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Family: John Saunders / Catherine Madden (F1218)

• Father | Male John Saunders

  
  

  Born	Abt 1816	Ferryland, Newfoundland
  Died	Aft 1865
  Buried	Aft 1865
  Married	1840  [1]	Holy Apostles Parish, (Fermeuse/Renews), Newfoundland  [1]
  Father	James Saunders | F2025 Group Sheet
  Mother	Joanna Evoy | F2025 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Catherine Madden

  
  

  Born	Abt 1821	Renews, Newfoundland
  Died	Aft 1865
  Buried	Yes, date unknown
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male James Saunders

  
  

  Born	Abt May 1842	St. John's, Newfoundland
  Died	24 Sep 1863	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  Buried	Abt 26 Sept 1863	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Eliza Saunders

  
  

  Born	Abt Feb 1845	St. John's, Newfoundland
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

  Child 3 | Male John Saunders

  
  

  Born	Abt Jul 1846	St. John's, Newfoundland
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Elizabeth Mary Saunders

  
  

  Born	Abt Sept 1847	St. John's, Newfoundland
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Mary Saunders

  
  

  Born	Abt Jun 1849	Halifax, Nova Scotia
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Elizabeth Jane Saunders

  
  

  Born	23 Jan 1856	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Catherine's address was not given in her marriage record. It appears from earlier court records that there was a Thomas Madden in the Renews area but no Madden males were recorded in the 1840s/1850s Voters Lists. Catherine's name was mentioned as a witness to a couple of marriages in 1838 performed at Holy Apostles Parish. Immigration: In Jun 1849, the baptism of Mary Saunders was recorded in Halifax, Nova Scotia but no other document indicating when the family moved there has been found. No immigration record was located to indicate when the Saunders family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Census: The Massachusetts State Census of 1855 shows that John Saunders (a mariner) and his wife, Catherine, were recorded as being 30 years old and they were recorded as being born in Newfoundland. Their eldest child was listed as Jane, a female - age 11, however, other documents identify their eldest child as James, not Jane. Their other child was listed as Mary (6) who was born in Nova Scotia. Their were four girls/young women in the household, two Cluneys from Newfoundland and two Bigelows from Nova Scotia but their status (lodgers or kin, etc.) within the household was not declared. In the 1860 United States Census, John Saunders, a mariner, was recorded as being 40 and his wife Catherine, was recorded as being 39. Their children were recorded as James (17), Mary (10) and Elizabeth (5). The enumerator didn't record the exact birthplace of John, Catherine, James, and Mary but wrote in the letter B.P. (for British Provinces). Only Elizabeth was recorded as being born in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts State Census for 1865 shows John Saunders,(49), a sailor and his wife Catherine, (39) were born in Newfoundland. These ages differ from the 1860 census when John was recorded as being 40 and Catherine was 39. While it states that their two daughters Mary (14) and Elizabeth (9)were born in Boston, other records indicate all of their children, except Elizabeth, were born in the "British Provinces".

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Holy Apostles RC Parish (Fermeuse/Renews) Marriages 1837 - 1919, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Transcribed records of photocopied parish records held at The Rooms Archives for Fermeuse to Cape Race area, Ferryland District).