Susan Matilda (Roberts) Saunders (abt. 1847 - 1913)

Born about 1847 in Bahama Islands

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Saunders — married 17 Mar 1868 in Harbour Island, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1913 at about age 66 in Nassau, Bahamas

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Susan (Roberts) Saunders is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Susan Matilda Roberts was born in the Bahama islands about 1847 to William George Roberts and Emily Curry Roberts.

She married Henry Roberts, son of Joseph Saunders and Mary Ann Saunders, formerly Saunders, in 1868 at St. John's Anglican Church, Harbour Island. The couple had children Mary Ann "Mamie" Saunders, Susan Amanda Saunders, Elizabeth Ethel Castell Saunders, Victor Henry Addington Harcourt Saunders, and Joseph Stafford Brown Saunders.

Susan Matilda Roberts Saunders died in Nassau, Bahamas 4 January 1913 at 66 years of age.

Sources

St. John's Anglican Church. Harbour Island Marriages, 1796-1907, compiled by Stephen Smollett.

Bahamas, Births, 1850-1891, Harbour Island, 1869. "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMR-KSS : 27 November 2014), Henry Saunders in entry for Saunders, 08 Mar 1869; citing Dunmore, Bahamas, ref 15. Birth record of daughter Mamie Saunders.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9D-RXV : 27 November 2014), Henry Saunders in entry for Saunders, 29 Aug 1878; citing Dunmore, Bahamas, ref 126. Birth record of Victor.

Bahamas, Civil Registration, 1850-1959 Deaths Nassau, 1913-1916. "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSR-93L7?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZP-3T5%3A216293601 : 20 May 2014), Deaths 1913-1916 > image 3 of 726; Registrar General, Nassau.