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The SANDERS Family of C17th-C20th Coventry
& C19th/C20th Aston, Birmingham
(with C20th/C21st Canadian & California branches)

Watchmakers

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Introduction

Earliest Generations (Mid C18th Coventry)

Generation 2 (Late C18th Coventry)

Generation 3 (Early to Mid C19th Coventry)

Generation 4 (From Mid C19th Coventry to Birmingham)

Generation 5 (Mid - Late C19th Aston Manor, Birmingham)

Generation 6 (Late C19th - C20th Aston Manor, Birmingham)

Generation 7 (C20th Birmingham)

A possible further Birmingham SANDERS link

Introduction

The origin of the family name of SANDERS is a classical one from the Greek Alexander 'helper of men'. In the Middle Ages, probably due to the French romance of Alexander, the name appeared in its French form Alisandre. As early as 1248 in England from this was formed the pet name Sandre, from which the modern surnames of SANDARS, SANDERS, and SAUNDERS arise. As a consequence of dialect and spelling, all references for all variant spellings need to be checked. Spelling was not standardised until the mid C19th, but remains one of the more common English surnames. The name Al Iksander is still used in the Middle East.

This particular family is believed to have early Coventry origins. Documents (land grants) from the time of Henry VIII have several SANDERS living in the area between Gosford Street and Holy Trinity in that city.

For 2002 the UK's National Statistics for some variants of the surname are as follows:

A factor of 0.93 is usually applied to estimate the number of living individuals (i.e. over 69,000), and a factor of 3.5 used to estimate how many have lived with that name since UK church records began in the C16th (i.e. nearly 242,000). That's a lot of records!

- My Maternal SANDERS Family: C18th/C19th Coventry & Aston, Birmingham Watchmakers -

A line of watchmakers in the Coventry area which moved mid C19th to Birmingham. Numerous descendants believed to still be in the Birmingham area. Descendants also in Canada and the United States. Updated November 2009.

Earliest Generations (Coventry):

The earliest noted of the family name in Coventry is the 1468 Mayor, William SAUNDERS, establishing that the family name was in the city at least from the C15th. A confirmed link to Generation 2, below, is pending, however the earliest generations could be as follows:

Possible head of tree is William SANDERS of Coventry (1666) who married Catherine by 1694. Their son William SANDERS (1694) married Elizabeth WISE (d/o Richard WISE) in 1714. William & Elizabeth's children were:

• William SANDERS (1716);

• Edward SANDERS (1721);

• Thomas SANDERS (1722);

• John SANDERS (1724);

• Elizabeth SANDERS (1726).

William SANDERS (1716) & Katherine/Catherine (m. by 1735) whose known children include:

• Nicholas SANDERS (1735);

• John SANDERS (1737);

• Mary SANDERS (1739).

Nicholas SANDERS (1735-1806) married Ann GUTTERIDGE (1734, d/o of William & Mary GUTTERIDGE) on 24.2.1759 (buried 16.4.1794 St Michael). They are my probable 6xGGPs if William, below, is their son. Their known children are:

• William SANDERS (1760, presumably died young);

• Ann SANDERS (c1762);

• Joseph SANDERS (1762);

• Sarah SANDERS (1764; m. 1789 Thomas SHORTLEY);

• Mary SANDERS (1767);

• William SANDERS (1769);

• John SANDERS (1773).

Generation 2 (Coventry):

William SANDERS (c1769; poss. n. 1764, d. 1831) married Elleoner LITCHFIELD on 4.1.1787 at St John's, Coventry [My 5xGGPs]. Children: 

• William SANDERS (c1787);

• Ann SANDERS (c1791);

• John SANDERS (c1793), m. Mary (of unknown family). Children:

  • William SANDERS (1815), Silk Ribbon Weaver, m. Sarah Ann JELLEY (1815) at St. John's in 1835. Children at St. John, Coventry:

    • Emma SANDERS (1835);

    • Sarah SANDERS (1838);

    • Eliza SANDERS (1839), m. Gregory PERKINS;

    • Mary Ann SANDERS (1842);

    • Louisa SANDERS (1847) - a twin, m. William WATERS;

    • Hannah SANDERS (1847) - a twin;

