George son of Edward Cary of Friston, labourer, and Mary [sic] (baptismal record) 1
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In Apr 1844 George Carey was present at the marriage of his sister Elizabeth Carey to Edward Winter in South Malling Sussex.
At the time of the 1851 England Census George Cary, age 31, born in Alciston Sussex, carrier to surveyor of highways, and wife Ann, age 30, born in Southover Sussex, were living in Lancaster Street, Lewes St. John-under-the-Castle Sussex. With them were children (born in Lewes): Mary A (12), scholar, George E (1).
At the time of the 1861 England Census George Carey, age 42, born in Lewes Sussex, carman, and wife Ann, age 41, born in Lewes, were living in Spring Gardens, Lewes St. John-under-the-Castle Sussex. With them were children (born in Lewes): Mary Ann (22), house servant, George E. (11), scholar, son A. A. (9), scholar.
In 1865 George Carey of Lewes, carrier, was named as a beneficiary in his mother's Will.
At the time of the 1871 England Census George Carey, age 54, born in Alfriston Sussex, carrier & lab., and wife Ann, age 49, born in Southover Sussex, were living in Ashton Green, Ringmer Sussex.
At the time of the 1881 England Census George Carey, age 64, born in Alciston Sussex, ag lab & hawker, and wife Ann, age 64, born in Lewes Sussex, were living in Ashton Green, Ringmer Sussex.
At the time of the 1891 England Census George Carey, age 75, born in Alfriston Sussex, widower, agricultural labourer, was a pauper inmate of the Union Workhouse, St Anne and St Mary Westout, Lewes, Sussex.
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George Carey of The Union died aged 81 years (burial record). While his age as given in the burial entry is the same as that registered in the GROE death index, George was a minor at the time of his marriage in Oct 1837, indicating he would have been born (shortly) after Oct 1816, meaning he died in his 79th year.
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