Ellen Maude Carey was born in 1888, one of eleven children of Charles Carey and Ellen Elizabeth Carey, née Rudd. Charles Carey was a former Royal Marine who became chief of police in the Falklands."The Falkland Islands 1937 Coronation Issue Through the Eyes of Their Postmaster" by Albert-Friedrich Gruene in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 45, No. 11, April 2015, pp. 136-139.