    • William SANDERS (1844), m. Mary WARD (1844) at HT in 1865. Children:

      • John SANDERS (1864);

      • Emma SANDERS (1867);

      • William SANDERS (1871), m. Nellie. Children;

        • Harry SANDERS;

        • William SANDERS;

        • Polly SANDERS;

        • Lilly SANDERS;

      • Mary SANDERS (1879);

      • Henry SANDERS (1881), m. Harriet FLINT (1881) in 1904 at HT. Children:

        • William H SANDERS (1909), m. Anne BRISTOW in 1936, Coventry. Children:

          • Brian Harvey SANDERS (1939), m. Patricia Ann COLLINS in 1962. Children:

            • Christopher Paul SANDERS, m. Carol Ann O'GRADY. Child: Ryan Christopher SANDERS (2000);

            • Caroline SANDERS;

          • Raymond SANDERS;

          • Doris SANDERS;

        • Albert SANDERS (unmarried);

        • Phyllis SANDERS, m. Henry FAWSON;

      • Louisa SANDERS (1883), m. Samuel Edward BERESFORD;

      • Walter SANDERS (1884);

      • Samuel SANDERS (1885). m. Emily. Children:

        • Lily SANDERS;

      • Polly SANDERS (unknown date), m. HARTOPP;

  • Thomas SANDERS (1816), m. Emma. Children:

    • Frances SANDERS;

  • Samuel SANDERS (1819), m. Sarah. Children:

    • Mary SANDERS (1847);

    • Sarah SANDERS (1849);

  • John SANDERS (c1820);

A possible son was also buried 1793 at Holy Trinity (?John). Excluding the possibility of common names for the time, William & Elleoner's children do have a naming pattern that may connect them to the earlier generation. Evidence suggests that Elleoner may be the widow of Isaac LITCHFIELD and was formerly CRESSELL.

Generation 3 (Coventry):

Their son, William SANDERS (1787-1844) married Elizabeth CRISP in 1808, Leicester. [My 4xGGPs]. In 1851 Elizabeth was running the "Wheatsheaf Inn" in West Orchard, Coventry. William was a watchmaker from 1816. They had 9 children:

• Elizabeth SANDERS (c1810);

• Isaac Litchfield SANDERS (c1811; d. 1813);

• Mary Ann SANDERS (1813);

• John SANDERS (c1816; d. 1819);

• Isaac Litchfield SANDERS (1818);

• Frances SANDERS (1821; a dressmaker, m. 1842 = Thomas TINSLEY);

• John SANDERS (c1824; d. ?1842);

• James Crisp SANDERS (c1826; d. 1907);

• Edwin SANDERS (c1828).  

A possible pre-nuptial child of William & Elizabeth, William SANDERS (1807) m. Mary FREEMAN in 1829. There is no proven connection to the main family. Their children were:

• Emma SANDERS (1830);

• William SANDERS (1832);

• Mary Ann SANDERS (1834);

• Jane SANDERS (1837);

• John Griffin SANDERS (1840);

• George SANDERS (1842);

• Harriet Elizabeth SANDERS (1845). 

Isaac Litchfield SANDERS (1818: d. 1885); m. Mary Ann CLARKE (d. 1874) in April 1841. Their Coventry family in the Gosford St. & Greyfriars St., area of Coventry included 11 children, few who seemed to have survived childhood:

• John SANDERS (c. on their 1841 wedding day);

• Mary Ann Elizabeth SANDERS (1842; d. 1909 unmarried);

• William Weigham SANDERS (c1846);

• Louisa SANDERS (c1850; d. 1850);

• George SANDERS (c1852; d. 1854);

• twins Selina SANDERS (1853; d. 1854) & Elizabeth Charlotte SANDERS (1853; d. 1855);

• Joseph SANDERS (1855; d. 1863/69);

• Eliza SANDERS (1856; d. 1882);

• Ann Maria SANDERS (1859; m. 1878 = James OSBORNE);

• Louisa SANDERS (1860; may have d. 1863, or survived to marry in 1878 to James WILLITS or James HARPER). 

In 1881 Isaac Litchfield SANDERS was at 53 Gosford Road with daughter Anna Maria OSBORNE & husband.

