James Waterman Sanders

Brief Life History of James Waterman

When James Waterman Sanders was born on 11 March 1840, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Simeon Sanders, was 36 and his mother, Frances Waterman, was 30. He married Frances Charlotte Wilson on 26 September 1868, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 21 January 1918, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Waterman Sanders
1840–1918
Frances Charlotte Wilson
1844–1929
Marriage: 26 September 1868
Florence Maud Sanders
1869–1940
James William Sanders
1870–1912
Edwin Raphael Sanders
1877–1956

Sources (23)

  • James Sanders, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • James Waterman Sanders, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • James Waterman Sanders, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Simeon Sanders & Frances Waterman Sanders

by Kristine Halls Smith In 1916, on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Simeon and Frances Sander’s daughter, Marianne, their grandson Rulon wrote a tribute that gives us an interesting bit of …

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