William Gregory VEY

1856 - 1893  (37 years)

• Name	William Gregory VEY
  Birth	1856	New Shoreham, Sussex   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1861 Census	New Road South, Shoreham, Sussex   [1]
  	At 1861 Census, he is 4
  1871 Census	7, Artillery Cottages, Brighton   [3]
  	At 1871 Census, he is 14
  Individual Note	He is a twin  [1]
  Individual Note 2	Best match on birth is Jul qtr 1856, Steyning, vol 2b, p206.
  Death	28 Mar 1893	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia   [2, 4]
  Burial	Rookwood Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  	aged 36
  Person ID	I945	Webb
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles VEY,   b. 9 Jul 1826, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Caroline Woolmer JUNIPER,   b. 1825, Calbourne, Shalfleet, IOW
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Jul 1850	St. Nicholas, Brighton   [5]
  Family Note	At 1871 Census is Herbert MITCHELL a 11m(?), boarder, b Hailsham, Sx  [3]
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1856 - New Shoreham, Sussex Death - 28 Mar 1893 - Newtown, New South Wales, Australia Burial - - Rookwood Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Whilst the evidence for William emigrating to Australia is circumstantial and is predicated on the name being present in Australia and not in the UK in the latter part of his life, travel documents, names of his parents and the relatively unusual name, it nevertheless seems the most likely option and so is included in the data here. I have not found any evidence for his sailing from the UK to Australia. This story is popular on the internet, though there is no further evidence on the sites and trees I have seen. So in addition to the data above, the following elements of the story are considered likely.... He travelled from London on the Glamis leaving 2/3/1878 from London and landed at Maryborough in Queensland 30/5/1878. He married Sarah SALISBURY at Petersham in 1885 The will information (he died intestate) says that he was an engineer, and in Gulgong. There is a William Vey at ?Lagoon Paddock? in Gulong in the 1891 New South Wales census, but this gives little other information of value or corroboration of the story. He appears to have died in Newtown, NSW, close to Rookwood where he was buried Both are close to Petersham where he married. They are circa 150 miles from Gulgong, so he was probably working away from his wife and home, The burial transcript says he was an Old Wesley christian. The burial transcript implies he died on his 36th birthday, however there is probably an error in the transcript. Internet trees suggest he was born 29 Jul 1856 and although there is no evidence for this, it is consistent with the BMD index.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1860] 1861 Census :- New Road South, Shoreham, Sussex. [S2467] Burial transcript :- William G Vey (1893). [S1854] 1871 Census :- 7, Artillery Cottages, Brighton. [S2468] Probate register :- William G Vey (1893). [S1857] Marriage Certificate :- Charles Vey - Caroline Juniper (1850).