Generation 4 (Coventry & Birmingham):

Next descendant James Crisp SANDERS (c1826) married Eliza BIDMEAD in 1845 at Holy Trinity, Coventry [My 3xGGPs]. Children: 

• William SANDERS (1845; d. 1848);

• Joseph SANDERS (1848);

• James Henry SANDERS (c1850); m. Emma WARREN in 1870 Aston, Birmingham - see family below;

• Walter SANDERS (1851);

• Arthur SANDERS (1853; given as Walter on 1861 census, a watchmaker who perhaps emigrated to the US according to family stories (perhaps after 1880); m. Emily INGRAM in 1874; 3 children in Aston, Birmingham:

  • Arthur James SANDERS (1874);

  • Emily M SANDERS (1878);

  • Adelaide Evelyn SANDERS (1880);

• Elizabeth SANDERS (c1856);

• Laura SANDERS (c1858);

• Frances SANDERS (1862); m. Frederick HUXLEY;

• Robert Isaac SANDERS (1864), a watchmaker finisher;

• Martha SANDERS (c1867); m. Charles BARRS; 

This family were registered in Lord Street, Coventry in 1861, moving to Birmingham shortly after Frances' birth (c1863). Eliza died in Aston in 1872.  In 1873 widower James Crisp SANDERS married twice widowed Betsy JEFFERIES (formerly PARSONS nee WASHBROOK) of Kineton, a Coventry watchmaker in Coventry. Stepdaughter was Margaretta PARSONS (c1862). The family had registered businesses in Clarendon Street, Birmingham in the late 1870's and early 1880's. Betsy died in 1898 Aston aged 68. James died in 1907 Coventry aged 81.

James SANDERS s/o William of Coventry, Watch Springer & Liner enrolled in 1839 as apprentice to Master William Henry HILL, Nathaniel HILL & Thomas HILL, Watchmakers. In Birmingham his place of business was Clarendon Street.

Historical Note: The 1850's was boom time for the watch industry in Coventry (which was first reported in the town in 1680), with new houses built in the Lord Street end of the town, to the west of Spon Street, the beginning of what is now Earlsdon. These houses were for the more 'middle class' of the watch industry and presumably the more skilled. The air was cleaner on the edge of the city. These houses, occupied in the second half of the 1850's, account for why, in the 1861 census, all the houses in Lord Street were occupied by the watch making fraternity; dominated by parts manufacture, such as springs, balances, casings of finishers, i.e. no complete operation. In the 1860's the slump in watch making in Coventry began due to severe competition from Birmingham, Switzerland and USA, and that may be the reason why the SANDERS family moved to Birmingham around this time.

James Henry SANDERS (1850, d. 1903) m. Emma WARREN in 1870 Birmingham. Their family include:

• James Henry SANDERS (1872) m. Rosina FIELD in 1899; child:

  • Rosina SANDERS (1900);

• Walter George SANDERS (1875), may have m. Maud ROBERTSON in 1907; children include:

  • Geoffrey Robertson SANDERS (1913);

• Laura Elizabeth SANDERS (1877), may have m. Walter ALDRIDGE in 1900 B'ham;

• William John SANDERS (1880) m. Sarah Ann ASHMORE in 1900; children:

  • William John SANDERS (1903);

  • Ernest Mark SANDERS (1911), m. Mabel WATTS in 1941. Children:

    • Susan Jane SANDERS (1942) = Brian BAGLEY;

    • Mark SANDERS (1947) = Christine GOODRIDGE. Children;

      • Peter Gwynfor SANDERS (1971) = Dawn TURNER. Child: Luke SANDERS (2001);

      • Helen SANDERS = Carl;

• Frances SANDERS (1881);

• Elizabeth SANDERS (1883);

• Arthur SANDERS (1887);

• Albert SANDERS (1890).

