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Robert Saunders married Harriett Mary Sheen Stevens before the 1841 census. They were both born in Thame around 1820.

In the 1841 census he was a saddler and they were living in Watlington but by 1851 they had moved to Henley.  By 1861 they had moved to Windsor where they were living at 25 Russell Street in 1871 with Elizabeth (24), Sidney (17), Annie (12) and Ellen (Nellie) (2) who was Elizabeth's daughter.

They had two other children George born in 1832 in Thame who possibly died  when very young and Mary Anne (Marianne) born 1850 Henley who are missing in 1871.

I know that Elizabeth married Henry Johnson at St Saviours (which is odd as he came from Upton cum Chalvey where they later lived) in 1879 and have full details of their family.  My problem is what happened to the rest of them after 1871.

David

Florence Emma Wilson was born in 1886 in New Bradwell and was working in Wolverton in 1901.  She was my grandfather's sister and I have a lot of details of her parents and siblings.

She married Leslie Manico and they had a daughter who was born and died at a young age in India.  He was probably working for the railways there.

They were back in the UK by about 1940.

My problem is finding their marriage and any details of Leslie and their daughter.

David 

The following is a summary of the details of a person in my tree.  It is derived from a number of secondary sources which I think have been using each others information.

James Saunders born 9 Mar 1848 Bicester Oxfordshire England.  He emigrated to Cook Chicago Illinois in 1865.  He married (1) Anna Dillon (born 1840 Dublin Ireland) 1868 and they moved to Glen Ellyn Du Page Illinois in 1875.  Anna died 1889 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery Glen Ellyn. (2) Edith May Goodridge 24 Jan 1893 at Cook.  She died in Dec 1895.  (3)  Grace M Gotlieb (She was born Jun 1858 Illinois.  Both her parents were born in Germany) 1898. She died after 1900.  (4) Marion B  Vanantwerp  (born 23 Jan 1858 New York died 12 Sep 1944 Los Angeles) 28 Oct 1905 Glen Ellyn

He graduated from Bennet Medical College Cook in 1881 and on 6 May 1882 was a registered medical practitioner at Prospect Park Du Page.  He died 19 May 1921 Children:

Grace Maud Saunders born 1 Jan 1873 died 13 Aug 1910 married George Edwin Spears (born 12 Aug 1869 Uxbridge Ontario the son of Alexander Spears and Augusta Mavia Beebe, died 4 Feb 1919 Gary Indiana) 18 Jan 1899  She died 13 Aug 1910 Glen Ellyn

George Saunders born c 1876 Illinois married Nellie May Addie born c 1889 Canada.  George died 1 Dec 1935 Glen Ellyn

James Saunders born 1884 and was buried 7 Feb 1885 Forest Hill Cemetery Glen Ellyn

My feeling is that it is a merger of the details of at least two people and the dates have been manipulated to fit it together.  There are a number of discrepancies.  For example surely Grace Maud Saunders would be the daughter of Grace M Gotlieb.  What little census information that I can find seems to contradict the facts but produce even more inconsistencies.  The only bit I am sure of is in bold.

Has anyone any ideas which can constructively confirm or destroy the above?

David

I would appreciate your views on the following:

Anthony Vickers was born in Darley Derbyshire in 1782 the son of George Vickers (probably a lead miner) and Mary Jepson.  He married Ellen Cowley and they had a number of children all of whom had fairly lowly jobs although his son Anthony was a haircutter and tailor.

In the 1841 census Anthony senior was an agricultural labourer.  However in 1851 he was a veterinarian surgeon (age 69).

David