This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sanders, Saunders Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TGB.2ACE/536 Message Board Post: Does anyone know the origins of this Saunders/Sanders family listed in the 1860 Houghton Co, Michigan census in Eagle Harbor, and the 1880 census, Allouez, Keweenaw Co, MI? Mark Saunders, 49, male, white, laborer, born in New York Jane “ , 30, female, white, born in New York Mary “ , 7, female, white, born in Byron Mark “ , 5, male, white, born in Byron John “ , 4, male, white, born in Byron Francis “ , 2, male, white, born in Byron The 1921 obit for the above son John Saunders/Sanders said that his parents were "real pioneers of Keweenaw county, locating here in the forties." Mark died 1866 age 56y 09m 00d The 1870 census gave Ireland as Jane Saunders' birthplace, and included 2 younger daughters, Elizabeth A (age 6), and Margaret, (age 4). The 1880 census gave England as the birthplace of the father, Mark. After 1880 Mark and his son Chester lived in Brainerd, Crow Wing Co, MN.