Generation 5 (Aston Manor, Birmingham):

Next descendant watchmaker Joseph SANDERS (1848-1907) married Emma SESTON on 22.11.1867 St Phillips Handsworth, Birmingham [My 2xGGPs]. The family of watchmakers and bicycle maker were based in the Aston Brook area, particularly Potters Hill & Parliament Street (1870's to 1901). Emma possibly died 1895. Children:

• Henry Joseph SANDERS (1869), m. Emily Jane LONG in 1890. See family below;

• Arthur Frederick SANDERS (1871), m. Selina BICKNELL in 1893. See family below;

• William Walter SANDERS (1873-99);

• Alfred Ernest SANDERS (1875), m. Harriet BOTTOMLEY). Children:

  • Reginald Stewart SANDERS (1903) = Elizabeth. Child: Beryl May SANDERS (1929);

  • Joan SANDERS (1905) = Frederick LANGSLOW;

  • Dorothy Beryl SANDERS (1907) = Francis BEDFORD;

  • Irene Elsie SANDERS (1916) = Ernest WAKEFIELD;

• Joseph Charles SANDERS (1877), m. Annetta LONG in 1900). No known children;

• Lilian SANDERS (1879), m. Frank Ernest MEANLEY in 1902;

• Howard Cyril SANDERS (1882-1963), m. Florence FINCH in 1910 & Laura E A SMITH in 1962. One child with Florence:

  • Howard Cyril SANDERS (1919-1996). Two marriages in Sutton Coldfield to Joyce Mildred PALMER (1922-43) in 1941 & then to Mary Agnes WEBSTER in 1947:

    • Carol Anne SANDERS (1944) by Joyce PALMER (1943) m. Brian James HOLLIDAY in 1960 B'ham;

    • Verity Helen READ (1946) (aka Hazel SANDERS, aka Joyce Margaret WEBSTER by Mary WEBSTER pre-nuptial & adopted), m. Geoffrey BLACKMAN;

    • Suzanne BARKER (aka Pauline Mary BARKER by Mary WEBSTER pre-nuptial & adopted), m. Peter AYRES;

    • Anthony Howard SANDERS (1950), m. Linda Mary CURRAN in 1971 B'ham:

      • Gary Neil SANDERS (1971), m. Sarah LAW in 1998:

        • Lauren Amy SANDERS (1998);

        • Cameron SANDERS (2002);

      • Sarah Ann SANDERS (1974), m. Robert J BUTLER in 2002;

     

• George Herbert SANDERS (1884), m. Annie SIMPSON in 1906. Children:

  • George William SANDERS aka Mick SANDERS (1907) m. Ida OVERY in 1929. Children:

    • Barbara Jeanne SANDERS (1930) = Frank PULLEY;

    • Kerry George SANDERS (1939) = Patricia ROE. Children:

      • Ruth SANDERS;

      • daughter;

    • Roger John SANDERS (1943), m. Eileen. In LA, CA, USA. Children:

      • Paul SANDERS (c1969);

      • Rebecca SANDERS (1972), m. 2007 = Bret LIGNEY;

    • Dianne Georgina SANDERS (1947), m. Peter RICHES;

  • Constance Clara SANDERS (1908), m. Leslie TOWNSEND;

  • Frederick Herbert (1910-99) aka Fred SANDERS, m. Lily Louise BROWN in 1934. Emigrated to Canada. Descendants still in New Brunswick. Children:

    • George Herbert SANDERS (1934), m. Jean Yvonne LEBLANC in 1955; Children:

      • Douglas George SANDERS (1955), m. Beverley Ann in 1989;

      • Jean Ann SANDERS (1957), m. Stephen John CASE in 1984;

    • Constance Elma SANDERS (1935), m. Paul George FULLERTON in 1956;

    • Douglas William SANDERS (1940) - twin, m. Joan Helen HOPPER in 1967;

    • Nancy Elaine SANDERS (1940) - twin, m. (1) James WEBB in 1959, (2) Albert HOLLAND in 1968, (3) Francis GILLESPIE in 1987, (4) Richard TIBBETT in 2006;

    • Frederick John SANDERS (1947) - twin, m. Susan Rose DUGDALE in 1967;

      • Roger Mark SANDERS (1967);

      • Tammy Dawn SANDERS (1972);

    • Lillian Louise SANDERS (1947) - twin, m. Percy William KIERSTEAD in 1973;

• Bertram Frank SANDERS (1888), m. Nellie F MOUNTFORD in 1915. No known children.

