George Henry Saunders                     1820-1857 (36)

 b.           4 Oct 1820

 bap.     6 Dec 1820                            Tipton, Staffs

 d.       27 Mar 1857                             Pimlico, London

 bur.     3 Apr 1857

              m.   17 Dec 1846

                     (licence)

              St Mary, Ruabon

 Elizabeth Lawton                          1823 –1923  (99)

 b.        29 Jul 1823                         Overton, Flints

 bap.   14 Oct 1823

 d.        21 Feb 1923                         Reading, Berks

 

 Marriage

 Name / Age / Residence

 Status / Occupation

 Father / Occupation

 Witness

 17 Dec 1846

 George Henry Saunders / full / Westminster

 Bachelor / Esquire

 Jonathan Saunders / Esquire

 H E Devey

 Richard C Roberts

 St Mary, Ruabon

 Elizabeth Lawton / full / Offa Cottage, Ruabon

 Spinster

 William Lawton / Esquire

 Edward Robinson

 Children                      All baptisms in Westminster.    Child of   George Henry    and    Elizabeth Saunders.   Father’s occupation in italics.

 Mary Catherine Saunders          b.    13 Oct 1848      bap.   18 Oct 1848     St Margaret       (surveyor)

 Ellen Saunders                                b.     2 Jun 1850       bap.     4 Oct 1850     St Margaret       (surveyor)

                                                                married    Thomas Jesson    on    7 Oct 1873    at   West Bromwich

 Henry Lawton Saunders            b.    7 Aug 1852        bap.   13 Apr 1853      St John the Evangelist     (civil engineer)

 Elizabeth Sarah Saunders        b.    12 Jul 1854       bap.     5 Dec 1854      St John the Evangelist     (engineer)

 George Richard Saunders         b.   26 Dec 1855       bap.    1 Apr 1856      St John the Evangelist     (civil engineer)

                                                                married    Fanny Duncalfe    on     11 Jun 1885    at   Sutton Coldfield

 C1851       George H Saunders (30, civil engineer)  and  wife  Elizabeth (27)   with daughters  Margaret C (2) and  Ellen (9m) and two servants living at   7 Barton St, Saint John, Westminster.

 1857     Death of   George Henry Saunders, civil engineer,  at   35, Belgrave Rd, Pimlico  on   27 Mar 1857     -       bur.   3 Apr 1857   at West Norwood Cemetery, London.

 C1861     Elizabeth Saunders (37, widow)  and  children  Elizabeth Sarah (6), George Richard (5)  with mother, Catherine Lawton (72, widow, proprietor of houses), and one servant at  Grange Farm, Rhos Ddu, Stansty, Wrexham

                 Mary C Saunders (12)  and  sister Ellen (10)  at  Royal Freemasons School, St GeorgesPlace, Battersea

 C1871     Elizabeth Saunders (47, widow, annuitant) with children Mary C (22), Henry L (18, surveyors asst) and Elizabeth S (16) and one servant at High St (Highfield), West Bromwich.

                 George R Saunders (15) pupil at Christ’s Hospital, New Gate St East, Christ Church, London.

 C1881     Elizabeth Saunders (57, widow) with children Mary C (32), Elizabeth S (26), Henry L (28, colliery surveyor) and George R (25, colliery clerk) and one servant   at Bridge Cross, Lichfield Burntwood, Staffs.

 C1891     Mary C Saunders (42)  and  sister  Elizabeth S (36) with mother’s sister in law  Eliza Saunders (73) and  one servant  at  Rectory Terrace, South Gosford, Northumberland.        (mother, Elizabeth, appears to have been missed off the census as there is no designated head of house but other occupants are described by relationship to her)

 C1901     Elizabeth Saunders (77, widow) and daughter Mary C (52) and sister in law Eliza Saunders (83) and two servants at Western Elms Avenue, Reading, Berkshire.

 C1911     Elizabeth Saunders (87, widow) and daughter Mary C (62)  and two servants at  57 Western Elms Avenue, Reading, Berks          

 1923        Death of Elizabeth Saunders at 57 Western Elms Avenue, Reading  on  21 Feb 1923  aged  99yr