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Family: Robert Saunders / Ellen Connors (F2059)

• Father | Male Robert Saunders

  
  

  Born	abt. 1826	Aquaforte, Newfoundland
  Died	9 Aug 1898	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	10 Aug 1898	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Married	Abt 1861  [1]
  Father	Robert Saunders | F608 Group Sheet
  Mother	unnamed_wife Saunders | F608 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Ellen Connors

  
  

  Born	1840	Ireland
  Died	3 Mar 1890	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	5 Mar 1890	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  Child 1 | Male Daniel Alfred Saunders

  
  

  Born	17 Dec 1861	Halifax, Nova Scotia
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Joanna Saunders

  
  

  Born	8 Jan 1866	Halifax, Nova Scotia
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Yes, date unknown

  
  

  Child 3 | Male William P. Saunders

  
  

  Born	9 Mar 1868	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Died	7 May 1934	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	Abt 9 May 1934	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Robert Francis Saunders

  
  

  Born	2 Aug 1873	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Died	1948	Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States
  Buried	1948	Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Josephine Saunders

  
  

  Born	28 Jan 1874	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Died	28 Feb 1922	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	2 Mar 1922	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Margaret Alice Saunders

  
  

  Born	25 Feb 1876	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Died	4 Mar 1951	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	7 Mar 1951	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Robert?? Saunders

  
  

  Born	abt. Apr 1879	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Died	abt. 1 Sep 1879	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	2 Sep 1879	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Iris Eleanor Saunders

  
  

  Born	19 Mar 1882	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Died	10 Dec 1947	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	13 Dec 1947	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  
  

• Notes

  Census: In the 1871 Canada Census, Robert Saunders, from Newfoundland, is listed as a seaman. Ancestry.com transcribed information incorrectly shows his birthplace as New Zealand. In the 1881 Canada Census, Daniel and Johanna were not enumerated in the family home, indicating they had either died or moved out. A Johanna Saunders, age 16, shows up as a servant in another household in this census. A Daniel Saunders, a servant, died in Halifax in 1878, at the age of 17. However, there are not enough details to conclude that these individuals were definitely the children of Robert and Ellen Saunders. In the 1891 Canada Census, Robert Saunders Sr., born in Newfoundland, and his five surviving children, all single (recorded incorrectly as being born in Newfoundland) were all living in the same house in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Robert, aged 65, was noted as being a milkman. None of his daughters were working outside their home but his two sons were employed, William as a teamster and Robert as a carpenter. Three years after death of Robert Saunders Sr., the 1901 Canada Census reported that his five adult children were still living together in the same house. The five siblings recorded as Josephine, Marguerite, Helen, Robert, and William were all single. Their birth dates were recorded but the accuracy is questionable since some of them vary by several years, or give different dates from those recorded in other references.

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events).