Major
John
C
Saunders
Born in Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of William Saunders
and Irene (Poole) Saunders
Brother of
Sarah Irene (Saunders) Goucher, Gilbert William Saunders, Eleanor M (Saunders) Patten, Stephen Poole Saunders, Ada Byron Saunders and Edmund Belford Saunders
Husband of
Louisa (Gates) Saunders
— married
about 1849 [location unknown]
Husband of
Anna (Chesley) Saunders
— married
1854 [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary Sophia (Purdy) Saunders
— married
1876 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jessie Maria (Saunders) Fisher, Frank Cosgrove Saunders, Oscar Bland Saunders, Douglas Gerald Saunders, Anna Louisa Saunders, Winburn Laurie Saunders, Adeline (Saunders) Barkhouse, Samuel Lewis Saunders, Florence Hardie Saunders and Elizabeth May Saunders
Died
at age 52
in Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2014
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Biography
John was born in 1924. He was the son of William Saunders and Irene Poole. John, a farmer, carried the rank of Major in the 69th Battalion of the Annapolis County volunteer militia for the period 1871 to 1876. He passed away in 1877. [1]
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Alan Whitman, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~6.25%
Alan Whitman
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