Looking at messages on Rootschat - in Robert Garnet VAREY's death notice in Austrlia 1855 - it states he was from Monmouth. Perhaps if you could put this 'notice' on this forum - this may be useful. Also the fact Robert appears to have a middle family name.

There is a John VARNEY buried at Lydney -26 July 1850 age 75 at Newent - and looking at my Glos. CD's there are various possible spellings of the surname, i.e VARNAY/VARNEY etc.

name: Robert Garnet Varey
gender: Male
burial date:
burial place:Geelong, Victoria, Australia
death date:11 Aug 1855
death place:
age:42
birth date: 1813

marital status: Married
spouse's name:Elizabeth Hobson.

indexing project (batch) number:B00368-7
system origin:Australia-EASy
source film number:1368450
reference number: 1800-1900

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Is it possible that the Monmouth referred to is a street rather than a Town ?

Brock Street, Friar St and Nelson St / Monmouth St are very close intersecting street in central Lancaster

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBGB464GB465&q=%22friar+stre...

Marriages at St Mary
in the Parish of Lancaster

Marriage: 29 Feb 1840 St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Robert Varey - Full Age Stone Mason Bachelor of No 16 Brock Street
Jane Hool - Full Age Spinster of Greenfield
Groom's Father: John Varey, Labourer
Bride's Father: William Hool, Butcher
Witness: John Harrison; John Beckett
Married by Banns by: J N Green Armytage, Curate
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1841, Page 158, Entry 316
Source: LDS Film 1526201

1841 Friar St (?)
Robert Varey 25
Jane Varey 30
Margaret Varey 10 Mo
Samuel Gilbertson 20

Marriage: 10 Feb 1840 St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Robert Mallinson - Full Age Weaver Bachelor of No 19 Monmouth Street
Elizabeth Eadon - Minor Spinster of Spring Garden Street
Groom's Father: John Mallinson, Weaver
Bride's Father: Robert Eadon, Shoe Maker
Witness: William Garnett; Jane Simpson

There is a John VARNEY buried at Lydney -26 July 1850 age 75 at Newent - and looking at my Glos. CD's there are various possible spellings of the surname, i.e VARNAY/VARNEY etc.

parents occupation:

John VAREY, labourer
William HOOL, butcher

witnesses to the wedding were: John HARRISON and John BECKETT

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On the 1841 census the family say they were not born in the County

????

But again on Ancestry actual copy baptism entry - a Jane HOOL was christened 5 February 1815 - born 9 December 1814 - parents: William (occupation Sadler) - and Margaret.

Again on Ancestry - Lancashire marriages

William HOOL married Margaret TYRER - 11 January 1812 at Lancaster St Mary

Would anyone know of the circa 1809 birth of Robert Varey, son of John Varey, in Monmouth.

Why do you suspect / know he was from the Monmouth area ?

Is the Catholic baptism a clue - as most records here are Anglican / Methodist / Non Conformist?

groom's name: Robert Varey
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace
groom's age:
bride's name:Jane Hool
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date:29 Feb 1840
marriage place: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
groom's father's name:John Varey
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name:William Hool
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number:M00590-5
system origin: England-ODM
source film number:1526201 IT 1-10

name: Margret Very
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:11 Jun 1843
baptism/christening place: SAINT MARY OF THE ANGELS CATHOLIC, GEELONG, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name:Robert Very
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name:Jane Cull
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number:C31018-1
system origin:Australia-ODM
source film number:993926

Would anyone know of the circa 1809 birth of Robert Varey, son of John Varey, in Monmouth.

I think they were itinerant as Varey seems to be a Lancashire/Yorkshire region name.

Robert married Jane Hool in Jan 1840 at St Mary's, Lancaster. They had a dtr Margaret b in Dec 1840.

The 3 appear along with a friend/colleague of Robert's, Samuel Gilbertson, also a Stone Mason, as was Robert, on the 1841 England census.

Robert and family with Samuel then emigrate to Geelong, Port Philip, New South Wales, Australia late 1841.

Any help gratefully received.
Julie