Wilford Henry Sanders

Brief Life History of Wilford Henry

When Wilford Henry Sanders was born on 6 March 1896, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, his father, John Braxton Sanders Sr., was 45 and his mother, Malisia Ann Vaughn, was 34. He married Elizabeth "Bill" Miller on 11 October 1924, in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States. He lived in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Ashton Election Precinct, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 4 June 1974, in Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Wendell, Gooding, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilford Henry Sanders
1896–1974
Emily Miller
1893–1982
Marriage: 23 October 1968

Sources (18)

  • Wilford Sanders in household of John D Sanders, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Wilford H Sanders, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"
  • Wilford Henry Sanders, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1901

Historic Boundaries 1901: Custer, Idaho, United States

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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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