Albert Augustus Saunders Jr. (1828 - 1885)

Born 9 Jul 1828 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Lenora Elizabeth (Lowe) Renney — married 25 Dec 1845 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Roberts) Saunders — married 13 Mar 1849 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Husband of Almeda Ann (Smith) Saunders — married 22 Nov 1871 in Manatee County, Florida

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1885 at age 56 in Oneco, Manatee, Florida, United States

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Albert Saunders Jr. is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Albert Augustus Sanders Jr. was the son of Albert Augustus Saunders and Polly Curry Saunders. He was born in the Bahamas in 1828.

Albert was, apparently, quite the ladies man. He had four wives, three at the same time - one in Hope Town, one in Green Turtle Cay, and another in Key West. He married first, Lenora Lowe in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco in 1845; he married second, Isabella Weatherford about 1848 in Hope Town; and third, he married Elizabeth Jane Roberts in April 1849 in Key West. According to accounts, Isabella found out and reverted to using her last name of Weatherford. And Elizabeth Roberts remained in her marriage.

"When a young man he went to Key West, where on April 2, 1849 he married Elizabeth Roberts, of a prominent Key West family of that name ... In 1852 Mr. Saunders removed with his wife and two children to Manatee county and located at what is now Oneco. He was one of three families, all related, who founded a settlement in what was then a wilderness ... Newcomers increased in numbers from year to year until there has grown up a large and lively settlement, with a post office called Oneco, a school and some of the finest orange groves in Florida .. On June 14, 1871, the [first] wife of Mr. Saunders died, leaving eight children.. Mr. Saunders married Miss Almeta Ann Smith, born in Wilcox County, AL .. August 1, 1851, daughter of J. N. and Ann (Nettles) Smith, both natives of Alabama.. "

Albert Augustus Saunders Jr. died in Oneco, Manatee County, Florida. Buried at the Old Cemetery, Manatee, Florida.

Sources

Dolly Mae CD, Abaco, 2007 Edition.

"KINFOLKS" by William Curry Harllee, page 1647.

Christening: Harbour Island Methodist, serial #265.

University of Florida, Bahamas Collections, Marriages Index, Box 6, #1458. Marriage to Lenora Lowe at Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.

"Florida Marriages, 1837-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWW1-SWT : 11 January 2020), Albert A. Saunders, 1849. Marriage to Elizabeth Jane.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCJZ-B2?cc=1401638&wc=95R8-79K%3A1031318401%2C1031455001%2C1031455002 : 9 April 2016), Florida > Monroe > Monroe county > image 20 of 58; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZF-J9J : 10 March 2021), Albert Sanders, 1870.

Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 4: 1820-1870.

"Florida Marriages, 1837-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z9-F1S : 11 January 2020), Albert A. Sanders, 1871. Marriage to Almeda.

Key West, Monroe County, Florida Book E, page 24.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZW-KN3 : 19 February 2021), Elbert Sanders, Pine Level, Miakka and Manatee, Manatee, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 104, sheet 35B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,130.

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Memoirs of Florida, by Rowland H. Rerick, Edited by Francis P. Fleming, Vol. II, Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902, p. 683.

Acknowledgments

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