Begin forwarded message: > From: Lynn Sheren <[email protected]> > Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 11:17:42 PM US/Eastern > To: [email protected] > Subject: Sanderson research > > Margaret and Kev and other list members: > > Thanks for the information. I do not believe that our lines are > connected. There appears to be a lot of John and William Sanderson's > through the generations. > > I did have some good research news yesterday. Through the assistance > of several look-up volunteers and others, I found the following > information on my line. > > My G,G, Grandparents were William and Mary Ann Sanderson. They had > three (3) children in Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire: They are named and > were baptized as follows: Frederick, 17 Dec 1843, Louisa, 9 Aug 1845 > and George, 9 May 1847. > > William Sanderson's burial record was found. He was buried in > Woodwalton on 13 Feb 1849 and was reported to be 39 years of age. > Family oral history had thought that Mary Ann Sanderson had died at a > young age, leaving William with Frederick, but it appears it was the > other way around. > > Family oral history again, passed down, that Frederick Sanderson was > placed in an orphanage after his mother was buried. Now we believe > that William died first. And we found Frederick Sanderson , 8 years > old, living with a Thomas Clark, in the 1851 Census for Upwood. > Huntingdonshire. We believe that Thomas Clark was a relative, possibly > a Uncle or brother, to Mary Sanderson, who took in Frederick > Sanderson, after his father died. > > No death records for Mary Ann Sanderson were found in Huntingdonshire. > She was listed in the 1851 Census, living with a James Clark family. > James Clark is believed to be, Mary Ann's brother. > > Another researcher checked the 1841 Census records for a John > Sanderson, (William's father's name) with negative results. They > checked, Upwood, Little and Great Raveley, Broughton, Woodwalton, > Wistow, Bury, Warboys and Ramsey. No John Sanderson. > > One look-up volunteer found a Marriage Index for Lincolnshire, a John > Sanderson and Mary Worral, who were married in 1807, Crowland, West > Elloe Deanery, Lincolnshire. > > In the 1851 Census for Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, there is reportedly > a John Sanderson, age 69, born in Deeping St. James, LIN, with his wife > Mary, age 67, born Eason, NTH. (They may mean Easton) They were > reported in a Union Workhouse. > > I found two (2) Mary Sanderson's who died in Northamptonshire. Mary > Ann Sanderson, age 74, recorded in Oundle, Volume 3b, Page 129, in the > Sep Quarter, 1893. The second, Mary Sanderson, 56 years of age, > recorded in Petebro' (believe Peterborough), Volume 3b, Page 153, in > the Sep Quarter for 1875. Since no death record was found for Mary Ann > Sanderson in Huntingdonshire, one of these Mary Ann Sanderson's maybe > her. I need to get census information for 1891 and 1871, to see if she > is listed. The last census' before these Mary Sanderson's died. > > Mary Ann Sanderson's maiden name was Clark, and she was born in Upwood, > Huntingdonshire. > > That is about what I have on the Sanderson's in the Huntingdonshire, > Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire area. I hope this > information will help you in your search, to determine which > Sanderson's belong to whom. We all may end up being close 4th > cousins. :) > > Regards, > > Lynn Sheren >