Ancestry of Mariah Carey

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Mariah Carey should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Mariah Carey
1 Mariah Carey, b. Huntington, L. I., N. Y., 27 March 1970
PARENTS
2 Alfred Roy Carey, b. New York, N. Y., 23 Oct. 1929, d. Huntington, L. I., N. Y., 4 July 2002 [SSDI 089-20-3255]
m. ... , div. ... 1973
3 Patricia Hickey, b. ... , Ill., ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 Roberto Nuñez, later "Robert Carey", b. ... , Venezuela, ... [ca. 1905], d. ...
m. ... [ca. 1928]
5 Addie ... , b. ... , N. C., ... [ca. 1907], d. ...
6 John Wesley Hickey, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 Ann Elizabeth Egan, b. ... , Ill., 7 Dec. 1903, d. ... Feb. 1989 [SSDI 357-18-4556]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
14 Charles Thomas Egan, b. Sangamon Co., Ill., ... [ca. 1870], d. Springfield, Ill., 15 May 1939
m. Auburn, Ill., ... 1901
15 Anna Elizabeth Blanchfield, b. Springfield, Ill., 8 Nov. 1883, d. Springfield, Ill., 13 Aug. 1940
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
30 James S ... Blanchfield, b. Pawnee, Ill., 21 Sept. 1856, d. Taylorville, Ill., 23 May 1938
m. Sangamon Co., Ill., 8 Nov. 1882
31 Mary A ... Ryan, b. ... , co. Cork, 23 Dec. 1864, d. Taylorville, Ill., 25 Jan. 1923
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
60 John Blanchfield, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1822], d. Keokuk, Iowa, 17 Nov. 1862
m. ... , co. Kilkenny, 8 March 1848
61 Margaret Howard, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1822], d. Taylorville, Ill., 15 July 1895
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
120 James Blanchfield, b. ... , d. ...
m.
121 Ellen Carroll, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 New York, New York Co., New York, ED 885, sheet 2B, line 80

Carey Robert    H  M Neg 25      M 23     Cuba Cuba Cuba     1907 Na   Chaffeur    Taxi Co
      Addie     W  F Neg 23      M 22     NC   NC   AL
      Alfred    S  M Neg    5/12 S        NY   Cuba NC

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1930 Illinois, Sangamon Co., Mechanicsburg, Sangamon County Home, ED 77, sheet 1A, line 49

Egan Charles    Inmate   M W 59 M    Ill Ireland Ireland     Miner, Coal

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1930 Illinois, Sangamon Co., Springfield, ED 18, sheet 11B, line 92, continued on sheet 12A

Egan Anna       H    F W 46 M 19    IL IL Ire
     John       S    M W 28 S       IL IL IL
     Charles    S    M W 24 S       IL IL IL
     Anna       D    F W 26 S       IL IL IL        In Training    Nurse
     James      S    M W 22 M 21    IL IL IL        Clerk          Store
     Margaret   DiL  F W 20 M 19    IL IA IA        Clerk          Store
     Bill       S    M W 20 S       IL IL IL        Clerk          Store
     Loretta    D    F W 17 S       IL IL IL
     Francis    S    M W 14 S       IL IL IL
     Edward     S    M W 11 S       IL IL IL
     Joseph     S    M W  9 S       IL IL IL

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1920 Illinois, Sangamon Co., Springfield, ED 131, sheet 4A, line 3

Egan Charles    H   M W 49        M     IL Ireland Ireland     Miner    Coal Mine
     Annie      W   F W 36        M     IL IL      Ireland
     John       S   M W 18        S     IL IL      IL          Miner    Coal Mine
     Annie      D   F W 16        S     IL IL      IL
     Charles    S   M W 14        S     IL IL      IL
     James      S   M W 11        S     IL IL      IL
     William    S   M W  9        S     IL IL      IL
     Loreta     D   F W  7        S     IL IL      IL
     Francis    S   M W  4 10/12  S     IL IL      IL
     Edward     S   M W  1  3/12  S     IL IL      IL

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1920 Illinois, Christian Co., Taylorville, ED 31, sheet 11B, line 81

Blanchfield James   H     M W 66 M    MO      Dublin Ireland  Dublin Ireland     Laborer
            Mary    W     F W 65 M    Ireland Ireland         Ireland
Overby Maggie       D     F W 26 M    IL      MO              Ireland
       Bunnold      SiL   M W 28 F    IL      IL              IL                 Driver       Dray

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NOTES






1 -- See http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=rozsteffen&id=I4693.



4 -- The biographical material on Mariah Carey usually states that her paternal grandfather, Roberto Nuñez, later Robert Carey, was born in Venezuela, but his entry in the 1930 Census says that he and his parents were born in Cuba.





















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