John Alfred VEY

1854 - 1924  (70 years)

• Name	John Alfred VEY
  Birth	5 Feb 1854	New Shoreham, Sussex   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1861 Census	New Road South, Shoreham, Sussex   [1]
  	At 1861 Census, he is 7
  Death	14 Jul 1924	Hamot Hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 4]
  	cause of death is "Chronic ?Endo....? and neck frature following a fall
  Burial	17 Jul 1924	Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I993	Webb
  Last Modified	29 Apr 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  [6]
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Feb 1854 - New Shoreham, Sussex Death - 14 Jul 1924 - Hamot Hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - 17 Jul 1924 - Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Cannot find any census data after 1861. He joined the Merchant Navy 14/4/1870, aged 16 (ship "Italy") but deserted when at New York 19/4/1871. He appears in the following US Censuses:- 1880, 405, Wilson St., Erie, Penns. aged 26, occ "Laborer", married to Mary from Germany, and Charles aged 1 1900, 635, Six St., Erie, Pens, aged 46, marrried 23 years, arrived 1872, occ "Foreman", with Mary, Charles, Mary (20), John (17), Lillie (16), Ethel (1) 1910, same address, occ "Superintendent", at a Rubberworks 1920, as for 1910. He appears to be in the UK for visits. Most internet evidence seems to say Mary died in Penns. 1924

  
  

• Sources

  [S1860] 1861 Census :- New Road South, Shoreham, Sussex. [S1981] IGI record of Christening :- John Alfred Vey (1854). [S1982] Death Certificate :- John Alfred Vey (1924). [S1983] Death Certificate :- John A Vey (1924). [S1857] Marriage Certificate :- Charles Vey - Caroline Juniper (1850). [S1854] 1871 Census :- 7, Artillery Cottages, Brighton.