted reference to Jean Messick of Fax/phone: (410) 461-5574 California as having attended our last reunion. Given Vice-President: Richard Carey Jean's generous contribution to our organization, and her 503 Cabot Drive very active and enthusiastic participation in our reunion Hockessin, DE 19707 activities, this error was especially grievous to me, and I (302) 239-9844 E-mail: [email protected] hope this message will help, to a degree, correct a very unfortunate error. Secretary: Margaret C. Sherkey 5411 Sussex Lane Sarasota, FL 33583-3355 At our last reunion, we discussed ideas that we might use (941) 924-7941 to help preserve our family heritage and history, E-mail: [email protected] including the increasing wealth of information that we Treasurer: Helen Simmons Carey are gathering about family burial sites. Many of our 10214 Blandford Way Ellicott City, MD 21042-5803 members and others, including Charles Donovan, (410) 465-6994 Cynthia Carey, and Jim Trader, have continued to E-mail: [email protected] provide us information about the location of Delaware Fax/phone: (410) 461-5574 and Maryland cemeteries and the gravesites of Car(e)y family descendants. If you would be willing to help organize and compile this information, please contact me. Carey/Cary Family News Editor: Helen Simmons Carey We are also in the process of assembling sets of the issues (See information above.) of the Carey/Cary Family News, to be placed in libraries Contributing Editor: David Carey or with other organizations devoted to genealogy and 4413 Glenwood Hills Drive NE family history. Tom Summers, President of the Lower Albuquerque, NM 87111 Delaware Genealogical Society, has expressed interest in (505) 299-3979 E-mail: [email protected] having such a set, and we hope to have a prototype set assembled to present to him for placement at the Delaware Archives by the end of the summer. We are very appreciative of the leadership and high degree of Thanks to… professionalism that Helen has provided in editing the Carolyn Bracken, MD newsletter, and the contributions of many writers Alfred H. Carey, Jr., DE including David Carey, Dr. Clifford Carey and others. Cynthia J. Carey, DE The newsletters provide valuable information about Dorothy Carey, MD Carey/Cary heritage. Making them accessible as a Rick Carey, DE collection should serve family members and researchers. Charles Donovan, DE Please contact me if you know of a library or other for providing information for inclusion in this issue! organization which would be interested in receiving a The Editor collection of the newsletters, or if you Carey/Cary Family News 3 would be willing to help with I hope you have the dates of page of the monograph, A RECORD OF THE CAREY & this project. the Carey/Cary Family WILSON FAMILIES IN reunion on your calendar, IRELAND – AMERICA – On a sad note, Helen Ross and that you will register as AUSTRALIA, 1994. A and Jim Carey died within soon as possible. We look thoughtful gift to our association, indeed… the past few weeks. Helen forward to seeing you! Ross attended our first Niel Carey, President The introduction begins: It is a reunion, as well as each very common practice for many people to save their old letters subsequent one. She and that were sent to them many years her husband Franklin have ago and instead of such letters been active participants in being thrown out they were kept From the Editor… possibly in the attic or just saved reunion activities and have for some personal reason or demonstrated their interest Our Carey/Cary Family is sentimental attachment tied to the in sharing family developing a data base of past. So it is for this reason that information and news. Carey/Cary/Caree burials in the the following pages of copied old state of Delaware, listed by letters are the result of my cemetery. This project was begun attempt to bring together the old Major (Ret) James (Jim) just prior to the 1999 Reunion, but letters that were written to my Carey and his wife Marian, much progress has been made since mother from her first cousin, Tom then, with information also Carey, who at that time was who died last year, had lived contributed by Charles (Don) serving in 1916 with the in Milton, DE, until they Donovan, Dover, DE, and Cynthia Australian Army in France moved to Lewes several years Carey, Harrington, DE. Initially during the first World War…. There is also a record of both the ago. We got to know Jim the emphasis was on Sussex Co. cemeteries, but the data now also Carey and Wilson families, both and Marian when we includes a significant number of of whom came from Ireland… traveled to Milton to visit the cemeteries in the other two DE County Tyrone… counties. gravesite of Governor Joseph In addition, Mr. Patterson (who celebrated his 89th birthday in M. Carey and gather family A similar Carey/Cary burial data March 2000) continues his active information. Jim and base has been initiated for interest in family history search. Worcester and Wicomico Marian invited us to their Our Carey/Cary Family is the Counties in the state of benefactor of his efforts, for he home, took us to the Maryland, which adjoin Sussex has forwarded other information Governor's memorial in the County, Delaware. which might be useful to Car(e)y local cemetery, and researchers. Our thanks and Plans are to make this burial admiration go to Norman introduced us to his cousin, information available at the 2000 Alfred Carey, who has done Patterson! Carey/Cary Reunion, October 28- a considerable amount of 29. The Editor encourages (Editor’s Note: Contact may be made by Carey family research. We readers to send DE and/or MD writing to Mr. Patterson at 7526 Wentworth burial information for inclusion in will miss Jim and Marian Ave.