Emily Saunders/Sanders Poor Law Examination 1872 (?)

[queencorgi1]

I should be very grateful if someone can fill in the gaps in the attached document. I'd also be equally grateful if someone can tell me why this information was taken down.

I have deciphered it thus far:26 Single 19 Drummond [?] Street
I f.c. Emily. 2. Born at Lying In Hospital New Road Marylebone.
Daughter of John & Fanny Sanders.
He died at Gloucester 1866. Mother living 3 ?
My child’s father’s name is Frank Reddington working in Pack Lane.
I was born at   Marquis of Salisbury was my mother’s master.
My grandfather was bandmaster to the M of Salisbury’s Militia.
My father ?
My father would be 52 in January.
He died 29 February 1866.

John Saunders/Sanders, Emily's father, came from a musical family and became bugle-major to the Gloucester Regiment, so there's obviously some sort of link there.

[bbart]

I was born at   Marquis of Salisbury was my mother’s master.

I think  it says "I was born at Hatfield".

"He died at Gloucester 1866. Mother living 3 ?" 
My eyes keep seeing Sherbourne St. (or some variant spelling)

[Milliepede]

Just a tiny bit but I think it is "37" rather than "3" as there is a long stroke 7 then an address. 

Bottom bit "my father leave her ?  I want to say address but not sure. 

[queencorgi1]

Hi, thank you for your replies.
Definitely born at 'Hatfield'.
Also agree 37.
Could it be 'My father leave her a house'??

I'm going to have to put an enquiry on the Hertfordshire board about the Marquess of Salisbury's militia, it's not coming up on Google!

[Karen McDonald]

Hi,

I found these WiKi pages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire_Militia

Best regards,
Karen

[bbart]

"He died at Gloucester 1866. Mother living 3 ?" 
My eyes keep seeing Sherbourne St. (or some variant spelling)

Well, I was close!  It was Sherborne St., St. Marks, Gloucestershire.

The news article on John's military funeral indicates that he lived in the Kingsholm area with his wife and nine children, and died at home.
Anyways, a few months after John died, on July 9th, Fanny had daughters Elizabeth (age almost 10) and Jane (age 8 ) baptized, and their address was Sherborne Street, St Marks.  There was no indication that John was deceased.

Google maps shows that Sherborne Street is/was in the Kingsholm area.

Also, Emily got his death date wrong. The news article was 10 Feb 1866, and stated he was buried "yesterday week".   1866 was not a leap year.  He was buried then around the third, and the paper says "the day before his death ended the 45th year of his life", and the affidavit that you posted has Emily saying his birthday was in January.  That all makes it sound he died around 29 Jan to 01 Feb, depending on how fast they buried him.