Carey, Andrew Fuller

-bn Wolverhampton 1863 d. 1937. Member of Oxford Tce. Layman. President Union 1908/9. Union Committee 1906-08; 1913-20. A Great Grandson of William Carey, Andrew Fuller Carey arrived in N.Z. in 1882 and after a year in Otago and three years on the West Coast made his home and business in Christchurch. He was a committed member of Oxford Tce, serving as Sunday School Superintendent and on the Financial Committee. He was enthusiastic about mission and gifted valuable books concerning missions to ministers. Carey represented N.Z. at the 1905 Baptist World Congress in London, at which the resolution for the formation of a Baptist World Alliance was made. Refs: NZB November 1908, 202; obituary NZB August 1937, 248.