• Albert Edward SANDERS (1894-96);

Henry Joseph SANDERS (1869), watchmaker m. Emily Jane LONG in 1890 B'ham. They were at Parliament Street in 1901 but later emigrated to Canada & then Southern California. Children:

• Elsie Lillian SANDERS (1893) = NEESS;

• Leslie Walter SANDERS (1894), m. Marjorie YOUNG. Vancouver, Canada. No children;

• Errol Lewis SANDERS (1897-1978), m. Lillian TRAIN in 1928 Long Beach. Child:

  •  Richard Errol SANDERS (1933-81);

    • child by Joyce BRUNO - Richard BRUNO or Richard GRAY (c1953)

    • m1. 1953 = Barbara Geraldine BUCK. Children:

      • Rickey Edward SANDERS (1957). m. Callie R BANNING in 1976. Child:

        • Breia Rosemarie SANDERS aka Bree (1979). Children:

          • Christian A J BURNETT (2001);

          • Emerson Cash Smith SANDERS (2007);

      • Kelle Marie SANDERS (1962) = Bruce STAVRON in 1979;

      • Linda Lee SANDERS (1964) = Gregory HASKIN in 1988;

    • child by JoAnn (family name unknown) - Richard (c1960)

    • m2. 1971 = Sharon Lee KNIGHT. Child:

      • Susan Olga SANDERS (1973) m. 1993 = Bobby Lynn VEGA;

• Harry Hamlet R SANDERS (1900-01);

Errol was an employee of, and part-time actor with RKO Studios, Hollywood. c1946 he remarried to Laura Frances LEE (no issue). Errol's descendants are in California. For photos of Errol "Sandy" SANDERS see the tree on Ancestry.com

Generation 6 (Aston Manor, Birmingham):

Next descendant Arthur Frederick SANDERS (1871-1935) married Selina BICKNELL in 1893 [My GGPs]. They were also living in Parliament Street, Aston Brook, in period 1893-1901. In 1991, they were at 33 Clarendon Street, Aston. Children:

• Selina SANDERS (1895), m. Edward LAWLEY in 1923;

• Arthur Joseph SANDERS (1898-1966), m. Hannah EWINS formerly BOULTON in 1919. Children:

  • Arthur W. SANDERS (1919);

  • Fred SANDERS; 

  • John SANDERS (1924-2000), m. Joan CHAMBERLAIN. Child:

    • Robin SANDERS (1956), m. Carol MASON;

  •   Joan SANDERS;

• Maud SANDERS (1899), m. HARPER;

• Frederick William SANDERS (1900-1902);

• Edith SANDERS (1902), m. Harry GREENING;

• Leonard Albert SANDERS (1904). See family below;

• Elizabeth E. SANDERS (1905); m. COOK.

The ROTHERO / PARTRIDGE Family Connection

In 1901 & 1911 the SANDERS family of Arthur & Selina had resident William Henry ROTHERO (1884) noted as a "cousin", presumably of Selina BICKNELL, as her side of the family is less well known. He married Millie BURGESS in 1912 Aston (ROTHERO=BURGESS. Possible children include: Agnes L. ROTHERO (1915, Aston), Millicent S. ROTHERO (1981, King's Norton), Lilian F. ROTHERO (1921, King's Norton), Margaret M. ROTHERO (1922, King's Norton) & Derek R. ROTHERO (1933, B'ham). 

He is probably the son of William Henry ROTHERO, recorded as marrying in 1883 King's Norton  Agnes PARTRIDGE. Agnes is recorded as having died aged 23 at the same time of her son's recorded birth. In Q4 1861 the birth of a girl of the same is registered there. In 1881 Irving St, B'ham, a 19 year-old Agnes was living with her parent John & Elizabeth PARTRIDGE. The young William Henry ROTHERO was living with his grandparents in 1891 (as PARTRIDGE).

William Henry ROTHERO (senior) probably remarried in 1886 B'ham (to either Jane BLACKBURN or Rose MILTON - no deaths found as ROTHERO) and may have remarried a third time in 1899 Aston (to Rosina HOUGHAM or Elizabeth ROBERTS). 

