Edward Sanders

Male8 April 1814–19 July 1888

Brief Life History of Edward

When Edward Sanders was born on 8 April 1814, in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Nathaniel Sanders, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Bowen, was 39. He married Maria Davol on 1 October 1837, in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 19 July 1888, in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in South Burial Ground, Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Sanders
1814–1888
Maria Davol
1817–1865
Marriage: 1 October 1837
Maria Louisa Sanders
1838–1904
Clara Davol Sanders
1841–1906
Edward Francis Sanders
1849–
Florence Eliza Sanders
1854–1873

Sources (31)

  • Edward Sanders in entry for Sanders, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
  • Edward Sanders, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Edward Sanders in entry for Edwin C Budlong and Maria L Sanders, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 October 1837Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 5

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 6

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 22

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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