John Alfred Sanford Sr. (1867 - 1932)

Born 17 Mar 1867 in Warwickshire, England

Husband of Carrie Mary Maude (Lesser) Sanford — married 16 Jun 1888 (to 31 Mar 1932) in Warren County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 31 May 1932 at age 65 in Palmdale, Florida

Biography of Alfred J. SANFORD, Sr.of 1867

• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. was born on March 17, 1867 in Warwickshire, England.

• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. is one of at least four siblings:
  • Louis Sanford, born 1863 in Warwickshire, England
  • Lotte Sanford, born 1864 in Warwickshire, England who married Frederick B. Lyon.
  • W. A. Sanford, born 1865 in Warwickshire, England
  • John Alfred/Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. born 1867 in Warwickshire, England
• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. immigrated to Ontario, Canada with his parents about 1872, and eventually made his way to Warren, Pennsylvania.

• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. married Carrie Mary Maude Lesser on June 16, 1888 in Warren County, Pennsylvania.

• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. and his wife Carrie M.M. Lesser Sanford had at least seven children:
  • William Arthur Sanford, born February 25, 1889 (twin), who married Lillian Waugh about 1913.
  • Charlotte Sanford, born February 25, 1889 (twin), who died in infancy.
  • Alfred J. Sanford, Jr., born 1890, who died in infancy.
  • Luella Carolyn Sanford, born July 17, 1892, who married John Cleveland Dax.
  • Rose Sanford, born 1894
  • Ruth C. Sanford, born November 30, 1897, who married Burgess A. Field on June 15, 1919.
  • Eunice M. Sanford, born November 20, 1899, who married William H. Moody in June 1920
  • Richard Holland Sanford, born September 20, 1906

• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. and his wife and children lived in Precinct 4, Ward 12, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois when the 1900 United States Federal Census was taken. Alfred worked as a baker in Chicago for most of his life.

• In 1920, Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. and his wife moved to Palatine, Illinois, and about 1924 they retired to Palmdale, Florida, a small town on US 27 between Punta Gorda and Lake Okeechobee.

• Alfred J. Sanford, Sr.. passed away in 1932. His wife Carrie later remarried to his sister Lotte's widower Frederick Lyon.

Information as researched by Sharon Centanne, Thursday, January 15, 2015, and updated Sunday, January 31, 2016.

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Sources

• The Schirck Family History by Salome Anne Schirck Gruber Huck, Warren, Pennsylvania, 1930. Second edition updated by Hazel Culbertson and Dorothy Keller, and republished by Glenn Culbertson in 1967.

• 1900 United States Federal Census for Chicago, Cook County, Illinois:"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS38-F17 : accessed 27 April 2015), Alfred J Sanford, Precinct 4 Chicago city Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,258./District: 332 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5A , Household ID: 87 , Line Number: 47 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T623 , GS Film Number: 1240258 , Digital Folder Number: 004113717 , Image Number: 00367

• Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3HG-RMZ : accessed 26 January 2015), Albert John Sanford in entry for William Arthur Sanford, 17 Oct 1941; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,953,735./Digital Folder Number: 4205220 , Image Number: 607 , GS Film number: 1953735 , Reference ID: rn 28047

• Obituary for Alfred J. Sanford, Sr. in the Palantine, Illinois newspaper The Palantine Express, dated early June, 1932.

See also:

• Correspondence from living relative D.Moody, April 27, 2015