hi there, Mathew Carey jnu's grandson is Jack Leigh, he lives in Auckland and another grandaughter, Jacks cousin is Nola Cosford, I will look up old notes for their ph numbers, although Jack Leigh knew not much, just what I had and I took it further by ordring the marriage cert, Mathew Carey jnr son of Mathew Carey and harriet Carey nee Cook(Elizabeth), was 22, in 1884, on the 14th January at the house of Mr Richard Willis, patea he married a Jane Neill(o'neil(l)1) daughter of Emma neill(o'neil(l)! nee Runnle(rundle-Randell-Ryan, my gtgtgt grandmother) and John Neill(oneil(l)!, jane's place of birth Wanganui and Mathew born in Melbourne, a wheelwright and bachelor, and Jane was 21yrs old, this is off the wedding cert for you.
I have a photo copy of mathew and Jane and other family, Mathew and Jane had 8 children, the eldest died at home in 1901, mathew Carey jnr achieved fame as Taranaki's first rep fullback in 1885 (rugby) also a crack rifle shot, prominant bowler and party to his family's desperate exploits in the maori trouble in 1868 when they were burnt off their land at manutahi, but they had some protection from a cheif Brown who's wife Harriet had helped nurse bfore she died, thats why the family got away alive!! Mathew and Jane Carey celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1934, she died 10 august 1941 at patea aged 79, buried in the Patea cemetery. I will have to look up when mathew died but they made the trip back to Australia as a pilgramage as mathew was born there. I will try to get more for you as have a few things on the go with my tree!! but hope this helps and will get those numbers for Jack leigh and Nell Cosford, I don't have e-mail for them, regards Rachel.
