Shep's Place Family Tree

Ten years later in 1881, Alfred was 29 and a civil engineer. His father had died in 1874, and his mother was 59 years old.

Of the many descendants of Dr. Carey, one great grandson is now an ordained missionary in Bengal, another a medical missionary in Delhi, and a third is a member of the Bombay Civil Service, who has distinguished himself by travels in Northern Tibet and Chinese Turkestan, which promise to unveil the last of the unexplored regions of Asia to the scholar and the missionary." The third was Alfred's brother Arthur Carey.

Written in the margins in pencil: "Alfred Carey deceased late of Kent House Addiscombe Surrey. F.R. G. S. etc. Engineer & Author" It also says, "Francis Carey who is now residing in the south of France"

Alfred died at the Wray Lodge in Reigate, Surrey, on 30 December 1923 of prostatic enlargement and heart failure. He was 71 years old.