Relationship remains unknown as there are no known SANDERS / BICKNELL = ROTHERO / PARTRIDGE marriages. I'd be pleased to hear from any descendant Birmingham ROTHEROs or PARTRIDGEs if they know of the connection.

Generation 7 (Aston, Birmingham):

Next descendant Leonard Albert SANDERS (1904-59) married Edith MACDONALD. [My maternal GPs]. Children:

• Edith Joan SANDERS (1928) = HART;

• Margaret Maud SANDERS (1932) = GRACE;

SANDERS Data & Trees  /  SANDERS (Coventry Apprentices)

Files are made available on the understanding that any additions, corrections and new links will be reported back to help future research.
- Very many thanks to all the SANDERS Internet Cousins !! -

 "Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Warwickshire, Worcestershire & Staffordshire" 
(unknown author and published after 1900) lists the following SANDERS:

"Watchmakers & Clockmakers of World" (Vols. 1 & 2) by Brian LOOMES, has:
James SANDERS, Birmingham - 1880 (vol. 2);
Albert SAUNDERS, Birmingham - 1868-80 (vol. 2);

A possible further Birmingham SANDERS link:

I have also noted the ancestry of my maternal aunt's husband's first wife, who was also SANDERS, since my Paternal SANDERS line is also connected to the Birmingham gun trade. Both families had clockmaking & watchmaking businesses in the Aston area of the city. The outline of the family is as follows:

Generation 1:

George SANDERS (c1773), Gun Barrel Maker & Jane his wife were married by about 1801. George was in business around Whittall Street in the period 1827-31, and may be related to Joseph Alexander SANDERS (c1790), my paternal 3xGGF. Family data is deduced from the testament of Jane SANDERS. Children:

• Unknown son (c1802; who married and had a daughter Jane SANDERS (c1820));

• Horatio Nelson SANDERS (c1807);

• Unknown daughter (who married BAGSHAW and had a daughter c1830);

• An unknown child whose grandchild is Edwin EVERITT (c1847);

• Jane (c1810);

Generation 2:

Horatio Nelson SANDERS (Gun Stock Varnisher of 29 Whittall Street, Birmingham) = Elizabeth JUDGES (c1835). Children:

• Louisa Jane SANDERS (1831, m. HUMPHREY);

• Sarah SANDERS (1833);

• George SANDERS (1835);

• Walter SANDERS (1836);

• George SANDERS (c1838);

• Albert SANDERS (1840);

• Edward SANDERS (1842);l

• Elizabeth SANDERS (1844);

• Laura SANDERS (1846).

After the death of Elizabeth, Horatio married Louisa Mary Ann JUDGE by 1849 and had further children, with both sons families in Herries Street, Queen's Park, London in 1901:

• Horatio SANDERS (1850; m. Elizabeth ALLBROOK in 1880. Children:

  • Edith SANDERS (c1880);

  • Beatrice SANDERS;

• Nelson SANDERS (1852, m. Mildred VENN in 1876. Children:

  • Mildred SANDERS (1878);

  • Nelson SANDERS (1879);

  • Arthur SANDERS (1880);

  • Arthur SANDERS (1882);

  • Ernest George SANDERS (1885);

  • Gertrude SANDERS (1887);

  • Frederick SANDERS (1889);

  • Albert SANDERS (1893);

  • Laura SANDERS (1895).

Generation 3:

Their son Albert SANDERS (1840, Master Watch/Clockmaker of Newtown Row from 1869-1901, n. 1840) = Mary Ann Collins GORK (m. 1865); Children:

• Henry SANDERS (c1865);

• Laura SANDERS (c1867);

• James SANDERS (c1869);

• Ellen SANDERS (c1871);

• William SANDERS (c1873; working with parents as watchmaker in Newtown Row in 1901).

Generation 4:

Their son James SANDERS (1869, Master Watchmaker of Wheeler Street in 1901) = Amy Elizabeth COMERY (m. 1892); their son Claude Raymond SANDERS (Clockmaker, n. 1901) was the father of Freda SANDERS, the first wife to the husband of my maternal aunt Edith Joan SANDERS, d/o of Leonard Albert SANDERS of my maternal line, above (m. 1959).

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